Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas Dispatch Crews to Assist with Hurricane Isaias Outages

Little Rock, Ark. - Oct. 11, 2026 - The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas are deploying 200 lineworkers and supporting personnel to assist with power outages following Hurricane Isaias.

Crews routed to assist Wiregrass Electric in Dothan, Alabama, include Arkansas Valley Electric, C&L Electric, Carroll Electric, Clay County Electric, Craighead Electric, First Electric, North Arkansas Electric, Ozarks Electric, Petit Jean Electric, South Central Arkansas Electric, Southwest Arkansas Electric and Woodruff Electric.

AECI Utility Solutions, a division of Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. of Little Rock, dispatched lineworkers, right-of-way and construction crews requested by Alabama Power and Florida Power & Light.

According to cooperative officials, additional crews are on standby to aid electric utilities impacted by Hurricane Isaias and the now post-tropical cyclone, which caused extensive damage across multiple states.

The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas comprise electric distribution cooperatives; Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (AECI), a Little Rock-based cooperative that provides services to the distribution cooperatives; and Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC), a generation and transmission cooperative. The distribution cooperatives provide electricity to more than 1 million members, or customers, in Arkansas and surrounding states.

For additional information, contact: Marine Glisovic, Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas, 501.353.6054 or [email protected] www.ecark.org