Northeast Louisiana
Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., was incorporated on July
15, 1938. Serving as directors were H.B. Landis, J.E.
Richardson, Mrs. T.A. Woolridge, Mrs. G.A. Newcomer, R.M.
Ward, E.C. Calloway, Ben Cheek, W.P. Martin, and Mrs. J.M.
Shamblin. Serving as the first officers of the cooperative
were President - H.B. Landis, Vice President - W.P. Martin,
and Secretary-Treasurer - R.M. Ward.
Serving as officers
of the Board of Directors at the present time are Thad H.
Waters, Jr.- President, Alton L. Welch, Jr.- Vice President, and
Richard T. Strong - Secretary. Also serving as directors are
Steve E. Pylant, Jeff Churchwell, Edward W. Patrick, George
A. Price, Sr., Ray Bryan and Corlis L. Henry.
R.E. Holladay,
Jr.; D.J. Anders, Jr.; John C. Tucker; and Gerald Baum, Sr. served as managers
of Northeast Louisiana Power Co-op. Sheila Williamson
currently serves as manager of the co-op.
NELPCO serves
members in seven parishes - Franklin, Madison, Richland,
Tensas, East Carroll, West Carroll and Morehouse. There are
about 2,508 miles of energized lines that serve 15, 466
meters to 10,840 members. The cooperative employs 56 in its
three offices in Winnsboro, Bastrop and Oak Grove.
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