SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ELECTRIC: Form 990, tax year 2014

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Organization: SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ELECTRIC (EIN 72-0323335)
Tax period: 2014-01-01 to 2014-12-31
Filed: 2015-05-05
IRS object ID: 201501259349301850
Schema version: 2014v5.0
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	2015-05-05T16:27:29-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2014-12-31	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	2014-01-01	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	PO BOX 90866	AddressLine1Txt
City	LAFAYETTE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	LA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	705090866	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	GLENN A TAMPORELLO	PersonNm
Person Title	GENERAL MANANGER & CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	3378965384	PhoneNum
Signature	2015-05-05	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	SEAN B DUNAHAY CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00086460	PTIN
Phone	9187498337	PhoneNum
Preparation	2015-05-05	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2014	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-03-07 17:11:31Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$201,640,060	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
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	305	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$0	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$197,085,340	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$200,080,297	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$909,964	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$990,005	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$461,947	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$466,620	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$198,457,251	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$201,536,922	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$74,430	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$119,090	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$4,435,193	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$6,168,354	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$18,281,855	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$18,505,729	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$175,802,554	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$177,247,346	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$198,594,032	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$202,040,519	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$136,781	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$503,597	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$414,485,919	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$412,682,564	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$200,895,559	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$195,209,048	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$213,590,360	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$217,473,516	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
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
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	false	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 With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
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	130	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	305	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	$200,546,917	MembersAndShrGrossIncomeAmt
Other Sources Gross Income	$977,646	OtherSourcesGrossIncomeAmt
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
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	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd	Former Ofcr Director TrusteeFormerOfcrDirectorTrusteeInd
GARY SOILEAU
1ST VICE PRE	3.25	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$6,450	$0	$1,506
JOSEPH D SIMON JR
PRESIDENT	3.25	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$6,400	$0	$20,255	1.00
BRYAN G LEONARDS SR
SECRETARY/TR	3.25	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$6,075	$0	$19,393	1.00
LEOPOLD A FRILOT SR
DIRECTOR	3.25	Yes (X)		$5,750	$0	$20,280	1.00
MERLIN YOUNG
DIRECTOR	3.25	Yes (X)		$5,450	$0	$1,693	1.00
CARL J COMEAUX
DIRECTOR	3.25	Yes (X)		$5,400	$0	$18,913
CHARLES SONNIER
DIRECTOR	3.25	Yes (X)		$5,375	$0	$18,815
ADELLE D KENNISON
DIRECTOR	3.25	Yes (X)		$5,075	$0	$7,351	1.00
DON L RESWEBER
DIRECTOR	3.25	Yes (X)		$4,050	$0	$13,245	1.00
JOHN B MEAUX
DIRECTOR	3.25	Yes (X)		$3,550	$0	$6,200
JOSEPH U GAJAN
	40.00		Yes (X)	$334,789	$0	$27,010
KATHERINE DOMINGUE
	40.00		Yes (X)	$145,214	$0	$57,608
GLENN A TAMPORELLO
	40.00			$145,140	$0	$99,334		Yes (X)
JAMES E LAQUE
	40.00			$145,030	$0	$101,260		Yes (X)
TED CORMIER
	40.00			$109,016	$0	$99,774		Yes (X)
WILLIAM R HUVAL
RETIRED DIRE				$1,500	$0	$7,446			Yes (X)
JERRY F MEAUX
FORMER DIREC				$1,500	$0	$6,215			Yes (X)
J DEWEY LEDOUX JR
FORMER DIREC				$0	$0	$756			Yes (X)
DAVE L AYMOND
RETIRED DIRE				$0	$0	$2,438			Yes (X)
DENNIS J BROUSSARD
FORMER DIREC				$0	$0	$1,886			Yes (X)
REMIE MCGEE JR
RETIRED DIRE				$0	$0	$3,245			Yes (X)
HOWARD F YOUNG JR
RETIRED DIRE				$0	$0	$2,072			Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$935,764	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$536,695	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	5	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
EP BREAUX
PO BOX 11640	NEW IBERIA	LA	70562	ELECTRIC CONST	$5,365,044
LEWIS TREE SERVICE INC
PO BOX 731897	DALLAS	TX	753731897	TREE SERVICE	$1,751,546
ECHO POWERLINE LLC
313 WALNUT ST	BUNKIE	LA	71322	POWERLINE SERV	$1,551,897
CHAIN ELECTRIC COMPANY
PO BOX 2058	HATTIESBURG	MS	394032058	ELECTRIC CONSTR	$1,244,516
RC DIRECTIONAL BORING
PO BOX 767	PINE PRAIRIE	LA	70576	CONST SERV	$584,698

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	14	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	SALE OF ELECTRICITY	Desc
Total Revenue Column	$200,080,297	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$200,080,297	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$200,080,297	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$977,646	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$977,646	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$466,620	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$466,620	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$466,620	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$466,620	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$115,497	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$103,138	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$12,359	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$12,359	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$12,359	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$201,536,922	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$200,080,297	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$1,456,625	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$119,090	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,168,354	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$745,847	TotalAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$27,058	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,798,824	TotalAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,271,991	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,885,623	TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$776,386	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$195,642	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$43,506	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$150,866	TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,462,861	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,680,034	TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt
COST OF POWER	$139,899,004
TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBU	$9,268,382
TAXES	$5,400,465
EQUIPMENT RENT & MAINT. E	$2,695,936

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,450,650	TotalAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$202,040,519	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	$50,974	BOYAmt
EOY	$52,000	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$15,036,284	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,740,277	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$12,733,983	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,856,686	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,015,571	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,601,735	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$123,486	BOYAmt
EOY	$100,476	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$480,192,087	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$108,854,080	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$357,043,197	BOYAmt
EOY	$371,338,007	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,111,307	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,393,084	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$23,371,117	BOYAmt
EOY	$18,600,299	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$414,485,919	BOYAmt
EOY	$412,682,564	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,340,486	BOYAmt
EOY	$16,476,677	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$158,172,094	BOYAmt
EOY	$151,947,506	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$24,382,979	BOYAmt
EOY	$26,784,865	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$200,895,559	BOYAmt
EOY	$195,209,048	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Org Does Not Follow SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrgDoesNotFollowSFAS117Ind

Cap Stk Tr Prin Current Funds CapStkTrPrinCurrentFundsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$373,115	BOYAmt
EOY	$378,075	EOYAmt

Pd In Cap Srpls Land Bldg Eqp Fund PdInCapSrplsLandBldgEqpFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-$2,222,228	BOYAmt
EOY	-$3,147,107	EOYAmt

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$215,439,473	BOYAmt
EOY	$220,242,548	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$213,590,360	BOYAmt
EOY	$217,473,516	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$414,485,919	BOYAmt
EOY	$412,682,564	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$503,597	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$4,386,753	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	$11,594,661	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$11,594,661	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$468,597,426	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$108,854,080	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$359,743,346	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$371,338,007	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
ACCUMULATED OPERATION POV.- FASB 106	$15,304,239
CONSUMER DEPOSITS	$7,592,503
UNRECOGNIZED LOSS(GAIN)	$3,344,061
DEFERRED CREDITS	$544,062

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$26,784,865	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$201,536,922	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$201,536,922	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$201,536,922	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$195,872,165	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$195,872,165	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Other Expenses Not Included	$6,168,354	OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$6,168,354	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$202,040,519	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, THE TAX YEARS PRIOR TO 2011 GENERALLY ARE NOT SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE U.S. FEDERAL AND MOST STATE TAX AUTHORITIES.

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

PATRONAGE DIVIDENDS - ALLOCATED 6,168,354

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

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

Recipient Table RecipientTable (4 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	IRC SectionIRCSectionDesc	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt
LAFAYETTE CATHOLIC SERVICE CENTER
401 ST JOHN STREET	LAFAYETTE	LA	70501	720977497	3	$15,000
LSU-E FOUNDATION
PO BOX 1551	EUNICE	LA	705351551	582028025	3	$20,000
UL LAFAYETTE FOUNDATION
PO BOX 44290	LAFAYETTE	LA	70504	726023836		$44,000
MARCH OF DIMES
1275 MAMARONECK AVE	WHITE PLAINS	NY	10605	131846366	3	$7,500

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	27	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	20	TotalOtherOrgCnt

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 (12 entries)

Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	TitleTitleTxt
JOSEPH U GAJAN
$318,263	$16,526	$13,504	$13,506	$361,799
KATHERINE DOMINGUE
$144,656	$558	$44,102	$13,506	$202,822
GLENN A TAMPORELLO
$144,391	$749	$84,601	$14,733	$244,474
JAMES E LAQUE
$144,269	$761	$86,527	$14,733	$246,290
TED CORMIER
$108,447	$569	$85,041	$14,733	$208,790
WILLIAM R HUVAL
$1,500		$7,370	$76	$8,946	RETIRED DIRECTOR
JERRY F MEAUX
$1,500		$6,150	$65	$7,715	FORMER DIRECTOR
J DEWEY LEDOUX JR
		$756		$756	FORMER DIRECTOR
DAVE L AYMOND
		$2,438		$2,438	RETIRED DIRECTOR
DENNIS J BROUSSARD
		$1,886		$1,886	FORMER DIRECTOR
REMIE MCGEE JR
		$3,245		$3,245	RETIRED DIRECTOR
HOWARD F YOUNG JR
		$2,072		$2,072	RETIRED DIRECTOR

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp (2 entries)

Relationship DescriptionRelationshipDescriptionTxt	TransactionTransactionAmt	TransactionTransactionDesc	Sharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenuesInd
PAM MEAUX
FAMILY	$46,077	EMPLOYMENT	false
JUSTIN YOUNG
FAMILY	$60,817	EMPLOYMENT	false

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (11 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 MAY 5, 2015 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, ECT. 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 DIVIDENDS - ALLOCATED 6,168,354
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9	INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIPS 4,960 ACCUM. OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INC 924,880 RETIREMENTS OF CAPITAL CREDITS 861,681

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	9	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	$65,276	ACCRUAL
LOUISIANA RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOC
O	$34,681	ACCRUAL
SLEMCO ELECTRIC FOUNDATION
Q	$28,294	ACCRUAL
LOUISIANA RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOC
Q	$6,021	ACCRUAL
SLEMCO ELECTRIC FOUNDATION
R	$426,361	ACCRUAL
LOUISIANA RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOC
R	$137,617	ACCRUAL