electricity

Ozarks Electric Cooperative and Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC) have approved agreements that will change how the two organizations work together going forward. Under the new agreements, Ozarks Electric will transition from being a member-owner of AECC to a long-term …

Electricity is an amenity that most people in the country take for granted, yet in Arkansas, statewide electrification is actually a fairly recent thing. Less than 100 years ago, in 1930, only 2.1 percent of Arkansas farms had electricity, and …

Construction is officially underway on what developers say will become the largest solar energy project in the United States. Cypress Creek Energy and Google joined local leaders, project partners and elected officials to celebrate the groundbreaking of the first two …

The Arkansas Public Service Commission has approved a plan by Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Corp. to build a $2.6 billion natural gas plant at Newark. The 1,499-megawatt plant will be called IGP 3-6 and located near the Independence Power Plant. It …

Cypress Creek Energy has announced that it has secured $3.5 billion in financing to go toward the Steel River Energy Center in Mississippi County, one of the nation’s largest solar power and battery-storage facilities. When completed, the project will add …

The ice and snow blanketing Arkansas had still refused to retreat an inch on a late-January morning, but Buddy Hasten was still on the job. The state had, for the most part, managed to dodge a frigid bullet, electricity still …

Entergy Arkansas recently announced the launch of its Next Generation Arkansas program. The program is described as the company’s “comprehensive plan to provide electricity that does more for Arkansas by strengthening reliability, expanding energy supply, driving economic growth and keeping …

J.B. Hunt has launched a solar facility in Gentry that is designed to offset up to 80% of the electricity used by its three main corporate campus buildings in Lowell. Spanning 40 acres, the facility features more than 10,000 bi-facial …

Arkansas is a major producer of a commodity that is tough to live without: electricity. From electronics engineering and advanced microelectronics to producing and managing the flow of electric energy, Arkansas has a legacy of excellence in electrical and electronics …

Arkansas is a major producer of a commodity that is tough to live without: electricity. From electronics engineering and advanced microelectronics to producing and managing the flow of electric energy, Arkansas has a legacy of excellence in electrical and electronics …