SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ELECTRIC: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization: SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ELECTRIC (EIN 72-0323335)
Tax period: 2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Filed: 2020-06-03
IRS object ID: 202041559349300714
Schema version: 2019v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule D
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule L
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2020-06-03T10:26:52-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2019-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	731293012	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BRISCOE BURKE & GRIGSBY LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4120 EAST 51ST STREET SUITE 100	AddressLine1Txt
City	TULSA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	OK	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	741353633	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2019-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	720323335	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ELECTRIC	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	SOUT	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	3378965384	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2727 SE EVANGELINE THRUWAY	AddressLine1Txt
City	LAFAYETTE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	LA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	70508	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	GLENN A TAMPORELLO	PersonNm
Person Title	GENERAL MANAGER CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	3378965384	PhoneNum
Signature	2020-05-21	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	MICHAEL K BURKE CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00054433	PTIN
Phone	9187498337	PhoneNum
Preparation	2020-05-21	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	64.207.232.134	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2020-06-03	IPDt
IP Tm	10:26:52	IPTm
IP Timezone	CD	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	D6994BFBE7EBEBB5016FF5D025B336E698C55167	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	6F899C241B8E6E16B6B3FF0B9DE310D088781529	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2019	TaxYr
Build TS	2020-09-23 17:36:50Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	GLENN A TAMPORELLO	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 90866	AddressLine1Txt
City	LAFAYETTE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	LA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	705090866	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$236,212,582	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1937	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	LA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC SERVICE TO MEMBERS	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	10	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	8	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	295	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$0	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$232,811,581	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$234,577,812	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$3,773,133	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$998,693	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$543,700	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$615,032	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$237,128,414	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$236,191,537	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$88,197	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$101,289	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$10,781,259	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$8,210,975	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$23,949,982	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$23,106,914	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$200,325,201	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$205,125,357	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$235,144,639	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$236,544,535	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,983,775	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$352,998	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$456,513,227	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$470,481,035	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$202,929,498	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$210,817,625	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$253,583,729	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$259,663,410	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC SERVICE TO MEMBERS	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Desc	DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC SERVICE TO MEMBERS ON A COOPERATIVE BASIS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC SERVICE TO MEMBERS ON A COOPERATIVE BASIS	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Described In Section501c3	false	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (true)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (true)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	Yes (true)	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (true)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	119	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	295	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Members And Shr Gross Income	$234,577,812	MembersAndShrGrossIncomeAmt
Other Sources Gross Income	$1,019,738	OtherSourcesGrossIncomeAmt
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	10	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	8	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (true)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (true)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	Yes (true)	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	LA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	THE CORPORATION	PersonNm
Phone	3378965384	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3420 NE EVANGELINE THWY	AddressLine1Txt
City	LAFAYETTE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	LA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	705070866	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (22 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Former Ofcr Director TrusteeFormerOfcrDirectorTrusteeInd
KATHERINE H DOMINGUE
OFFICER	40.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$240,221	$0	$234,805
GLENN A TAMPORELLO
GENERAL MANA	40.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$346,737	$0	$37,742
JOHN B MECHE
KEY EMPLOYEE	40.00			$166,371	$0	$94,623	Yes (X)
JAMES E LAQUE JR
KEY EMPLOYEE	40.00	0.00		$221,182	$0	$32,384	Yes (X)
LUKE BOURGEOIS
EMPLOYEE	40.00			$125,465	$0	$96,189		Yes (X)
GLENN M ANGELLE
EMPLOYEE	40.00			$157,883	$0	$28,004		Yes (X)
CHARLES D MOORE
EMPLOYEE	40.00			$148,274	$0	$32,175		Yes (X)
BRIAN PRIMEAUX
EMPLOYEE	40.00			$126,417	$0	$26,156		Yes (X)
TED GUILBEAU
EMPLOYEE	40.00			$118,883	$0	$24,475		Yes (X)
JOSEPH D SIMON JR
PRESIDENT	3.50	0.00	Yes (X)	$41,672	$0	$0			Yes (X)
JEREMY P MELANCON
DIRECTOR	2.50			$39,815	$0	$0			Yes (X)
DON L RESWEBER
DIRECTOR	2.50	0.25		$38,699	$0	$0			Yes (X)
JOHN B MEAUX
DIRECTOR	2.50	0.00		$35,249	$0	$0			Yes (X)
BRYAN G LEONARDS SR
SECRETARY/TR	2.50	0.25	Yes (X)	$33,735	$0	$0			Yes (X)
CARL J COMEAUX
DIRECTOR	1.50	0.25	Yes (X)	$31,668	$0	$0			Yes (X)
CHARLES SONNIER
DIRECTOR	1.50	0.00		$29,342	$0	$0			Yes (X)
GARY J SMITH
DIRECTOR	2.50	0.00		$24,467	$0	$0			Yes (X)
GARY SOILEAU
1ST VICE PRE	2.50	0.25	Yes (X)	$23,815	$0	$0			Yes (X)
MERLIN YOUNG
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00		$12,106	$0	$0			Yes (X)
DAVE L AYMOND
RETIRED DIRE	0.00			$3,283	$0	$0				Yes (X)
WILLIAM R HUVAL
RETIRED DIRE	0.00			$3,283	$0	$0				Yes (X)
REMIE MCGEE JR
RETIRED DIRE	0.00			$3,283	$0	$0				Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$1,971,850	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$606,553	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	37	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	Yes (true)	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
ERNEST P BREAUX ELECTRICAL
PO BOX 11640	NEW IBERIA	LA	70562	OVERHEAD CONTRA	$2,159,395
VOLT POWER LLC
2910 HWY 31 NW	HARTSELLE	AL	35640	OVERHEAD CONST	$1,681,299
ECHO POWERLINE LLC
313 WALNUT ST	BUNKIE	LA	71322	ELECTRIC CONSTR	$1,608,829
LINETEC SERVICES LLC
19820 N 7TH AVENUE SUITE 120	PHOENIX	AZ	85027	OVERHEAD CONSTR	$1,558,991
MCCOY TREE SURGERY COMPANY
PO BOX 720342	NORMAN	OK	73072	TREE SERVICE	$1,118,115

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	19	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	SALE OF ELECTRICITY	Desc
Total Revenue Column	$234,577,812	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$234,577,812	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$234,577,812	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$880,081	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$880,081	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$615,032	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$615,032	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$615,032	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$615,032	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$139,657	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$21,045	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$118,612	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$118,612	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$118,612	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$236,191,537	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$234,577,812	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$1,613,725	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$68,289	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$33,000	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,210,975	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,684,633	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,927,845	TotalAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,008,931	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,495,211	TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$990,294	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$249,669	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$48,737	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$219,824	TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,723,721	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,615,417	TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt
COST OF POWER	$162,183,170
TAXES	$6,022,578
TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBU	$4,878,097
EQUIPMENT RENT & MAINT. E	$3,838,602

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,345,542	TotalAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$236,544,535	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$29,419	BOYAmt
EOY	$36,618	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,122,368	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,837,191	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,348,781	BOYAmt
EOY	$14,897,992	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,348,049	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,416,998	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$731,804	BOYAmt
EOY	$776,937	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$585,081,898	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$156,386,628	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$408,896,254	BOYAmt
EOY	$428,695,270	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,537,929	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,882,197	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,498,623	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,937,832	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$456,513,227	BOYAmt
EOY	$470,481,035	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,322,751	BOYAmt
EOY	$17,870,796	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$161,571,198	BOYAmt
EOY	$168,569,739	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$23,035,549	BOYAmt
EOY	$24,377,090	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$202,929,498	BOYAmt
EOY	$210,817,625	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Org Does Not Follow FASB117	Yes (X)	OrgDoesNotFollowFASB117Ind

Cap Stk Tr Prin Current Funds CapStkTrPrinCurrentFundsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$385,075	BOYAmt
EOY	$389,765	EOYAmt

Pd In Cap Srpls Land Bldg Eqp Fund PdInCapSrplsLandBldgEqpFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$196,954	BOYAmt
EOY	$196,954	EOYAmt

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$253,001,700	BOYAmt
EOY	$259,076,691	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$253,583,729	BOYAmt
EOY	$259,663,410	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$456,513,227	BOYAmt
EOY	$470,481,035	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$352,998	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$6,432,679	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$14,019,611	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$14,019,611	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$571,062,287	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$156,386,628	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$414,675,659	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$428,695,270	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
ACCUMULATED OPERATION POV.- FASB 106	$20,005,216
CONSUMER DEPOSITS	$8,451,241
DEFERRED CREDITS	$393,785
UNRECOGNIZED LOSS(GAIN)	-$4,473,152

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$24,377,090	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$236,191,537	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$236,191,537	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$236,191,537	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$228,333,560	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$228,333,560	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Other Expenses Not Included	$8,210,975	OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$8,210,975	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$236,544,535	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X

THE CORPORATION IS EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAXES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(12) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND, ACCORDINGLY, NO PROVISION HAS BEEN MADE FOR INCOME TAXES. MANAGEMENT HAS CONSIDERED WHETHER THE CORPORATION HAS ANY UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS, EMBEDDED OR OTHERWISE, THAT WOULD MATERIALLY IMPACT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. MANAGEMENT BELIEVES NO SUCH MATERIAL UNCERTAINTIES EXIST, THEREFORE, NO PROVISION IS PROVIDED.

SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XII, LINE 4B

PATRONAGE DIVIDENDS - ALLOCATED 8,210,975

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	IRC SectionIRCSectionDesc	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt
CATHOLIC SERVICES OF ACADIANA INC
405 ST JOHN STREET	LAFAYETTE	LA	70501	720977497	3	$17,000
THE TECHE PROJECT
P O BOX 165	ARNAUDVILLE	LA	70512	010927490	501C3	$8,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	34	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	22	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Type	SCHOLARSHIPS	GrantTypeTxt
Recipient	24	RecipientCnt
Cash Grant	$33,000	CashGrantAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Club Dues Or Fees	Yes (X)	ClubDuesOrFeesInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	Yes (true)	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	Yes (true)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (11 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
KATHERINE H DOMINGUE
OFFICER	$229,124	$5,031	$6,066	$217,622	$17,183	$475,026
GLENN A TAMPORELLO
GENERAL MANAGER CEO	$318,943	$7,866	$19,928	$16,800	$20,942	$384,479
JOHN B MECHE
KEY EMPLOYEE	$157,784	$5,550	$3,037	$75,246	$19,377	$260,994
JAMES E LAQUE JR
KEY EMPLOYEE	$206,349	$6,935	$7,898	$12,381	$20,003	$253,566
LUKE BOURGEOIS
EMPLOYEE	$119,352	$2,219	$3,894	$77,236	$18,953	$221,654
GLENN M ANGELLE
EMPLOYEE	$144,662	$5,597	$7,624	$8,680	$19,324	$185,887
CHARLES D MOORE
EMPLOYEE	$141,954	$4,007	$2,313	$24,445	$7,730	$180,449
BRIAN PRIMEAUX
EMPLOYEE	$120,093	$2,415	$3,909	$7,206	$18,950	$152,573
DAVE L AYMOND
RETIRED DIRECTOR	$3,283					$3,283
WILLIAM R HUVAL
RETIRED DIRECTOR	$3,283					$3,283
REMIE MCGEE JR
RETIRED DIRECTOR	$3,283					$3,283

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp (2 entries)

Relationship DescriptionRelationshipDescriptionTxt	TransactionTransactionAmt	TransactionTransactionDesc	Sharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenuesInd
PAM MEAUX
FAMILY	$59,185	EMPLOYMENT	false
JUSTIN YOUNG
FAMILY	$89,399	EMPLOYMENT	false

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (10 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D	DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC SERVICE TO MEMBERS ON A COOPERATIVE BASIS
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 6	MEMBERS
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7A	YES
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7B	YES
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	DRAFT OF FORM 990 WAS SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD DURING ITS MEETING FOR APPROVAL.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	THE ORGANIZATION REVIEWS ITS POLICY AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY BOARD MEETING.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	WAGE RANGE STUDIES INCLUDE A COMPARISON OF WAGES AND SALARIES OF COMPARABLE POSITIONS IN THE LOCAL MARKET, COMPETITORS IN THE SAME INDUSTRY, NRECA COMPENSATION STUDIES, INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION STUDIES FROM COMPARABLE-SIZED COOPERATIVES, ETC. THESE COMPARISONS ARE REVIEWED BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE AND PRESENTED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B	SAME AS 15 A.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	UPON REQUEST
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9	PATRONAGE DIVIDEND - ALLOCATED 8,210,975 INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIPS 4,690 RETIREMENTS OF CAPITAL CREDITS -949,524 DECREASE IN AOCI -833,462 TOTAL 6,432,679

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	EINEIN	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxt	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCd	Exempt Code SectionExemptCodeSectionTxt	Public Charity StatusPublicCharityStatusTxt	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1Txt	Business Name Line2DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine2Txt	Controlled OrganizationControlledOrganizationInd
SLEMCO ELECTRIC FOUNDATION
PO BOX 90866	LAFAYETTE	LA	70509	721284021	DONATIONS	LA	501C3	10	SLEMCO	SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA RURAL ELECTRIC	false
LOUISIANA RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOC
PO BOX 90866	LAFAYETTE	LA	70509	721471114	EDUCATION	LA	501C6		SLEMCO	SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA RURAL ELECTRIC	false

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	false	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	false	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	false	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	false	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	false	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	false	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	false	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	false	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	false	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	false	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	false	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	Yes (true)	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	Yes (true)	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	Yes (true)	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	Yes (true)	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	false	TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp (8 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeTxt	InvolvedInvolvedAmt	Method Of Amount DeterminationMethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt
SLEMCO ELECTRIC FOUNDATION
N	$1	ACCRUAL
LOUISIANA RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOC
N	$1	ACCRUAL
SLEMCO ELECTRIC FOUNDATION
O	$75,497	ACCRUAL
LOUISIANA RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOC
O	$32,666	ACCRUAL
SLEMCO ELECTRIC FOUNDATION
Q	$18,440	ACCRUAL
LOUISIANA RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOC
Q	$11,289	ACCRUAL
SLEMCO ELECTRIC FOUNDATION
R	$462,847	ACCRUAL
LOUISIANA RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOC
R	$149,526	ACCRUAL