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About Lacreek Electric

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Lacreek Electric Association, Inc. was incorporated in 1948. It is headquartered at Martin, along the north edge of the Great Sand Hill Plains in southern South Dakota. LEA is a rural electric cooperative serving more than 4,000 members in six counties across 5,174 square miles of south central South Dakota and northern Nebraska.

2024 Year End Statistics

Headquarters: 121 N Harold St., Martin, SD 
Year Energized:1948
Plant: $83,513,122
Equity:  37.42%
Counties Served:Bennett, Jackson, Oglala Lakota, Todd, and Mellette in South Dakota and Cherry County in Nebraska
Number of Members:4,270
Service Area:5,174 square miles
Meters per Mile2.15
Miles of Line: 3,186
Miles of Transmission Line: 204
Miles of Distribution Line:2,659
Miles of Underground Line:323
Number of Meters: 6,850
Average Monthly Usage, Farm & Residence1,266 kWh
Number of Electric Heat Homes848
Number of Irrigation Systems132
Number of Security Lights4,051
kWh Sales130,930,061
Revenue per kWh (residential)$0.1187
Winter Demand33,862 KW
Summer Demand22,866 KW
Number of Employees:31
Number of Directors: 13
Power Supplier:Basin Electric Power Cooperative, 86.79% (Which consists of a blend of coal, hydro, nuclear, natural gas, renewable, (wind and waste heat) and purchases; and WAPA, 13.06% (Hydro)

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