Tex-La Electric Cooperative of Texas Inc

Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative is a transmission and distribution electric cooperative. The company serves approximately 40,000 meters in nearly 10 counties of east Texas, including Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Panola, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine and Shelby. Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative has more than 30 substations and approximately 7,000 miles of line. In addition to the farms and homes it was originally organized to serve, the cooperative furnishes electricity to many large commercial and industrial consumers and several municipalities within its service area. It has more than 100 employees working together to supply its members with a dependable supply of electric power at the lowest possible price. Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative is headquartered in San Augustine, Texas.

By the 1930s, most urban areas of the United States had enjoyed electric service for more than 50 years, but beyond the city limits, there was darkness. It was not profitable for private power companies to provide service to sparsely populated rural areas. A number of farmers and ranchers decided that if they were going to get the power they needed, they would have to take action themselves. So they organized local cooperatives to provide local, consumer-owned electric service. By 1940, nearly 600 cooperatives throughout the nation were providing electricity to more than 1.5 million consumers in 46 states. In 1939 the Houston County Electric Cooperative was established to provide electric service to Houston, Leon, Trinity, Anderson, Walker, Angelina, Cherokee, Madison and Freestone counties in Texas. More than 13,000 members spanning nearly 17,000 meters receive power from the Houston County Electric. Houston County Electric Cooperative is headquartered in Crockett, Texas.

In 2004, Elliott Electric Supply was ranked 33rd in Electrical Wholesaling magazine's listing of the 250 Largest Distributors in the United States. Established in 1972 in Nacogdoches, Texas, Elliot Electric Supply has grown to more than 50 locations in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas. The company s many product lines include ballasts, batteries and flashlights, fans, conduit, lighting fixtures, tools, wire and cable, electrical devices, meters and instruments. Elliot Electric Supply carries nearly every name brand in the industry, including Cooper, Cutler-Hammer, Carlon, Westinghouse, Hunter, Sylvania, Eagle and Pass & Seymour. All of Elliott Electric Supply s locations have a combined workforce of approximately 500 employees.