Arkansas Sierra Club
Entergy Arkansas at an Energy Crossroads (Xochitl Delgado Solorzano Commentary)
Our state’s largest electric utility, Entergy Arkansas, is currently deciding how it will power its customers over the next 20 years. read more >
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PSC’s Long-Awaited Net-Metering Ruling Favors Solar Industry
The Arkansas Public Service Commission ended four years of wrangling over pricing rules for solar power Monday, pleasing the solar installation industry with a ruling that keeps compensation high for power put back onto the electric grid by residences and small business power systems of less than 1 megawatt. read more >
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Attorney General Leslie Rutledge Criticizes Deal to Idle Entergy Coal Plants
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge cast doubt Thursday on a pending legal settlement that would guarantee the shutdown of Entergy Arkansas' two coal-fired electricity generation plants over the next dozen years. read more >
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Arkansas Nuclear One Emerges from Regulatory Purgatory
Rich Anderson was comfortably in retirement when Entergy Arkansas came calling, looking for help steering Nuclear One back to good graces. read more >
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Amid Clean Air Debate, Entergy To Halt Coal-Burning at Redfield in 2028
A state agency has finalized new regulations covering emissions standards for power plants in Arkansas, drawing objections from environmentalists who say the rules are weak, and revealing in the details that Entergy Arkansas will cease to burn coal at its plant in Redfield in 2028. read more >
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Sierra Club Asks Entergy to Shut Down White Bluff, Independence Plants
The Sierra Club on Tuesday released the “2016 Arkansas Clean Air Solution,” a plan to clean up air pollution from coal plants owned by Entergy Arkansas that outlines a solution to meet federal clean-air safeguards under the Regional Haze Rule. read more >
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Leslie Rutledge: Ruling to Block Clean Power Plan Is Good News
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge says the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to temporarily block President Barack Obama's plan to cut power plant emissions is good news. Arkansas is one of 27 states suing to halt implementation of the Clean Power Plan. read more >
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Leslie Rutledge, Lawmakers Denounce Obama Power Plant Rules
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge and other top Republicans in Arkansas are criticizing and vowing to fight President Barack Obama's plan to dramatically cut emissions from U.S. power plants. read more >
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