Craighead Electric Cooperative

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Craighead Electric Cooperative is a non-profit rural electric utility cooperative headquartered in Jonesboro, Arkansas, with district offices in Paragould, and Walnut Ridge, Arkansas.

The Cooperative was organized in 1937 and the first 75 miles of power lines were energized in November 1938.

The Cooperative serves portions of seven counties in the state of Arkansas, in a territory generally north and east of Jonesboro: Craighead, Crittenden, Greene, Independence, Lawrence, Poinsett, and Randolph.

Currently (as of September 2005) the Cooperative has more than 4,586 miles of distribution lines, 18 substations, and services 25,754 meters.

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