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The History of Lubbock Power & Light

by Don Cullon

Retail competition for electric customers. A novel concept? You would think so judging by the way it is such a hot topic now among those in the electric utility industry. As far as the citizens of Lubbock are concerned, the rest of the industry is lagging just a bit on this concept. That is, if you consider a ‘bit’ to be around 90 years. Ninety years? Yes, ninety years! For it was in 1916 that the good people of Lubbock laid the foundation for retail competition by creating what would become Lubbock Power & Light.

Lubbock was a relatively new town at the time having been created in 1891 when two smaller settlements both moved their towns from several miles away to our present location. The first county court house was built at this time with the county itself having been created in 1876 by the Texas State Legislature. Construction of the Panhandle & Santa Fe Railroad was completed in 1909 which led the citizens to incorporate their town and thus Lubbock was officially born. The population of Lubbock the following year had grown to 1,938.

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