With so many challenges and opportunities in the electric utility industry, now is the time to get involved with your member-owned cooperative. The Member Advisory Council is a great way to find out more about Chugach and provide valuable feedback to the board of directors. The Bylaws, Election, and Nominating committees are essential to a successful annual meeting and election process.

Join us Oct. 26 from 6-7 p.m. to learn how to monitor and manage your electric use and get information on resources and incentive programs. Register here.

In a news release issued Aug. 24, 2023, Fitch affirmed Chugach Electric’s A- rating with a stable outlook. Read here.

As part of the acquisition of Municipal Light & Power by Chugach Electric in 2020, the Regulatory Commission of Alaska required the utility to file a rate case in 2023 in order to combine rate classes. Since the acquisition closed, there have been separate rate structures for the north and south Chugach members. The rate case was filed with the RCA on Friday, June 30, 2023 and will take an estimated 15 months to go through the regulatory process.

Following the acquisition of Municipal Light & Power by Chugach Electric in 2020, Chugach is preparing to file a rate case with the Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA).  Part of the approval process of the acquisition by the RCA included a requirement of combining the north and south rate classes into one by the end of 2023. Chugach south customers have not had a base rate adjustment since 2020; and the former ML&P customers (Chugach north) have not had a base rate adjustment since 2017.

Chugach Electric Association, Inc. members elected three directors to the utility’s seven-member board of directors. Election results were announced Friday night, May 19, at the electric cooperative’s annual meeting. There were 264 members who registered at the meeting, held at ChangePoint in Anchorage, and an estimated 450 in total attendance.

Chugach members re-elected Bettina Chastain and elected Susanne Fleek-Green and Jim Nordlund to the Chugach Board of Directors.