CAEC supports continuing education through the Electric Cooperative Foundation Scholarship Program each year. Graduating high school seniors residing in a CAEC member home are eligible to compete for one of four $2,500 scholarships. Applications are available beginning each November and scholarships are awarded in May.

The program, established in 1997, awards scholarships to dependents of members of participating electric cooperatives. Granted only to graduating high school seniors, the student must attend a four-year college, a junior college, a technical school or vocational school of the scholarship recipient’s choice provided that such school is an accredited institution.

The 2024 scholarship recipients are Madelyn Clark of Elmore County High School who plans to attend the University of North Alabama and study Finance and Political Science; Emily Mason of Elmore County High School who plans to attend Auburn University at Montgomery and study Biology; David Pinkston of Wetumpka High School who plans to attend Southern Virginia University and study Business; and Brody Worrell of Wetumpka High School who plans to attend the University of Alabama in Huntsville and study Business.