- Electricity
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- We have no definite record
when electricity came to Abernathy. The original Texas Utility
Company was formed about 1916. In the mid-thirties the name became
Texas-New Mexico Utilities. In 1946 it merged with other utilities
of the Plains area to form the Southwestern Public Service Company.
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- Rural electricity was
not readily available until after World War II. At that time
Southwestern Public Service and REA (now South Plains Electric
Cooperative) began installing lines so the rural people would
have the advantage of electricity. This progress helped make
large changes in the way people spent their time. More modern
conveniences became available through the advancement of electricity.
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