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Louisiana's electric cooperatives have developed a plan for responding to emergencies such as ice storms, tornadoes and hurricanes. For an updated version of the workplan, click here: Emergency Work Plan

We also invite you to view this special tribute to cooperative linemen who risk their lives daily in service to our members. Feel free to share this video with others.

Lineman Tribute



Hurricane Florence





Louisiana's Electric Cooperatives coordinated the deployment of 45 linemen and their accompanying equipment to help restore power in the wake of Hurricane Florence, which struck the East Coast on Sept. 14, 2018. The crew staged in Douglasville, Ga., en route to Horry Electric Cooperative in Conway, S.C., and Coastal Electric in Walterboro, S.C. The following cooperatives participating were: BECi, five men; Jeff Davis Electric, four men; DEMCO, 15 men; SLECA, eight men; WSTE, eight men; NELPCO, five men. Pictured below, DEMCO crews are seen departing from the co-op's headquarters office in Baton Rouge.



DEMCO emergency response



DEMCO emergency response



DEMCO emergency response



DEMCO employees pictured with CEO Randy Pierce: Josh Conleay, Pierce, Eric Oubre, Jared Soileau, Justin Milton, Josh Prestridge, Nick Carruth, Jake Arledge, Phillip Pace, Chad Nored, Hijah Armstrong, Phillip Harris, Brandon Simon, Austin Hudspeth, Yaun Mizell, and Rickey Cummings.



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