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Galveston with the first plant. Either of these would be
among the first in the United States, since the initial
American plant started in New York City in the summer
of 1882.
As late as 1910, Texas electrical operations were
mainly limited to isolated municipal and individually
owned plants. In 1912 Texas Power & Light Co. started
building Texas' first high-voltage transmission line. it ex-
tended from Waco to Fort Worth, with a branch from
Hillsboro through Waxahachie to Ferris, where it
branched north to Trinity Heights (Dallas) and south to
Corsicana.
Rural electrification began after the first transmis-
sion lines were constructed. By the early 1930s some 48,-
000 rural families were receiving service.
Gas Utilities
Approximately 298 investor-owned gas companies in
Texas are classified as gas utilities and come under the
regulatory jurisdiction of the Texas Railroad Commis-
sion. Approximately 184 of these companies reported gas
operating revenue of $7 billion in 1989, with operating
expenses of $6.4 billion.
In 1989, fixed investment for distribution facilities in
Texas was $1.66 billion and for transmission facilities,
$4.7 billion. Investment in Texas plants in service totaled
$7.66 billion. There were 55 investor-owned and 86 munic-
ipally owned distribution systems in operation in 1989
serving approximately 1,013 Texas cities.
The eight largest distribution systems - six private
and two municipal - served 95 percent of all residential
customers. In 1989, there were approximately 3.2 million
residential customers, 274,185 small commercial and in-
dustrial users, 542 large industrial customers and 9,196
other gas utility customers. The breakdown of distribu-
tion sales to these customers was: 67 Mcf per residential
customer, 598 Mcf per commercial customer, 115,923 Mcf
per industrial customer and 5,234 Mcf for customers in
the "other" category. Distribution sales amounted to
487.6 billion cubic feet in 1989.

In addition to industrial sales made by distribution
companies, transmission companies reported pipeline-
to-industry sales of 1.42 trillion cubic feet and revenue
from these sales of $3.1 billion.
In 1989, the average annual residential gas bill in the
U.S. was $534. The average annual bill in Texas for the
same year was $385, down $28 from the previous year.
The State of Texas collected $8 million in gross receipts
taxes from gas utilities in fiscal year 1989.
There were 46,792 producing gas wells in the state
at the end of 1989, down 3,796 from the previous year.
New gas well completions during 1989 numbered 1,435,
down 71 from 1989.
Texas had a total of 136,427 miles of natural gas
pipelines in operation in 1989, including 20,610 miles of
field and gathering lines, 46,337 miles of transmission lines
and 69,480 miles of distribution lines.
Estimated  proved  gas  reserves  in the  state
amounted to 38.38 trillion cubic feet in 1989. Gross pro-
duction of natural gas, including casinghead gas, in 1989
was 4.57 trillion cubic feet. At year end in 1989, 22 under-
ground storage reservoirs in the state contained 407.8
billion cubic feet of gas.
Electric Cooperatives
The 76 electric distribution cooperatives operating
in Texas were serving over 1.075 million rural connec-
tions by the end of 1990. The systems, plus two of Texas'
three generation and transmission (G&T) cooperatives,
were operating more than 257,000 miles of lines extend-
ing into all but nine of the 254 counties in Texas. Power
produced by the third G&T is relayed through non-coop-
eratively owned lines to the distribution co-operatives'
load centers. Seven additional G&T cooperative feder-
ations have no operating facilities but represent their re-
spective member cooperatives in their relations with
regulatory bodies and their wholesale power suppliers.
Five of the seven have personnel. Altogether, the 76 dis-
tribution and five staffed G&Ts employ over 5,550 per-
sons. Average number of consumer units served by the
76 distribution cooperatives, per mile of line: 4.18.

Civic Organizations
Listed below are privately supported civic, commercial and other non-profit Texas organizations that provided
information on questionnaires sent to them by the Texas Almanac. Organizations that did not return
questionnaires by June 1, 1991, are not included. These are mostly statewide organizations, but in some cases
regional organizations are included. Listing is alphabetical by the keyword in the title; i.e., Texas Egg Council is
found under "Egg."

AFL-CIO, Texas-Pres., Joe     D. Gunn. Office
Address: Box 12727, Austin 78711.
Advertising & Magazine Publishing, Texas Council
of-Exec. Dir., Marsha Cook; Pres., Larry Spiegel,
10000 N. Central Expy., #1200, Dallas 75231. Office
Address: 1104 West Avenue, #101, Austin 78701.
Aglime & Fertilizer Assn., Texas-Louisiana-Assn.
Coordinator, Dana Tucker. Office Address: Box 891,
Georgetown 78627.
Agricultural Organizations
Agricultural Agents Assn., Texas County-Pres.,
Glenn Huddleston, County Courthouse, Palestine 75801.
Agricultural Aviation Assn., Texas-Exec. Dir., Joe
McCullough; Pres., Bill Nunley, Box 163, Batesville 78829.
Office Address: 1033 La Posada Dr., #220, Austin 78752.
Agricultural Consultants, Texas Assn. of-Exec. Dir.,
Joe McCullough; Pres., Glenn Crane, Rt. 2, Box 225-1,
East Bernard 77435. Office Address: 1033 La Posada Dr.,
#220, Austin 78752.
Agricultural Cooperative Council, Texas-Exec. Vice
Pres., Billy L. Conner; Pres., Keith Streety, Rt. 1, Box
286, Levelland 79336. Office Address: Box 9527, Austin
78766.
Agricultural Teachers Assn. of Texas, Vocational-
Exec. Dir., Guy Finstad; Pres., Bruce Smith, 805 Has-
tings, Dumas 79029. Office Address: 614 E. 12th St., Austin
78701.
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors, Texas Assn.
of-Exec. Dir., Joe McCullough; Pres., AI Conlan, 1500-
B Norwood, *208, Hurst 76054. Office Address: 1033 La
Posada Dr., #220, Austin 78752.
Aloe Science Council, International-Exec. Dir., Don
McCullough; Pres., Ray Henry, 1101 Rio Hondo, Har-
lingen 78550. Office Address: 1033 La Posada Dr., #220,
Austin 78752.

American Legion, Dept. of Texas-Dept. Adj., Jim D.
Lemley; Cmdr., Derek G. Shultz, 3501 Tanglewood Dr.,
Bryan 77802. Office Address: Box 789, Austin 78767.
Anesthesiologists, Texas Society of-Exec. Sec., Ann
Becker; Pres., Dr. Asa C. Lockhart. Office Address: 1905
N. Lamar Blvd., #107, Austin 78705.
Apparel Mfrs. Assn., Southwest Division of -Exec.
Dir., Cincie Drieth; Pres., Shirley Bradford, 4848 Military
Pkwy., Dallas 75223. Office Address: Box 585931, Dallas
75258.
Archaeological Associations
Central Texas Arch. Society-Pres., Dr. John Fox,
7830 Delhi Rd., Waco 76712. Office Address: 4229 Mitchell
Rd., Waco 76710. El Paso Arch. Society-Pres., Joe
Guinn, 5000 Alabama, #31, El Paso 79930. Office Address:
Box 4345, El Paso 79914.
Houston Arch. Society-Pres., Elisa G. Phelps, 704
Marshall, Houston 77006. Office Address: Box 6751,
Houston 77265.
Midland Archeological Society-Pres., Teddy Stick-
ney. Office Address: Box 4224, Midland 79704.
Nautical Archaeology, Institute of-Exec. Dir., Rob-
ert K. Vincent Jr. Office Address: Drawer HG, College
Station 77841-5137.
Panhandle Archeological Society-Pres., Reba Jones,
2319 Judy, Amarillo 79106. Office Address: Box 814,
Amarillo 79105.
Southern Texas Arch. Assn.-Exec. Dir., C. K. Chan-
dler; Pres., Ray Blackburn, 12530 Enfield Dr., San Anto-
nio 78232. Office Address: 123 Crestline, San Antonio
78201.
Architects, American Inst. (Dallas Chapter)-Exec.
Dir., Gloria Wise; Pres., Brent Byers, 501 Elm, Ste. 500,
Dallas 75202. Office Address: 2811 McKinney, Ste. 20, LB
104, Dallas 75204.

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