Beware of Phone Scams
Craighead Electric Cooperative members have recently been targeted in a string of phone scams. Usually, the scammer poses as a utility employee and threatens to disconnect service if payment is not made immediately.
Groundbreaking ceremony with representatives from Delta Farms, Southland Gin, Craighead Electric, and Today's Power.
Craighead Electric Partners to Build Solar plus storage system
Together with Craighead Electric Cooperative, TPI proposed a plan for a solar generation facility with battery storage that is unlike any system currently operating in Arkansas, one that will provide benefits to all parties involved.
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.
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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.