TPI, of North Little Rock, partnered with Craighead Electric Cooperative, Southland Gin Inc. of Lake City and Delta Farms Inc. to develop a 2-megawatt array of solar generation capacity with battery storage that is expected to bring long-term savings to the gin and farming operation for two decades. Officials gathered to ceremonially “flip the switch” on Friday afternoon.
As 250 stakeholders and board members gathered in person and remotely this month, the nonprofit Southwest Power Pool in Little Rock reported record wind power totals on its transmission lines and said a 10% pandemic-driven decrease in electricity consumption in its 17-state footprint was apparently temporary.
Entergy Corp. and its charitable foundation announced $847,682 in contributions to 168 Arkansas nonprofit organizations this month, including a $250,000 gift to the Salvation Army.
Murphy Oil Corp., which recently announced its corporate move out of El Dorado to Houston, reports a quarterly loss, but one that was not as deep as expected at 71 cents per share. read more >
Arkansas Business is now taking nominations for its annual CFO of the Year Awards. Honorees will be honored during a virtual livestream awards ceremony on Dec. 15. read more >
Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative and Today's Power Inc. of Little Rock publicly unveiled a completed 1-megawatt solar array Thursday near the utility's headquarters in Mena, christening it with a name familiar in Arkansas' cooperative power industry. read more >
Conway Corp.'s Energy Smart program recently reached a milestone, surpassing the $1 million mark in no-interest loans provided by the utility to its customers. read more >
Honorees in this year's Arkansas Business 40 Under 40 class shared insights about leadership, retaining talent in Arkansas and key influences at this year's awards celebration, available now to watch here. read more >
McKinstry, a national construction and energy services company with substantial operations in Arkansas, has announced four new solar energy projects for three government entities. read more >
Three Arkansas solar companies are soaking up some recognition from Solar Power World, which listed Scenic Hill, Seal Solar and Shine Solar to its 2020 Top Solar Contractors list. read more >
The pandemic will bring changes to workplace design, but nothing too revolutionary. read more >
Gen. Wesley Clark, the retired four-star general from Little Rock and a former candidate for president, is looking for a few good millions. read more >
Henry Mason has been promoted to assistant manager of the electric distribution system at Conway Corp. read more >
State officials announced Wednesday the earmarking of $7.4 million for water and wastewater projects in five small communities across the state. read more >
Murphy USA Inc., the nationwide gasoline and convenience store chain based in El Dorado, on Tuesday reported second-quarter earnings of $168.9 million. read more >
Roger Williams' eight-year path to his dream — a $3.5 billion plant to make ultra-clean diesel near the banks of the Arkansas River — is intersecting with a quite literal road, perhaps the state's sturdiest. read more >
Renae Ford Hudson of Sherwood has been appointed deputy attorney general of the Civil Litigation Department of the Arkansas attorney general's office in Little Rock. read more >
Just weeks after state regulators rejected an Entergy Arkansas plan to sell solar power at lower rates to customers like cities, counties and school districts, Arkansas' largest electric utility has submitted a revised plan for approval. read more >
Arkansas' seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined to 8% in June from 9.6% in May, the state Department of Workforce Services reported Friday. read more >
Ozark Integrated Circuits Inc. has been awarded a $1.1 million, two-year Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant through the Department of Energy to develop high-temperature communication electronics for directional drilling. read more >
The Bearden School District and Today's Power Inc. of North Little Rock broke ground on a solar power project last week that is expected to supply roughly 90% of the school system's electricity. read more >
Arkansas Business will host its first virtual Executive Leadership Academy this fall. Applications are now open and the deadline to apply for the program is July 31. read more >
Fort Smith is pushing back against a 2015 federal consent decree on sewer upgrades that city officials say could cost ratepayers 2.5% of median household income. read more >
Last week, after nearly six full decades of leadership at the utility co-op, Leon Philpot spent his last day as president and CEO of Rich Mountain. He was the longest-serving CEO of any of the state's 17 electric distribution cooperatives. read more >
Katie Laning Niebaum has left the Arkansas Advanced Energy Association and is set to give birth to identical twin girls any minute. read more >
The coronavirus pandemic, which has pushed much of daily living online, highlights Arkansas' status as a laggard in broadband deployment and illustrates the digital divide between broadband haves and have-nots. read more >
Bob East says he has acquired a 25% interest in Delta Solar, the 3-year-old company formerly known as Delta SunEnergy, and is now its chairman. read more >
Karissa Rushing of Benton and Larry Wood of Cabot have been reelected to the board of First Electric Cooperative, which is headquartered in Jacksonville. Rushing and Wood will serve six-year terms on the board. read more >
Entergy Arkansas has asked for a rehearing of last month's state regulatory decision to keep compensation at retail levels for power put onto the grid by customers with solar generation systems interconnected to utilities under net metering. read more >
Roger Williams was on the phone with a reporter, discussing COVID-19, the energy industry's future, and his own plans as CEO of Energy Security Partners to build the state's largest economic development project ever. But first, a sidetrack into semantics. read more >
Some, like the hospitality industry, are bracing for a long, slow return to pre-COVID vitality. Others, like the energy sector, see a quicker recovery after the early swoon. Some trends seem baked into expectations, like reliance on home-based employees and the technology they use. read more >
Entergy Arkansas is tearing down a shuttered power plant in Forrest City, part of its overall modernization process, the company announced Monday. read more >
In a second major groundbreaking in a week, Scenic Hill Solar of North Little Rock will begin construction Thursday with a 1 p.m. ceremony for a long-awaited sun energy project for the city of Hot Springs. read more >
