Chugach employees recently volunteered their time packing and distributing food boxes for Children’s Lunchbox, a program of Bean’s Cafe. Chugach’s Employee Volunteer Program allows employees to donate 16 hours a year to local nonprofits during normal work hours. The program is a great way for Chugach and its employees to give back and strengthen ties with the community.

On Monday, June 26, 2023, Chugach Electric CEO Arthur Miller gave an update on Chugach’s business at the weekly Make it Monday forum. Miller detailed plans and priorities at Chugach as well as how the utility is dealing with challenges such as finding new sources of natural gas while also adding clean energy, including renewables, to the Chugach system. The forum was recorded by the Anchorage Chamber and the link to the video is here along with the slides that accompanied Mr. Miller’s presentation.

Team Chugach fanned out across our two campuses in May for the annual Citywide Cleanup sponsored by the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce. Chugach joined over 120 businesses and civic organizations taking part in the annual effort that began in 1958. Citywide Cleanup is one of our favorite events of the year, joining thousands of volunteers collecting tons of trash in order to beautify Anchorage just in time for summer.

Chugach staff took part in the Anchorage Home Builders Association (AHBA) annual Home Show in early April. We enjoyed the opportunity to greet hundreds of our members and talk about new programs at Chugach. Attendees were interested in our new payment processing system, our beneficial electrification incentive programs, and our 2023 election and annual meeting, just to highlight a few. Thank you to AHBA for including Chugach in this community event.