Chugach members to get credits

Thousands of past and long-term Chugach Electric Association members are receiving a share of a $3.2 million retail capital credits retirement approved by the association's board at its November meeting. Chugach Electric is currently mailing checks or giving credit on accounts to more than 33,000 former and current members of record for 1985 and 1986. Each member's share of the capital credits is based on the amount of energy purchased and the margin, or profits, Chugach achieved in those years. The average capital credit is $78, and the largest credit is more than $129,000. Active members who are due less than $600 from the retirement will receive a credit on their account. Members leaving the association should provide a forwarding address and keep Chugach Electric updated on future moves until all of their allocated capital credits have been retired. Current members may check the status of their capital credits accounts online at www.chugachelectric.com. Former and current members may also receive information about their capital credits accounts by calling customer service at (907) 563-7366. Chugach Electric is the largest electric utility in Alaska, providing power to Alaskans through retail, wholesale and economy energy sales.

Wells Fargo online banking lauded

Wells Fargo & Co. was named the best-in-class overall for online banking by Watchfire GomezPro in its Q4 2004 Online Banker Scorecard, a bi-annual scorecard for customer-use financial services Web sites. The scorecard ranked financial institutions based on a wide range of categories, including privacy and security, functionality, ease-of-use, and quality and availability. Wells Fargo also achieved the top spot in the privacy and security category and placed first in three of the five tasks on the Scorecard-Open Accounts, Transact, and Learn and Plan. Wells Fargo has more than 6 million consumers actively banking online, and half of the company's checking accounts are now accessed online. Wells Fargo and its affiliates serve customers throughout Alaska.