Will take over Eunice power plant: Cleco Power, a subsidiary of electricity provider Cleco Corp., says it has completed its $304 million acquisition of a 580-megawatt power generator from Acadia Power Partners. The deal was approved by the Louisiana Public Service Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Acadia Power Partners is equally co-owned by another Cleco subsidiary, Cleco Midstream Resources, and Cajun Gas Energy. Acadia Power Station, which went into service near Eunice in 2002, consists of two 580-megawatt generators. Entergy Louisiana, a unit of New Orleans-based Entergy Corp., has agreed to purchase the other generator. Cleco Power will operate the entire plant. Plans call for Cleco Power and Entergy Louisiana each to have half of the plant’s common assets. Cleco, which serves 276,000 customers in Louisiana, recently brought on line its Rodemacher Unit 3 plant, a 600-megawatt solid fuel power-generating unit.
Goodbye, Colonel; hello Admiral? Ole Miss students voted Tuesday for the school to pursue a new mascot to replace Colonel Reb, the goateed Southern gentleman banished from the sidelines nearly seven years ago as the school continued its move away from symbols of the Old South. Students were asked to vote “yes” or “no” on whether they support “a student-led effort to develop and propose a new ‘on-field’ mascot to represent the Ole Miss Rebels.” Believe it or not, the early favorite to replace Colonel Reb is Admiral Ackbar, a Star Wars character. The fish eyed, frog mouthed Ackbar was featured in Return of the Jedi and is known for the line, “It’s a trap!” Ackbar has more than 14,000 Facebook fans, and Web sites like notatrap.org tout his candidacy. There was no immediate word if Jar-Jar Binks was jealous.
