Chugach Electric Association

Chugach's corporate mission is "Through superior service, safely provide reliable and competitively priced energy." Chugach's corporate vision is "Powering Alaska's future."Chugach Electric Association is headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska's largest city. Anchorage itself sits at the base of the Chugach Mountains. The word "Chugach" comes from an Eskimo tribal name, which the Russians recorded as "Chugatz" or "Tchougatskoi". In 1898, U.S. Army Capt. W.R. Abercrombie spelled the name "Chugatch" and applied it to the mountains.At the end of 2019, Chugach served 84,327 metered-locations in an area extending from Anchorage to the northern Kenai Peninsula, and from Whittier on Prince William Sound to Tyonek on the west side of Cook Inlet. Chugach had 531.2 megawatts of generation capacity at Chugach-owned facilities, which included Chugach’s shares of the jointly owned Southcentral Power Project and Eklutna Power Plant. Chugach operated 2,163 miles of energized line at year-end. Chugach had 436 miles of transmission line, which included Chugach’s share of the Eklutna transmission line. Chugach had 892 miles of overhead distribution line and 835 miles of underground distribution line.