Officials with the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) have announced residents can begin submitting applications Monday, July 25, for help with the costs of summer cooling bills, including those from Entergy Arkansas and other utilities. LIHEAP is funded through…
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Construction Begins on Second Biomass Pellet Plant in Arkansas
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffDrax Group, the world-leading sustainable biomass production and supply company, has started construction on the second of three satellite pellet plants in Arkansas, the company announced Friday. Work is underway at the site in Russellville (Pope County) with commercial operations…
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Entergy Prepares for Hurricane Ida
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffAccording to the National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Ida has strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. The extremely dangerous storm is expected to make landfall in southeastern Louisiana in the early afternoon today and…
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And There Was Light: Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas Serves Special Mission
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaBy Dwain Hebda | Photography Courtesy of AECC Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas President and CEO Duane Highley couldn’t believe his ears. A crew of linemen from Indiana had just completed a 12-day campaign to electrify a village of 450 homes in…
Over the past several months, I have been engaged in an increasing number of situations where personal egos lose their touchstone to the ultimate demise of the organization, the overall mission or the actual individual. People pull out their yardsticks,…