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SLEMCO was formed in 1937 as a private membership corporation, governed by a board of directors and an appointed management team. Sound business decisions and wise investments throughout the years have provided customers, large and small, with reliable electric power at the lowest possible cost.

The oil crisis of the mid-80s brought a unique challenge to the Acadiana area where many industries were dependent on a faltering oil industry. Diversification was desperately needed and SLEMCO stepped forward with aggressive economic development endeavors to attract new loads to its system and businesses to the area. The Enterprise Center of Louisiana, a small business incubator project, was spearheaded by SLEMCO to help fledgling businesses with potential establish themselves and mature into successful, job-producing enterprises.

Community involvement has always been important to SLEMCO to improve the quality of life for customers and other members of the community. Endowed professorships, college scholarships and Operation Round-Up grants for the needy have all become synonymous with SLEMCO.

With deregulation of the electric industry looming just beyond the horizon, SLEMCO has taken measures to maintain excellent service levels while preparing for a more competitive environment by scrutinizing every aspect of its business, reducing costs wherever possible and considering alternate services and products to provide to its customers.

SLEMCO has succeeded as an electric utility for over 60 years because of sound business decisions and wise investments in plant and personnel. Poised for entry into a completely changed electric utility industry, SLEMCO is focused, committed and prepared to navigate successfully through the coming years of change, while protecting the power supply interests of its customers.