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By John Bartley, CEO/General Manager Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative After 2 years of holding virtual meetings due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative (GCEC) returned to an in-person annual meeting this year. We celebrated our 81st anniversary because…

When Hurricane Ian spared Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative but devastated neighboring utilities, GCEC crews responded, working with Peace River Electric Cooperative in central Florida and Lee County Electric Cooperative in southwest Florida to rebuild their distribution systems.

9 teams from 8 electric cooperatives gathered for the Home Runs for Heroes softball tournament held September 24 at Brewton YMCA Sports Park in Brewton, Alabama. Southern Pine Electric Cooperative hosted. The tournament, held in memory of Southern Pine Electric…

Co-op spreads the word about electrical safety and linework Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative recently attended career day at North Bay Haven Charter Academy to talk about electrical safety and linework. The demonstration trailer, built by Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative employees,…

Dear Student: Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative is proud to offer an exciting opportunity for high school seniors in its service area: the chance to win one of 10 $1,000 scholarships! To win, you must be present at our 75th Annual…

On October 31, small, strange creatures may dot our roads, creeping up to homes with large bags, dashing from one place to another, often forgetting about passing cars and trucks. Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative reminds you to drive carefully to…

Attention, high school juniors. Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative is recruiting students for the 2023 Washington Youth Tour competition. High school juniors whose parents are members of the cooperative are eligible to participate. Each student nominated for the competition receives a…

GCEC is proud to be your trusted energy partner Unlike other utilities that are owned by investors and run for profit, Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative is driven by a set of principles we inherited. The seeds of the Seven Cooperative…

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…