We are pleased to present our short movie, Powering Cordova - Part 1 - Humpback Creek, created with the talented folks at Seed Media. While 75% of our power was generated by hydropower in 2023, our hydro projects are fairly inaccessible and not very visible. We created this movie to better show our members where their power is being made and to highlight the importance of hydro to the cooperative. The movie was debuted at our Annual Meeting last night, where over 15% of our membership, or approximately 300 people, showed up in person. We look forward to sharing Part 2 later this year.
About us
Cordova Electric Cooperative (CEC) is the sole provider of electric energy in the remote, coastal community of Cordova, Alaska.
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http://www.cordovaelectric.com
External link for Cordova Electric Cooperative
- Industry
- Utilities
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Cordova, Alaska
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1978
Locations
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705 2nd St
Cordova, Alaska 99574-0000, US
Employees at Cordova Electric Cooperative
Updates
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Once again, the CEC Board selected four local applicants to award $5,000 through the CoBank Sharing Success Program. The funding for this program is split 50/50 between CEC and CoBank and this is the 11th year in a row that CEC has participated. Congratulations to the Mavis Island Project, Cordova 2x2 Cancer Walk, Prince William Sound Science Center, and the Cordova Covered Spaces Project!
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Cordova Electric Cooperative reposted this
Cordova Electric Cooperative has a long history of innovation. Thanks for highlighting our latest developments!
As demand for electricity skyrockets and communities strive for cleaner, renewable energy, how do utilities balance these needs? In the cover story of this month’s Bulletin, learn how Alaska’s Cordova Electric Cooperative and California’s Greensparc Inc. have paired up rural renewable resources with compact data centers. This approach offers many benefits, including increasing efficiency and helping to meet growing data demands in rural communities. This month’s edition also includes columns from SMUD, City of Healdsburg, and Clallam PUD/Smart Electric Power Alliance. Read the Bulletin now at https://lnkd.in/gcV7wCGr. #PublicPower #TradePublication #DataCenter #AI #Hydropower #CustomerService #ClimateStrategy #GIS
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Cordova Electric Cooperative has a long history of innovation. Thanks for highlighting our latest developments!
As demand for electricity skyrockets and communities strive for cleaner, renewable energy, how do utilities balance these needs? In the cover story of this month’s Bulletin, learn how Alaska’s Cordova Electric Cooperative and California’s Greensparc Inc. have paired up rural renewable resources with compact data centers. This approach offers many benefits, including increasing efficiency and helping to meet growing data demands in rural communities. This month’s edition also includes columns from SMUD, City of Healdsburg, and Clallam PUD/Smart Electric Power Alliance. Read the Bulletin now at https://lnkd.in/gcV7wCGr. #PublicPower #TradePublication #DataCenter #AI #Hydropower #CustomerService #ClimateStrategy #GIS
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Great work Launch Alaska for your role in supporting game-changing startups like Greensparc Inc. at early stages where it really matters.
What does Greensparc Inc.’s new data center mean for the community of Cordova? Cordova Electric Cooperative CEO Clay Koplin describes it like this: “Greensparc has elevated Cordova, Alaska, from a remote community at risk of being left behind by next-generation technologies to one that is leading at the intersection of sustainable energy, high-speed communications, and transformative cloud computing,” said Koplin, as quoted by Alaska Business . “Greensparc’s computing infrastructure is not an advancement; it is a transformation.” We're proud to call Greensparc a member of the Launch Alaska Portfolio! Learn more about the company's 100% renewable energy-powered data center at Humpback Creek Hydroelectric Project ➡ https://lnkd.in/gkETBUgi
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Data stands at the intersection of energy and communications with the flexibility to manage and optimize both. This new energy-data-communications nexus with the ability to tri-optimize the three in a managed environment is our new reality for our Cordova Electric Cooperative microgrid with Greensparc Inc. edge compute powered by Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE GreenLake and NVIDIA platforms hosting the opportunity.
The energy transition presents critical challenges in data storage, sharing, and security to maintain interoperability, privacy, and data ownership. Those were the issues presented by, associate professor Dr Yashar Ghiassi-Farrokhfal at the recent 2024 World Energy Congress in Rotterdam where he joined a panel of distinguished energy leaders to discuss harnessing AI's potential without compromising the resilience of infrastructure or succumbing to AI's energy-intensive demands. The Congress is the flagship event of the World Energy Council. Dr Ghiassi-Farrokhfal was in the panel discussion with Yu G., Vice President of Data, Analytics, and AI of bp; Clay Koplin, CEO of Cordova Electric Cooperative; Arshad Mansoor CEO of EPRI; and Mateusz Treder of Senior Director of Power and Renewables of Cognite. Dr Ghiassi-Farrokhfal's contributions sparked engaging discussions among industry experts and attendees. At RSM Business Information Management Dr Ghiassi-Farrokhfal is currently working on a climate-focused research project COM2HEAT with funding from the Dutch government. Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
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Neil - it was a pleasure to host you with EPRI and we are so fortunate you were able to attend. We are very eager to innovate with EPRI and learn more about the safe, responsible electricity and heat that modern nuclear might offer our region in years to come.
Senior Vice President, Energy System Resources & CNO, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Chair, U.S. Member Committee - World Energy Council
I’m on a journey to understand innovation - to truly dig in and learn what’s worked to drive change in various sectors, industries, and communities, how it can be adapted for others, and how I might play a role, however large or small, in supporting and accelerating these efforts. Cordova, Alaska is the most recent stop on this journey. This rugged, beautiful, unique setting is a showcase for innovation and resilience in the face of changing climate and economic conditions. The community there has implemented groundbreaking ideas, acted with agility, and forged strong bonds along the way, and it all grew out of necessity. Over the decades, the Prince William Sound region has endured catastrophes including earthquake, tsunami, avalanche, and an oil spill. Its fiercely committed residents banded together out of dedication to protect their region and improve quality of life. Our group, led by enthusiastic and gracious hosts Senator Lisa Murkowski and her team, readily saw innovation at every turn to support this as we toured this “region of resilience.” Of course, I was especially interested in Cordova’s energy infrastructure. The town has no connection to the grid – it relies on a Lithium ion energy storage system integrated into a hydropower microgrid managed by the Cordova Electric Cooperative and developed in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). One has only to look around this area to see plenty of other technological, social, and programmatic innovations at work, from the Native Village of Eyak to local kelp farmers and the economic development district, including: > Managing fisheries > Processing seafood > Applied climate science > Regenerative tourism > Improving food security > Community planning Throughout this most inspirational weekend “Innovate Cordova” adventure, the “secret sauce” that makes this unique ecosystem’s game-changing outcomes and resulting benefits possible became as clear as the waters in the Sound: Close collaboration and diversity – of thought, background, perspective – in passionate pursuit of shared objectives . I left Cordova with many new friends, including a furry one named Buck, and struck by the commonalities of the visit with another area ripe for accelerated, lasting change and impact: the global #nuclearindustry. In just a few weeks, my continuing journey will take me to the Global Forum for Nuclear Innovation in Miami. I’m eager to join with my colleagues there to share what I learned in Alaska and encourage such collaborative application to turn #AmbitionintoAction for the benefit of the industry. Looking forward to delving ever deeper on this continuing journey and hoping to see many of you along the way.
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We're excited that heat pumps are being used in Cordova and look forward to seeing increased heat pump adoption! Increasing renewable energy generation is important at the utility scale, but there's also a transition that individual people and households make when they choose to embrace beneficial electrification. Heat pumps are powered by renewable, hydro-generated power much of the time, and directly replace heat generated by diesel boilers, which is Cordova's main source of heating. We can't wait to see what the future of heating looks like, and appreciate Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's work in Cordova.
Senior Associate Data Scientist, Sam Rosenberg has been leading a research team at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) that has been conducting a project in Cordova, Alaska for the past year, focused on “electrification”—in this case, transitioning oil-based home heating units to electric heat pumps that operate without the need for interior air ducts. The project has shown there’s not only significant interest from Cordova homeowners in switching to electricity for heating, but that it’s possible to balance existing electrical power grid resources and new demand. The effort also has identified lessons learned that may help other remote communities moving toward electrification. Learn more about what scientists at PNNL have learned from this research by clicking below:
North to Alaska: Project Tests Electrification Concepts
pnnl.gov
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Opportunity in Cordova
Cathy Renfeldt is #hiring. Know anyone who might be interested?
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Nice Coverage KTUU - Thsnk You
In case you missed it on the evening news last night, here's a feature Alaska's News Source did on CEC and Cordova.
Spotlight on sustainability shines on quiet, coastal Alaska town
alaskasnewssource.com