2004 Year in Review

January
DEMCO welcomes Kathleen B. Blanco as Louisiana's first female governor.

February
NRECA holds its annual meeting in New Orleans with 12,000 cooperative leaders from across the nation attending.  Featured at the meeting are RUS Administrator Hilda Legg, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Senator Chuck Grassley, and featured guest speaker George Foreman.

March
A detailed report of power interruptions reveals DEMCO has made great strides in improving power quality greatly in part to an aggressive vegetation management program.  The total number of power outages was found to have declined nearly 50% and the average outage time dropped from 5.04 hours to 1.72 hours in a 4-year period.

April
Randy Lorio, Freddy Metz and Eugene Traylor are all re-elected to the DEMCO board of directors.

May
DEMCO employees contribute $40,000 to the Dream Day Foundation, a St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital charity.  The funds were presented at the Dream Day Foundation's annual Fishin' Galore event.

Daniel Bertholet and Toler McCutcheon are re-elected to the DEMCO board of directors.

June
Contractors employed by DEMCO begin a field survey of electric facilities in Livingston and West Feliciana parishes.  This survey is part of a detailed mapping system that is an integral part of the outage reporting system.

July
Louisiana Public Service Commissioners announce the last installment of the Cajun Electric Bankruptcy settlement is set to be distributed in the form of a rebate in August.

August
DEMCO customers receive an average $47.00 rebate on their August bills as the final installment of the Cajun Electric Bankruptcy settlement is distributed.

September
The DEMCO Foundation awards 13 college scholarships to area students.

DEMCO mourns the passing of Toler McCutcheon who served on the board of directors representing DEMCO District 6 since 1996.

October
Amanda Beasley is officially seated on the DEMCO Board of Directors as the representative for District 6.

November
DEMCO and the Livingston Parish Economic Development Council host a cookout to honor Livingston Parish elected officials and business leaders at Ferrara Fire Apparatus in Holden.

December
DEMCO employees and their families participate in the annual Central Christmas Parade with a holiday themed float.