Regular Board Meeting
Financial Assistance
As everyone is aware, the rising cost of natural gas, heating oil, propane and electric power has caused a sharp increase in electric and heating bills the past few years, especially to those living in rural areas. Many consumers are…
Power Pledge Challenge Starts Soon!
Challenge your students to think and learn about how they use energy every day – and enter to win prizes throughout the semester! Teachers, please sign up for the 11th annual Power Pledge Challenge (PPC), an initiative aimed at helping youth better understand energy use. Participating classes have the opportunity to complete monthly and semester-long […]
Let’s Start Planning our Community Meetings
Alaska Village Electric Cooperative is a member-owned utility that values its customers’ input. Members who attend the cooperative’s yearly community meetings have an impact on how the cooperative offers electric power. Attending a community meeting takes time, but your participation affects how AVEC delivers power. Although it is the community chairman and secretary’s role to […]
Updated Bylaws 2023

In the January 30, 2023 Board Meeting, the proposed Bylaw Amendments were approved. See updated Bylaws 2023
Capital Credits

Each year that AVEC earns a margin (revenue collected that is not needed to cover the cost of providing service), it is assigned to members in proportion to the amount they were billed for electricity during that year. These funds, called capital credits, are retained by the co-op as a source of working capital for […]
Holy Cross Copy
Energized date: 2/05/1971 Current Population: 167 Number of Consumers: 101 Total Generating Capacity: 722 kw Max Fuel Capacity: 77,000 gallons
St. Mary’s
Energized date: 12/28/1969 Current Population: 569 Number of Consumers: 211 Total Generating Capacity: 4,500 kw Diesel – 3,600 kw; Wind – 900 kw Max Fuel Capacity: 414,000 gallons
Toksook Bay (TOOK-sook or TUCK-sook); a.k.a. Nunakauyak
Energized date: 8/02/1970 Current Population: 682 Number of Consumers: 181 Total Generating Capacity: 2,405 kw Diesel – 2,005 kw; Wind – 400 kw Max Fuel Capacity: 362,000 gallon (Tieline to Tununak and Nightmute)
Shungnak (SHUNG-nack)
• Energized date: 9/28/1971 • Current Population: 263 • Number of Consumers: 95 • Total Generating Capacity: 1,573 kw • Max Fuel Capacity: 116,000 gallons • Other: Tieline to Kobuk