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About LP&L
Electric Rates
Financial Reports
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History
Municipally
Owned Electric Utilities
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In 1916, the citizens of Lubbock
voted to establish a municipal power company. It
was organized to manage the electric power needs
of the City of Lubbock, Texas. On September 28,
1917, the municipal power plant began producing
electricity. On November 2, 2004, Lubbock voters
elected to amend the Charter of the City to provide
for an Electric Utility Board composed of nine Lubbock
citizens and eligible voters appointed by City Council
to govern, manage, and operate the City’s electric
utility. The City Council appointed the nine charter
members of the Electric Utility Board on November
12, 2004 pursuant to the Charter Amendment. The
Electric Utility Board is responsible for providing
oversight on the efficient operation, maintenance,
extension, preservation, competitiveness, and promotion
of an orderly economic and business like administration
of LP&L. For more information about the Electric
Utility Board please visit the Electric Utility
Board page by clicking on the link under LP&L Electric.
LP&L's product is the generation, distribution,
and service of electricity. The market in which
it operates is defined as within the confines of
its certificated areas as established by the Texas
Public Utility Commission (PUC), which are within
the city limits but not including the entire city
limits. LP&L operates in three different certificated
areas within the City. These areas are single, dual,
and triple certificated areas. In single areas LP&L
does not compete, it has either all or none of the
service. In dual areas, LP&L only has one competitor
and in triple certificated areas, LP&L had two competitors.
LP&L’s competitors are Xcel Energy and South Plains
Electric Cooperative, Inc. On October 29, 2010,
LP&L purchased the majority of Xcel’s Lubbock distribution
assets. For more information about Lubbock's
certificated areas please visit the Electric Service
Map page by clicking on the link under LP&L Electric.
The PUC regulates certain utility rates, operations,
and services within the State, however, LP&L is
not considered a public utility and is therefore
not subject to the jurisdiction of the PUC, except
for its certificated areas of operation and certain
reporting requirements under the Texas Public Utility
Regulatory Act. LP&L is authorized to charge and
collect reasonable rates necessary to produce revenues
sufficient to pay operational and maintenance expenses,
debt service requirements and other contractual
commitments. LP&L is associated with the West Texas
Municipal Power Agency (WTMPA). In 1983, the Texas
cities of Lubbock, Brownfield, Floydada, and Tulia,
created WTMPA as a joint power agency. WTMPA is
a municipal power agency that was created to enhance
the negotiating strength of the individual Cities
in obtaining favorable firm electric power contracts
and in coordinating joint planning for additional
generation. An eight-member Board of Directors governs
WTMPA. The board consists of two directors from
each city. One member is elected the president and
he presides over monthly meetings. |
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