DeFuniak Springs, FL (Oct. 11, 2026) — Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CHELCO) estimates ...
Thanks to the hard work of our CHELCO team, mutual aid crews, and contractors, fewer than 50% of CHE...
Our damage assessors are working hard to evaluate damage and help crews prioritize restoration effor...
Our base camp is in full swing this morning, with hundreds of additional personnel having arrived an...

10.09.26 Hurricane Isaias Update

CHELCO Senior Line Technician, Jared Mauldin, provides an update from the field following Hurricane Isaias' landfall on Northwest Florida. CHELCO crews have been dispatched and are actively restoring power. Please avoid approaching or stopping working crews so they can focus on safely restoring power. Updates and the outage map are available at CHELCO.com.

10.10.26 CHELCO CEO Hurricane Isaias Update

In this hurricane restoration update, Steve Rhodes, CEO of CHELCO, provides an overview of recovery efforts following significant storm damage. More than 400 workers, including CHELCO employees, contract crews, and right-of-way personnel, were actively restoring power across the system. Crews successfully restored service to 10 of the 16 substations impacted by transmission outages, and approximately 10,000 members had their power restored by the end of the day.

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