A Nuclear Navy Vet Plots Co-ops’ Course
Vernon “Buddy” Hasten thanks the service for making him an officer and an engineer. Fate and genetics made him sharp, animated and funny. read more >
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Keeping the Lights On With AECC’s Buddy Hasten
The CEO of the electric co-op is sounding the alarm about accountability and reliability in the regional electricity supply. read more >
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Co-ops Look to Sun in Woodruff, Ashley Counties
Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. CEO Buddy Hasten thinks of solar power as a part-time employee, but a valuable one. read more >
Cold Rings a Bell and Sounds an Alarm
Last year’s gas and grid shortcomings echoed this month: Instruments froze, output plunged, and burn-offs spewed greenhouse gases into the sky. read more >
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Governor Enlists Department Heads, Energy CEOs to Protect Power Grid
The goal is to avoid an electrical grid crisis like the one that crippled Texas last winter. read more >
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Arkansas Electric’s Buddy Hasten Talks Shop About Co-Ops
Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. CEO Buddy Hasten looks at lessons for the grid and possibilities for new cooperative models. read more >
How Arkansas Avoided Texas’ Fate in Grid Crisis
As utilities and authorities investigate why millions of Texans were left without power last week, Arkansas power experts are looking for lessons in the debacle, and explaining how Arkansas and other states largely avoided Texas’ fate. read more >
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In Winter’s Brutal Grip, The Power Grid Buckles
The regional electric grid was stretched to the limit and beyond, and Arkansans joined Texans, Oklahomans and Missourians sitting in their darkened houses, getting chillier. read more >
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Electricity Crisis Not Over, Hasten and Castleberry Say
Two of Arkansas' leading electric utility executives say the state is "not out of the woods yet" after limited cold-weather blackouts mandated in emergency orders by the two regional transmission organizations based in Little Rock. read more >
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Arkansas and Energy: A Business Convergence
The stars, and particularly that fiery ball just 92 million miles from us, have aligned for Arkansas Business’ debut column on energy, a new monthly feature. read more >
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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 >
New, ‘Exciting’ AECC Boss: Solar Power Must Compete Evenly
Buddy Hasten says the rate that net-metering customers get now is far out of whack with market pricing and with the basic economic tenet of supply and demand. read more >
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