Chugach's corporate mission is "Through superior service, safely provide reliable and competitively priced energy." Chugach's ... corporate vision is "Powering Alaska's future." Chugach Electric Association is headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska's largest city. Anchorage itself sits at the base of the Chugach Mountains. The word "Chugach" comes from an Eskimo tribal name, which the Russians recorded as "Chugatz" or "Tchougatskoi". In 1898, U.S. Army Capt. W.R. Abercrombie spelled the name "Chugatch" and applied it to the mountains. Chugach is Alaska's largest electric utility, providing power to nearly 92,000 members from Anchorage to the northern Kenai Peninsula & from Whittier to Tyonek. read more