Coin Rounding Update for Cash Payments
Attention Members: Beginning Monday, March 9, 2026, Craighead Electric Cooperative will begin rounding cash payments up to the next whole dollar. Any extra change from the rounded amount will be…
Announcements by the Coop
A Pathway to a Powerful Career: Lineman Scholarship Applications Open
Craighead Electric Cooperative announced today that applications are now open for its annual Lineman Scholarship, a program established to support local students pursuing a career in the electric utility industry.…
Experience Leadership in Our Nation’s Capital: Youth Tour Applications Now Open
Each summer, electric cooperatives from across the country send outstanding high school students to Washington, D.C., for an experience unlike anything found in a classroom. Craighead Electric Cooperative is proud…
CECC and Empower Broadband Welcome New Chief Executive Officer
Jonesboro, AR — November 21, 2025 — Craighead Electric Cooperative Corporation (CECC) and Empower Broadband are proud to welcome Justin Etter of Jonesboro as the Chief Executive Officer of both organizations,…
Lineman in bucket truck inspecting fiber lines on poles
Craighead Electric Upgrading Poles in Trumann to Strengthen Power and Prepare for Broadband
Craighead Electric Cooperative is beginning a major infrastructure project in Trumann to improve electric reliability and prepare the community for future broadband and telecommunications services.The project, which begins in late…
Empower Announces Chief Broadband Officer
Jonesboro, AR — Aug. 18, 2025 —Empower, Delivered by Craighead Electric, is proud to announce the appointment of Adrian Flye as Chief Broadband Officer. Flye lives in Jonesboro with his wife, Elizabeth,…
CECC Announce New Chief Executive Officer
Craighead Electric Cooperative Corporation Board President Terry Rorex announced today that Justin Etter of Jonesboro has been named as the forthcoming CEO of Craighead Electric. Etter has been promoted immediately…
CECC Prepares for upcoming cold front
Jonesboro, AR. — Jan. 2, 2025 — As a cold front brings below-average temperatures to Northeast Arkansas, Craighead Electric Cooperative Corporation (CECC) is ramping up its preparations and encouraging members to…
Mel Coleman, Interim CEO
Mel Coleman of NAEC has been appointed Interim CEO of CECC and empower
Following the departure of Jeremiah Sloan, Mel Coleman has been appointed as Interim CEO of Craighead Electric Cooperative, and of empower, Delivered by Craighead Electric.The following statement was released by…
Board Members Receive National Recognition
Bill Elliott and Bobby Wade from Craighead Electric Cooperative recently received the Director Gold Credential certificate from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA).An ever-changing business environment has imposed new…