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You can reach the
Electric Department by calling the
City Electric Plant at: (936) 327-4518
or by going by 600 Marsh Drive
in Livingston
Additional Information:
To report Electricity
Outages Call:
8:00am.- 5:00pm.
(24 Hour Line) 327-4311
After 5:00pm. 327-3117
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Ensuring the City has electricity
isn’t the only way the Electric Department serves the community. The
Electric Department can be counted on for a variety of projects—from
installing generators and repairing damaged electric poles to escorting
oversized trucks through town and maintaining the City’s rights-of-way.
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 The
Electric Department replaced wiring harnesses on many of the light fixtures
at the Livingston Youth Baseball Park. Department teams also removed many
dead trees that endangered the City’s electric distribution system’s
reliability.
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Teams from the department built new spans of overhead and underground
primary line to serve the building expansion of Livingston Montessori
School.
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The ground level of metal poles connecting the Livingston and Ogletree
Substations were resurfaced by the Electric Department.
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Electric Department teams set 500 kva padmount transformers for service
upgrades at Three Bucks Carwash and First State Bank and to service Dr.
Katari’s new building.
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The deparment assisted in installation of emergency standby generators at
City facilities and with pump motor replacement at the TRA Water Treatment
Plant.
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A new airswitch was installed, and the first phase of line extension was
completed on Feeder #213 on US 59 North.
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The department installed an electronic recloser on South Washington Street.
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A temporary overhead feeder was built to aid in construction of the new Polk
County Jail facility without interrupting power to the Polk County Sheriff’s
Office.
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Throughout the year, the department helped escort several unusually large,
oversized loads through the City.
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Mowing and trimming maintenance of City electric line rights-of-way was
provided by the Electric Department.
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A 480-volt transformer station was built to serve Southern Star Concrete.
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The department worked to replace electric poles that were damaged in
automobile accidents.
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One of the department’s ½ ton pickup trucks was replaced with a ¾ ton
pickup.
A PUBLIC POWER SYSTEM
Legislation was passed in May, 1999 to deregulate the
electric utility industry in January, 2002 to allow customers a choice of
electrical providers and, hopefully, to provide lower electric rates.
Your Livingston Municipal Electric System has been operating a
municipally-owned electric system for the past 76 years and you, as
residents of the city, are the owners of the electrical system. While
there are many advantages to public power, the greatest asset to the city's
ownership of the electrical distribution system is that all the profits from
the system remain within the community to benefit the local citizens by
providing other facilities and services such as parks, library, fire and
police protection and streets and drainage. Additionally, the city's
ownership of the electric distribution system allows the city to operate
without an ad valorem property tax. The hallmarks of public power
- local ownership, local control, community development, and reliable
electric service - are a benefit to the citizens of Livingston and have
allowed our city to grow and prosper.
ELECTRIC SYSTEM:
The City of Livingston owns and operates the electric system
which was established in 1922 and consists of two substations interconnected
to two separate lines of Entergy and approximately 150 miles of 13 kV
distribution lines. The City currently provides electric service to
3,331 customers within the city limits.
SYSTEM STATISTICS
Electric Sales for Last Ten (10) Years
Year
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008 |
Number of
Customers
3,181
3,176
3,170
3,232
3,221
3,238
3,278
3,281
3,325
3,329 |
KWH Sold
Residential
27,857,061
29,645,524
29,378,803
28,769,229
29,146,576
29,229,573
30,113,643
29,935,701
30,371,804
29,226,472 |
Commercial
45,976,625
43,117,915
43,067,743
47,893,524
48,340,734
50,271,654
51,965,355
53,842,837
52,570,936
52,695,081 |
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Total
74,833,686
72,763,439
72,446,546
76,662,753
77,487,310
79,501,227
82,078,998
82,778,538
82,942,740
81,921,533 |
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You can reach the Electric Department by calling the
City Electric Plant at: (936) 327-4518
or by going by 600 Marsh Drive
in Livingston
Additional Information:
To report Electricity
Outages Call:
8:00am.- 5:00pm.
(24 Hour Line) 327-4311
After 5:00pm. 327-3117
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