Lighthouse Electric Cooperative, Inc.
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BILLY C. HARBIN is Executive Vice President and General Manager of Lighthouse Electric Cooperative, Inc. Harbin received a BS Degree in Agricultural Engineering from Texas Tech University. |
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GAYLORD GROCE earned a BS Degree in Education from Texas Tech University |
Billy Harbin, Executive VP and General Manager Highway 70 East
Floydada, TX 79235
P.O. Box 600
Floydada, TX 79235-0600
Phone: 806.983.2814
Fax: 806.983.2804
Lighthouse Electric Cooperative, Inc. is a distribution cooperative (Texas 55 Floyd County) with headquarters in Floydada, Texas, serving portions of Briscoe, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Hale, Hall, Motley, and Swisher Counties.
Lighthouse's service area lies in the south-central Panhandle of Texas and includes about 7,000 square miles at elevations of 2,067 to 3,366 feet. Sixty percent of the area, or about 4,200 square miles, is flat plains country all of which is tillable farm land, with the exception of a few scattered ranches. The other forty percent of the service territory lies below the Caprock in the rolling plains area of Texas.
The Ogallala Aquifer lies under all of the flat plains portion of the service area. Water can be found over all the service area. However, in some areas there is only enough for windmills and stock water wells. There is practically no surface water available except what collects in playa lakes after rains, which can then be returned to the land by the use of lake pumps.
The growing season is approximately 190 days. Principal crops grown in the area are alfalfa, corn, cotton, grain sorghum, peanuts, soybeans, sunflowers, vegetables, and wheat. The economy of the region is highly dependent on the agricultural production, with changes affecting the population, load growth, and electricity sales. The maximum demand for electricity occurs during the summer, primarily from irrigation and air conditioning loads during the hot and dry periods.