UTILITIES: Urges Louisiana Public Service Commission and Cleco Power to approve the sale of a regulated utility only in certain circumstances
HCR 11 is a non-binding resolution urging the Louisiana Public Service Commission and Cleco Power to only approve the sale or merger of a regulated electric utility company under specific conditions for a ten-year period. It adds "merger" throughout the text and extends the timeframe for retaining certain conditions to ten years. The resolution does not create new law but requests the Commission and Cleco consider these limitations when reviewing utility transactions. The measure was recently passed by committee (14-0) and is scheduled for floor debate in May 2025. It directly affects utility ownership changes involving Cleco Power and the Commission's approval process.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Governor
Introduced Apr 14, 2025
Last action May 30, 2025
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May 6, 2025
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The resolution was amended to add a co-sponsor, Deshotel, and to clarify that Cleco's headquarters is located in Pineville. Additionally, the text was updated to specify that the sale of the company should only be approved if it involves a transfer of ownership to another entity, and the CEO's title was changed from 'President' to 'president'. These changes refine the language for clarity and ensure the resolution is properly attributed.
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Added Representative Deshotel as a co-sponsor alongside Representative Mike Johnson.
Added the phrase 'located in' to clarify that Cleco's headquarters are situated in Pineville, Louisiana.
Changed the CEO's title from 'President' to 'president' to match standard capitalization conventions.
Replaced 'the sale' with 'a sale' to improve grammatical flow when describing the transaction.
Floor votes · Senate May 27, 2025 · House May 8, 2025
How they voted
33–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 37
May 27, 2025
D
Democratic11
81% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
5
Committee
3
May 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate amendments read and adopted. Read by title and concurred in by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays. Ordered returned to the House.
upper
May 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
upper
May 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called on final consideration, yeas 82, nays 3. The resolution was adopted and ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (14-0).
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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