The Edgar F. Chesnutt Award is the highest honor bestowed by the
Spotlight on Excellence Awards program.
The award is presented to the co-op whose entry in the Best Total Communication Program category receives the highest score from judges at nationally accredited universities and communication and marketing professionals in the private sector.
Edgar F. Chesnutt, for whom the award was named was manager of corporate communication with Arkansas Electric Cooperatives from 1961 until 1987.
2023 Chesnutt Award Winner
Congratulations to Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Inc!. Read the news story.
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Previous Chesnutt Award Winners
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2014
| GreyStone Power Corporation
| Powering the Everyday |
2013 | Rappahannock Electric Cooperative | Crisis Communications Plan |
2012 | Hoosier Energy | Team Up To Power Down |
2011 | Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation | Christmas Storm Crisis Communications |
2010 | White River Valley Electric Co-op | Our Energy Our Future |
2009 | Sam Houston Electric Cooperative | Hurricane Ike Crisis Communications Plan |
2008 | Great River Energy | Cap X 2020 |
2007 | Delaware Electric Cooperative | Vote YES on Member Regulation |
2006 | Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives | Building the Perfect Touchstone Energy Cooperative |
2005 | Sam Houston Electric Cooperative | Neon Leon & Lightnin’ Liz Safety Education Campaign |
2004 | Clay Electric Cooperative | Ad Campaign to Defeat County Utility |
2003 | Delta-Montrose Electric Association
| Energy Week |
2002 | Union Rural Electric Cooperative | Annual Meeting Attendance Improvement |
2001 | Pioneer Electric Cooperative | Wait, Watch and Learn |
2000 | The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas | Customer Choice Campaign |
1999 | Texas Electric Cooperatives | The Home Team Advantage |
1998 | Sumter Electric Cooperative | Anatomy of a Grassroots Program |
1997 | Mohave Electric Cooperative | Operation Cool Shade |
1996 | Chugach Electric Association | Chugach Electric Association Public Safety Program |
1995
| Lee County Electric Cooperative | A Delicate Balance |
1994 | Corn Belt Power Cooperative | Power Olympics |
1993 | Union EMC | Electric Eye on Crime |
1992 | Alabama Electric Cooperative | AEC’s 50th Anniversary Celebration |
1991 | Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. | Satellites in Arkansas Schools |
1990 | Oglethorpe Power Corporation | Watt Wiser Campaign |
1989 | Seminole Electric Cooperative | Heat Rate Awareness Campaign |
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