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GCEC Hosts Successful Blood Drive, Collects 27 Units Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative’s (GCEC) heart beats for its community, evidenced by its recent blood drive with OneBlood. Held at GCEC’s Southport and Wewahitchka offices, the event brought in 27 units of…

Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative (GCEC) & Calhoun Liberty Credit Union Unite To Provide Food for Local Students Staying true to the cooperative principle of Concern for Community and the Touchstone Energy® Cooperatives’ core value of Commitment to Community, Gulf Coast…

By John Bartley, CEO/General Manager Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative (GCEC) As we begin a new year, I want to reflect on some of Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative’s milestones and accomplishments in 2024. Community Involvement We worked with our generation and…

Visit the Brown Town Christmas Nights of Lights Sunny Brown—who works in Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative’s member services department—and her husband, Freddy, work hard every year to create a tradition the community loves: a winter wonderland of lights at their…

Attention, high school juniors: Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative (GCEC) is recruiting students for the 2025 Washington Youth Tour competition. High school juniors whose parents or guardians are members of the cooperative are eligible to participate. Each student nominated for the…

Conversations about energy industry issues affecting electric cooperatives help elected officials understand how policies may affect the communities we serve. Recently, co-op leaders from Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative, Talquin Electric Cooperative, and Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative had the opportunity to…

Once outages in the Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative (GCEC) service territory were restored, employees assisted fellow co-ops. Category 4 Hurricane Helene made landfall on September 26 near Perry. It was the strongest hurricane to strike Florida’s Big Bend region and…

Unlock the Power of Federal Energy Incentives Do you hit the snooze button when someone starts talking about kilowatts, electricity use or energy efficiency? It’s true—sometimes, these can be pretty dry topics. What if you could get money back to…

Adhering to the 7 Cooperative Principles, Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative Employees Participate in Training Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative (GCEC) employees recently participated in a training session led by Eddie McKnight of McKnight Associates based in South Carolina. Eddie, an electric…

Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative (GCEC) supports Tyndall Air Force Base events and local schools. Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative recently sponsored the Freedom Fest and Back-to-School Jam at Tyndall Air Force Base, as well as back-to-school luncheons for local schools. Tyndall…