About Us
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.
2010 Year End Statistics
| Headquarters: | 121 N Harold St., Martin, SD |
| Year Energized: | 1948 |
| Plant: |
$47,900,302 |
| Equity: | 39.66% |
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Counties Served: |
Bennett, Jackson, Shannon, Todd, and Mellette, South Dakota and Cherry County in Nebraska |
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Number of Members: |
4,095 |
| Service Area: | 5,174 square miles |
| Consumers per Mile | 2.07 |
| Miles of Line: | 3,106 |
| Miles of Transmission Line: |
227 |
| Miles of Distribution Line: | 2,648 |
| Miles of Underground Line: | 231 |
| Number of Meters: |
6,426 |
| Average Monthly Usage, Farm & Residence | 1,194 kWh |
| Number of Electric Heat Homes | |
| Number of Irrigation Systems | 94 |
| Number of Security Lights | 3,577 |
| kWh Sales | 109,035,887 |
| Revenue per kWh (residential) | 8.83 cents |
| Winter Demand | 28,660 |
| Summer Demand | 23,262 |
| Number of Employees: | 28 |
| Number of Directors: | 13 |
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Power Supplier: |
Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Western Area Power Administration, and Rushmore Electric Cooperative – 82% coal and 18% hydro power. |