David Palmer

Data center energy demands usually sparks fears of higher bills, but Entergy Arkansas says this time could be different. read more >

The festival, founded in 1996, draws more than 100 musicians from around the world each year. read more >

The new percentage is a compromise suggested by the Arkansas Public Service Commission. read more >

Recent rulings in a five-year regulatory battle over solar energy policy in Arkansas leave two conclusions as sure as the sun rising in the east: More solar arrays are coming, and the fight over who will build them goes on. read more >

As renewable power surpasses coal as a U.S. energy source, Entergy Corp. of New Orleans is committing to cut power-production carbon emissions to zero within 30 years, and is teaming with Mitsubishi Power in Arkansas and three other states as part of that effort. read more >

David Palmer, director of regulatory affairs for Entergy Arkansas, provided these answers to Arkansas Business' questions about last week's net-metering ruling by the Arkansas Public Service Commission. read more >

Net-metering decision, with caveats, keeps credit equal to retail power rate. read more >

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 >

With a final public hearing Wednesday, the Arkansas Public Service Commission appears to be within weeks of ruling on what compensation solar-generating customers should get from power companies. read more >