Today’s Power, OECC Help General Dynamics Plug Into Solar
General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems holds a commissioning ceremony for a utility-scale solar and storage project in Calhoun County. read more >
Video: Women Leaders Talk Pay Equity, Career Moves at Women’s Leadership Event
Kristi Crum, Laura Landreaux, Jean Block and Lori Burrows discuss career transitions, pay equity, work-life balance, diversity and more during the Women’s Leadership Symposium. read more >
Digital Divide: Virus Spotlights Arkansas’ Broadband Deficit
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 >
C&L Electric Goes Solar, Flipping the Switch Digitally
C&L Electric Cooperative Corp. in Star City holds an online switch-flipping ceremony for a new 1-megawatt solar array now generating power on eight acres near its headquarters. read more >
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Where’s Solar When the Grid Goes Out?
As the planet warms and storms, hurricanes, floods and wildfires intensify, backup power systems are an urgent new market in renewable energy. But take a lesson from windy, fiery California: Even if you have solar panels and sunshine, your home or business could stay dark. read more >
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Pulaski County Touts Solar Savings in Deal With Today’s Power
Today’s Power Inc. of Little Rock is building $13.6 million in solar installations to provide 8 megawatts of low-priced electricity to power Pulaski County operations. read more >
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Farmers Electric Gets Its Day In the Sun With TPI-Built Array
Today’s Power Inc. of Little Rock dedicated another small utility-scale solar installation Tuesday, this one for Farmers Electric Cooperative of Newport. read more >
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Spike in Co-op Revenues? Give Mother Nature Credit
A quick look at annual reports from the state’s electric cooperative companies shows a significant spike in 2018 revenue over 2017, but the reason is no mystery, officials say. read more >
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NAEC Celebrates Earth and Sun in Solar Array Dedication
The day after Earth Day was warm and mild in Fulton County as Today's Power Inc. and North Arkansas Electric Cooperative Inc. saluted a solar future by dedicating the cooperative's first solar generation station in its 80-year history. read more >
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Today’s Power Breaks Ground on Solar Plant for Arkadelphia Cooperative
Today’s Power Inc. breaks ground on a new utility-scale solar generation plants for South Central Arkansas Electric Cooperative in Arkadelphia. read more >
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Today’s Power, Farmers Electric Partner in Solar Project
Today’s Power Inc. of Little Rock adds to its growing string of small utility-scale solar power projects around the state. read more >
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A Champion of Solar Rises In South: Ouachita Electric
As CEO of Ouachita Electric Cooperative Corp. in Camden, Mark Cayce has seen the light, and it is solar. He has made sun power a cornerstone of innovative programs serving a high-tech corner of Arkansas: the defense manufacturing cluster in East Camden, home to a 12-megawatt solar array that was the largest in the state when it was built three years ago. read more >
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Today’s Power Breaks Ground on Forrest City Solar Array
Today's Power Inc. continued its run of installing small utility-scale solar power plants for the state's electric cooperatives Tuesday, breaking ground on a 1-megawatt array for Woodruff Electric Cooperative Corp. in Forrest City. read more >
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Today’s Power Looking Forward to a Sunny 2019
Today’s Power Inc., the Little Rock company specializing in building small utility-scale solar power generation projects for the state’s electric distribution co-ops, has six noteworthy projects on the books for 2019. read more >
Ouachita Electric Takes Charge with Tesla
Mark Cayce has the keys to a new Tesla, and if you’re a member of Ouachita Electric Cooperative Corp. in Camden, he might just hand them over to you — briefly. read more >
Six Arkansas Electric Co-Ops Stringing Broadband
Six electric cooperatives in Arkansas are bringing high-speed broadband internet access to thousands of their members and plan to offer it to all of their members within the next four to six years. read more >
Power Balance Shifting In Arkansas: Coal Crucial But Losing Ground
King Coal isn’t dead, but it’s being dethroned as the top fuel source for creating electric power in Arkansas. read more >
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Today’s Power to Build 1-MW Solar Array for Craighead Co-op
Northeast Arkansas has been inundated with rain this week, but officials at Craighead Electric Cooperative Corp. were looking for the sun Friday as they announced plans to build a one-megawatt solar array in Brookland, just northeast of the city. read more >
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Husqvarna Turns to Today’s Power in Nashville
The Husqvarna Group announced plans in June to build a 1.3-megawatt solar facility at its injection molding plant in Nashville (Howard County), but the global power equipment firm didn’t say who the contractor would be. read more >
Burlsworth Foundation to Honor Curt Bradbury of Stephens Inc. (Movers & Shakers)
Curt Bradbury, chief operating officer of Stephens Inc., will be honored by the Brandon Burlsworth Foundation on Oct. 10 at the Brandon Burlsworth Legends Dinner, which is to be held at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. read more >