Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative, Inc., (CHELCO) is a MEMBER OWNED, not-for-profit electric distribution cooperative employing more than 170 people and serving more than 62,000 accounts in Walton, Okaloosa, Holmes and Santa Rosa counties in the panhandle of Florida.
The cooperative owns and maintains over 4,300 miles of line including those on Eglin Air Force Base.
We have six area offices including our headquarters in DeFuniak Springs.
CHELCO is a distribution cooperative that exclusively purchases its energy from PowerSouth Energy Cooperative. CHELCO is democratically controlled by its member-owners, who vote to elect the Board of Trustees. Each Trustee is also a CHELCO member, and they are elected on three-year cycles and represent nine districts throughout our service territory.
History
Although most cities had electricity by the mid-1930s, rural Americans were still in the dark. The high cost of building electric distribution lines to serve sparsely populated rural areas was thought to be unprofitable.
Then in 1940, with the support of the federal Rural Electrification Administration's oversight and low-interest loans, the people of northwest Florida decided to band together to form CHELCO, a member-owned, not-for-profit electric distribution cooperative.
Later that same year, CHELCO members met with 10 other electric cooperatives and formed Alabama Electric Cooperative (now PowerSouth Energy Cooperative), a generation and transmission cooperative established to generate the electricity needed by its member co-ops.
CHELCO is dedicated to providing safe, reliable, and affordable electricity and has not had a rate increase since 2012. Membership, in 1940 and today, costs $5.00.
Company Details
- Employees
- 114
- Founded
- -
- Address
- P.o. Box 512, Defuniak Springs,fl 32435,united States
- Phone
- 850-307-1211
- me****@****lco.com
- Industry
- Utilities
- NAICS
-
UtilitiesElectric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution
- Website
- chelco.com
- HQ
- DeFuniak Springs, FL
- Competitors
- Seminole Electric Cooperative, Inc., Talquin Electric Cooperative, Inc., Glades Electric Cooperative, Inc., Keys Energy Services, Florida Municipal Electric Association, SECO Energy (Sumter Electric Cooperative), LCEC, Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative, Florida Power & Light, Southern Company.
Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative (Chelco) Questions
Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative (Chelco)'s helpline number is 850-307-1211
Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative (Chelco)'s website is chelco.com
Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative (Chelco)'s LinkedIn profile is https://www.linkedin.com/company/chelco
Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative (Chelco) has
114 employees.
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employees at Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative (Chelco).
Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative (Chelco)'s industry is
Utilities
Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative (Chelco)'s top competitors are
Seminole Electric Cooperative, Inc.,
Talquin Electric Cooperative, Inc.,
Glades Electric Cooperative, Inc.,
Keys Energy Services,
Florida Municipal Electric Association,
Seco Energy (Sumter Electric Cooperative),
Lcec,
Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative,
Florida Power & Light,
Southern Company.
Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative (Chelco)'s support email address is memberbilling@chelco.com
Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative (Chelco)'s categories are Utilities
Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative (Chelco)'s founding year is 1940
