Could Pecan Island be getting better electrical service?

Louisiana District 4 Public Service Commissioner Mike Francis, whose district includes this area, attended a recent Vermilion Parish Police Jury meeting to talk about providing better electricity power to the residents of Pecan Island and along the coastline.
Francis, who started an oil field trucking company in Vermilion Parish in Intracoastal City in the 1970s, educated the police jurors that Cameron Parish is preparing to spend $340 million to harden the electrical system. They want to make it withstand a hurricane.
He is hoping Vermilion Parish can benefit from the upgrade.
Three years ago, Hurricane Laura wiped out the electrical system in Cameron Parish.
Around 7,500 members lost electricity. A tent city was built at Chennault airport in Lake Charles, housing 800 lineworkers at a time tasked with emergency repairs. Then, less than two months after Laura tore the utility’s grid to shreds came Hurricane Delta, destroying what had been rebuilt so far.
Working with a team of consultants, the co-op is rebuilding its Cameron transmission line, replacing wooden poles with ones made from steel, elevating substations to avoid flooding, and installing transmission lines that carry a higher voltage. The new system should withstand winds up to 160 mph in this configuration.
Francis said he would like to get rid of the wooden poles in the Pecan Island area and have the utility company, Jeff Davis Electric, install the steel poles in Cameron Parish and the Pecan Island area.
“If you go down Hwy. 82, pass through Pecan Island, and drive to Grand Chenier. There are no electrical poles,” said Francis. “I want to get the police jury involved. We want a transmission line run through Pecan Island.”
Francis said the new line they want to build would stop at Superior Canal (located in Cameron Parish) and stop.
“I love Pecan Island. I got friends there. People use pumps to pump off because there is not enough electricty.”
Francis’s dream is to have a powerful electrical landline from Cameron Parish and continue along La. 82 into Pecan Island.
“You need to ask the question I am asking. Why is there not enough power in Pecan Island? It is not right. SLEMCO can get the same funds from the federal government as they are doing in Cameron Parish.”
Having a three-phase electrical line along the coastline could positively affect Vermilion Parish.
“I just wanted to plant a seed in you’ll head, said Francis.
Police Juror Dane Hebert asked Francis what does the police jury need to do to make it happen?
Francis said to go through your local legislators for help.