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Pictured from left to right is Blake Massey, Ann Marie Covington (undergraduate at A-State), Kyle Edmonds (USFS), Heather Custer (A-State graduate student) with a guano collector

Bat habitat update

Post author:Jon David Carmack
Post published:September 2, 2020
Post category:Community

It has been nearly a year since Craighead Electric Cooperative, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Arkansas State University, and others teamed up on a conservation initiative to help an endangered native bat species in Arkansas and the biologists working on the project have some exciting news to share.

First solar plus storage facility opens in NEA

Post author:Jon David Carmack
Post published:September 1, 2020
Post category:Distributed Energy Resources

Southland Gin, Delta Farms, Craighead Electric Cooperative, and Today’s Power, Inc. “flipped the switch” on the first agricultural energy project in Arkansas combining two different solar technologies (fixed-tilt and single-axis tracking) plus on-site battery energy storage.

Understanding Solar quotes

Post author:Jon David Carmack
Post published:July 1, 2020
Post category:Distributed Energy Resources Net-Metering

Solar energy is a great energy source. However, a common-sense approach must be used when confronted with sales presentations that sound too good to be true. Understanding solar quotes can help you to make an informed decision.

Projectile damages fiber line

Post author:Jon David Carmack
Post published:July 1, 2020
Post category:Fiber

Firearm damages a fiber optic cable interrupting internet service for several members in the Black Rock area.

March 2020 tornado recovery

Post author:Jon David Carmack
Post published:March 1, 2020
Post category:Outage

Saturday, March 28th at approximately 5 pm an EF3 Tornado touched down in Jonesboro near Browns Lanes Access Road and headed Northeast through town damaging many homes and businesses including The Mall at Turtle Creek.

Beware of Phone Scams

Post author:Jon David Carmack
Post published:March 1, 2020
Post category:Scams
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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

Post author:Jon David Carmack
Post published:January 1, 2020
Post category:Distributed Energy Resources

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

Post author:Jon David Carmack
Post published:December 1, 2019
Post category:Announcements

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

Post author:Jon David Carmack
Post published:November 2, 2019
Post category:Safety

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

Post author:Jon David Carmack
Post published:November 1, 2019
Post category:Community

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.