Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation customers, Arkansas · Free service
CHESS Home Energy Audit and Upgrades (Southwest Arkansas Electric)
Run by Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation
Southwest Arkansas Electric's CHESS program gives qualifying members a free home energy audit and then customized upgrades and repairs by certified technicians, at no cost to the member.
Amounts
How much you get
The audit and the upgrades are at no cost to qualifying members.
Eligibility
Do I qualify?
You need to meet all 2 of these.
Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative members.
The page says to sign up to see if you qualify; the qualification rules aren't published on the co-op's site.
Equipment
What equipment counts
Applying
How to apply
Follow these steps.
- Call (870) 772-2743, email Member Services, or use the online CHESS sign-up to see if you qualify.
- An energy auditor does a free home energy audit.
- Certified technicians carry out customized upgrades and repairs.
Stacking
Use it with
Your address
Next steps
Check that it covers your address. Then, if you want, ask for a contractor quote.
Is it available at your address?
Before anything else
Your quote request is in If a contractor we work with serves your ZIP, they can contact you. We take one request per person; contact us to change it.
Get an email if this program changes
We'll write if its amount, status or deadline changes. Nothing else.
FAQ
Questions
How much does CHESS Home Energy Audit and Upgrades (Southwest Arkansas Electric) pay?
Work done at no cost. The audit and the upgrades are at no cost to qualifying members.
Do I need to be a Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation customer?
Yes. It’s only for homes in Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation customers, Arkansas. See Do I qualify for the details.
Is it still available?
Yes. It was open when we last checked, on October 27, 2026.
Plain words
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References
Sources
This page is built from these official pages, run by the program itself.
When one of these pages changes, we re-check this page against it.
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