Cleco Power 10-Q 2023 Q2 Quarterly report

CLECO POWER LLC EXHIBIT 32.3

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Cleco Power LLC (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June 30, 2023, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, William G. Fontenot, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date:   August 9, 2023

/s/  William G. Fontenot

William G. Fontenot
Chief Executive Officer