energy

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 …

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 …

Little Rock-based Southwest Power Pool (SPP) is launching a $150 million expansion designed to support growth and enhance efficiency and reliability across the electric grid. The project will expand SPP’s services and advance Markets+, an innovative energy market serving the …

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 …

Little Rock hosted the second annual Arkansas Lithium Innovation Summit at the Statehouse Convention Center Oct. 28 and 29. The summit brought together industry leaders, state and local government and representatives from the education sector to provide actionable insights about …

With an eye on entering the domestic lithium sector, Chevron recently announced the acquisition of two leasehold acreage positions—the first from TerraVolta Resources and the second from East Texas Natural Resources—that will span about 125,000 acres across the Smackover Formation in southwest Arkansas …

Being an energy and utilities provider is not for the faint hearted. To start with, many power grids operate on aging infrastructure, a problem that brings with it heavy costs in funds, materials and time. That aging, in turn, makes …

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 …

The solar industry in Arkansas is beaming as new opportunities look to advance the green energy source across the state. To borrow a line from the Beatles, here comes the sun. A recent event at the University of Arkansas – …

Feature photo: Energy work is a key part of the program.   Welcome to midlife. You have lived through the highs and lows, the first marriage, and maybe even the second. Your kids are out of the house or back …