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More than 150 teachers from northwest Florida and Alabama became students at the Empower Energy Education Workshop in June. Empower was co-hosted by PowerSouth, the National Energy Education Development and area cooperatives, including Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative. The Empower Energy…

Simple precautions can save you money and heartache By Franklin Thurlow In 2021, the Federal Trade Commission received 5.7 million consumer incident reports. About half of those were identified as fraud and a quarter as identity theft. Those statistics don’t…

Imagine a chance to visit our nation’s capital for one week, meet with hundreds of students from across the United States, and visit with Florida’s senators and congressional representatives. Two local students were selected to experience this once-in-a-lifetime trip in…

Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative took its live line safety demonstration trailer to Bay Haven Charter Academy’s summer camp and Career and Community Day at Stone Mill Creek Fire Department hosted by Gulf County Corrections. The trailer—which Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative…

GCEC employees come together to help one of their own By Kristin Douglas It’s no secret cooperatives have a strong commitment to their communities. In fact, Concern for Community is one of the Seven Cooperative Principles. Commitment to Community is…

We’ve always heard, “You need a plan to get anything done.” That is taught in all business schools and recognized by people who don’t manage anything other than their own lives. My favorite quote about “plans is from the noted…

Strange things start happening when the world price of copper skyrockets to record levels as it did this year. A Nevada electric cooperative lost $5,000 worth of copper wire in a theft at a substation. Copper pilfered from a cooperative…

Members may qualify for a $100 rebate Electric vehicles are part of a national plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. With all the excitement about EVs, you may have bought one yourself. If not, you probably have seen them…

Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative is pleased to announce the promotions of Wesley Newsome to supervisor of warehouses, Melissa Rushing to accounts payable specialist, and Kristen Rich to accounts payable clerk. Congratulations!

We rely on electricity to power our lives. Whether at home or work, at the gas pump or grocery store, we need abundant and affordable electricity. Unfortunately, real-world conditions affect the price of electricity. While the energy we use every…