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Ouachita Electric General Manager Mark Cayce speaks at the commissioning of General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems' new solar generation plant in East Camden.
Construction

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 >
Agriculture & Poultry / Banking & Finance / Business Services

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 >
Nathan Smith, who  oversees the Arkansas State Broadband Office, decries the state’s ranking in broadband access.
Business Services / Construction / Energy

Digital Divide: Virus Spotlights Arkansas’ Broadband DeficitLock Icon

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 Cooperative Corp.'s solar array in Star City.

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 >
Josh Davenport, CEO of Seal Solar Solutions of North Little Rock, with a demonstration model of the Tesla Powerwall. Seal has installed several of the battery units with solar panel projects and is seeing increased interest in storage options.
Agriculture & Poultry / Construction / Energy

Where’s Solar When the Grid Goes Out?Lock Icon

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 >
Barry Hyde
Government & Politics

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 >
Leslie Fowler of Quail Forever was on hand as Farmers Electric Cooperative dedicated its new solar power array Tuesday in Newport. The quail preservation group is a partner in making the site wildlife-friendly.
Energy

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 >
Construction / Energy

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 >
Construction / Government & Politics

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 >
Today's Power will erect 3,800 photovoltaic panels on about eight acres near the headquarters of South Central Arkansas Electric Cooperative in Arkadelphia.

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 >
Today’s Power Inc. of Little Rock, Farmers Electric Cooperative Corp. and other officials break ground on a one-megawatt array near Newport.

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 >
Mark Cayce, Ouachita Electric’s CEO, shows off a display on the benefits of efficient lighting, a key part of the co-op’s PAYS program.
Construction / Education / Government & Politics

A Champion of Solar Rises In South: Ouachita ElectricLock Icon

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 >
Woodruff Electric board members, leadership and employee and Today's Power executives break ground on a 1-megawatt array in Forrest City.
Construction

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 >
Jennah Denney, marketing coordinator for Today's Power Inc., at one of the utility-scale solar arrays the company has built around Arkansas and beyond.
Construction / Government & Politics

Today’s Power Looking Forward to a Sunny 2019Lock Icon

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 >
Mark Cayce, CEO of Ouachita Electric Cooperative Corp.
Media & Marketing / Transportation

Ouachita Electric Takes Charge with TeslaLock Icon

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 >
Mark Cayce is the general manager of Ouachita Electric Cooperative in Camden. OEC and South Arkansas Telephone company have teamed up to help provide high-speed internet in rural south Arkansas were in many places, dial-up is the only option.
Construction / Energy / Nonprofits

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 >
Entergy Arkansas has agreed to stop burning coal at White Bluff, one of its two major coal plants, by 2028.
Agriculture & Poultry / Business Services / Construction

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 >
Energy / Government & Politics

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 >
Today’s Power President Michael Henderson, from left, with Chris Burnley, who has left the company, Jennah Denney and Matt Irving, at an earlier solar groundbreaking.
Construction / Energy / Manufacturing

Husqvarna Turns to Today’s Power in NashvilleLock Icon

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 >
Curt Bradbury of Stephens Inc.
Energy / Investments / Nonprofits

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 >