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| ENERGY
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For eleven consecutive
years, the international accounting and management consulting firm,
Grant Thornton, has conducted a thorough comparison of the manufacturing
business climate in the fifty states. In their 1990 study, rant
Thornton ranked Louisiana second only to Alaska in having the lowest
average energy cost of industrial users. Their computed average
for the state was $3.45 per one million BTUs compared to the national
average of $5.82 per one million BTUs.
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| Electricity: |
Much of Pointe
Coupee Parish receives electric service from the Pointe Coupee Electric
Membership Corporation (PCEMCO). PCEMCO is headquartered in Pointe
Coupee Parish and is the only electric company with a service center
in the parish. PCEMCO is one of thirteen member-owned electric distribution
cooperatives serving in the state. Louisiana‚s electric cooperative
system has nearly $4 billion in assets and provides service to over
one million residents in the state.
The thirteen electric distribution cooperatives own approximately
2,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity through their generation
and transmission supplier, Cajun Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
Cajun Electric has over $1 billion invested in generation facilities
in Pointe Coupee Parish. The Big Cajun I power plant consists of
two 105 megawatt steam electric stations fired by natural gas. The
Big Cajun II power plant consists of three 540 megawatt steam electric
stations fired by low-sulphur, western coal. In addition, Cajun
Electric‚s Operations Center is located in Pointe Coupee Parish.
The Operations Center is an important energy control point for the
entire Southwest Power Pool transmission grid. The quality of service
from Pointe Coupee Electric is extremely reliable. New and expanding
industrial companies can qualify for attractive incentive electric
rates. PCEMCO offers both firm and interruptible service to qualifying
industry.
Energy suppliers in Pointe Coupee Parish include the City of New
Roads, Entergy, Louisiana Energy & Power Authority, Pointe Coupee
Electric Membership Coop. |
| Water: |
Pointe
Coupee Parish has abundant supplies of ground and surface water.
Large quantities of ground water are imbedded throughout the parish
at an average depth of 600 feet below mean sea level, and about
90 percent of the water used in the parish is from ground water
sources. Most of the water is supplied by the alluvial aquifer and
used for industry and irrigation. Pointe Coupee also has extensive
surface water resources. This includes the Mississippi and Atchafalaya
River systems, which bound the parish on three sides. The parish
is protected from floods by the Mississippi River levee system and
the Morganza Floodway control structure.
The Pointe Coupee Parish Police Jury operates a parish-wide water
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Supplier |
| New Roads |
City of New
Roads |
| Livonia |
Town of Livonia |
| Fordoche |
Town of Fordoche |
| Morganza |
Town of Morganza |
| Natural Gas: |
As America's
leading producer of natural gas, Louisiana supplies one-third of
the total US production and 11 percent of total world production.
Several major gas transmission lines traverse Pointe Coupee Parish
providing industry with multiple sources of supply.
Natural gas supply is administered by Texas Eastern Trans, Point
Coupee Parish Gas District 5, and the City of New Roads |
| Sewer System: |
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Supplier |
| New Roads |
City of New
Roads |
| Livonia |
Septic Tanks |
| Fordoche |
Septic Tanks |
| Morganza |
Town of Morganza |
INFORMATION
COURTESY OF LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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