Tulia Tornado

Lubbock Power & Light (LP&L) To Assist With Electric Restoration Services In Tulia, Texas

LUBBOCK, Texas – Lubbock Power & Light has responded to the need to restore electric service in Tulia, Texas after the weekend Tornado damaged electric distribution lines and equipment leaving much of the area hardest hit without electricity. On Sunday April 22, 2007 at 10:30 am LP&L sent equipment, trucks and nine professional overhead, underground and service employees to Tulia to assist with the recovery efforts. LP&L Chief Executive Officer, Gary Zheng said that: “LP&L is glad to help our neighbors in Tulia restore electricity as soon as possible and we know that they would do same thing for us if a Tornado came through Lubbock”.

Lubbock Power & Light, a municipally owned entity of the City of Lubbock is separately governed by an Electric Utility Board appointed by the Lubbock City Council. LP&L has approximately two hundred employees working toward generating and distributing electrical service for the citizens of Lubbock, Texas. LP&L distributes over 95,000 monthly utility statements for electric, water, sewer, solid waste and storm water services. LP&L has provided the lowest cost and most reliable electricity in Lubbock for more than 90 years