Craighead Electric installs wildlife deterrent fence
Craighead Electric Cooperative teamed up with their wholesale electricity provider Arkansas Electric Cooperative to install a wildlife deterrent fence around the McCormick Substation.
Major safety milestone
Craighead Electric Cooperative recently marked a major safety milestone of 1 million man-hours without a lost-time accident. Celebrating with a company-wide fish fry, all current and retired employees were invited to join the festivities.
Craighead Electric staff assist in the installation of an artificial bat habitat.
Craighead Electric Cooperative assists in endangered bat conservation
Craighead Electric Cooperative teams up with community partners to assist in the conservation of the endangered Indiana bat erecting new habitat for a colony located in the Shirey Bay Rainey Brake Wildlife Management Area near Strawberry.
Craighead Electric Cooperative Builds Solar Array in Brookland, AR
Craighead Electric Cooperative partnered with Today’s Power, Inc. (TPI) and the City of Brookland to build a 1-megawatt solar array in Brookland, AR.
Craighead Electric employees donate to local charitable groups
In 2018, the Co-Op Cares campaign was launched as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. It is an employee-sponsored community fund with the mission to support various local charitable organizations. It does not receive any funding from Craighead Electric or its members. Employee contribution is voluntary, but Co-Op Cares currently benefits from over 90% employee participation.
CECC Announces Broadband Internet Service
This planned communications network, together with our existing infrastructure, puts Craighead Electric in a unique position to provide a service that our members have long been asking for, broadband internet.
Operation Razorback 2018
Linemen return from Guatemala
Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas linemen, including Terry Harkey with Craighead Electric of Jonesboro, recently completed a mission to electrify two remote Guatemalan villages near the Mexican border, resulting in approximately 105 villagers having electricity for the first time.
Space heater DOs
Space heater safety tips
Space heaters are a convenient way to warm up specific rooms in your home without having to crank up the thermostat, but using a space heater doesn’t come without risk! Use these tips to keep your home safe.
Reduce your thermostat's temperature to 68
degrees fahrenheit during winter months.
Fighting the winter chills
Frigid temperatures can cause heating systems to work over time, and since heating and cooling can make up nearly half of your electric bill, you may experience sticker shock when you open that bill. Instead of waiting until after a potentially high bill is in your mailbox, be proactive.
2017 CECC crew photo
Craighead Electric Celebrates 80 Years of Service
Craighead Electric Cooperative was incorporated on August 13th, 1937, the second electric cooperative in Arkansas to do so under the Rural Electrification Act signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In the 80 years that have passed, the co-op has grown by leaps and bounds.