Duane Highley

This western march comes at a critical juncture, as extreme weather and emerging stressors, like the  proliferation of data centers, test the power grid like never before. read more >

Western utilities are looking to Southwest Power Pool for potential savings in electricity transmission, the not-for-profit Little Rock regional transmission organization said this week in a news release. read more >

The boards of directors of Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. (AECC) and Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Inc. (AECI) have named Vernon "Buddy" Hasten of Rogersville, Missouri, president and CEO. read more >

Southwest Power Pool has signed up three big clients — including one led by a former Arkansan — for its electrical grid services in the Western United States. read more >

Retiring the first time as CEO of Petit Jean Electric, Bill Conine was pulled back in February to be interim president and CEO of Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. and Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Inc. after Duane Highley departed for a job in Colorado. read more >

Bill Conine, CEO of Petit Jean Electric Cooperative Corp. of Clinton, is stepping in as interim chief executive of Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. and Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Inc. of Little Rock. read more >

Duane Highley, president and chief executive officer for Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp., is leaving the power company to become CEO of Tri-State Generation and Transmission, a wholesale power supplier in Colorado. read more >

Continuing a wave of investment in solar power by the state's electric cooperatives, Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. has agreed to buy solar electricity from an 800-acre generation facility to be built near Crossett. read more >

After commissioning a five-acre sun farm for First Electric Cooperative in Benton on a bright and warm Wednesday morning, Chris Burnley said he's been on a "solar coaster" ride. read more >

Donald J. Trump won the presidency after a campaign largely negative to renewable sources like solar and wind power, but forces in favor of cleaner power could prove even bigger than The Donald. read more >

An oil- and coal-friendly Trump administration is taking power in Washington, promising a real shake-up. Still, Arkansas energy observers caution against expecting a huge shift. read more >

The Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation announced Friday that it has acquired access to 173 megawatts of additional wind capacity from the Drift Sand Wind and the Chisholm View II projects in Oklahoma that began commercial operations this month. read more >

Despite the promise of jobs and clean wind energy for Arkansas, the Clean Line has met resistance in court and from the state’s entire congressional delegation. read more >

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The AECC said it has reached an agreement to purchase energy from the Drift Sand Wind Farm outside of Oklahoma City. read more >

Lori L. Burrows has been named as vice president and general counsel for Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. and Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Inc. read more >

On June 2, the Environmental Protection Agency announced its Clean Power Plan. Environmentalists and power companies have split opinions on the agency's goals. read more >

CEO and President Duane Highley, who joined Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas in November 2011, talks to Arkansas Business about how changing energy sources are affecting his business. read more >

Michael Henderson is one of a trio of men who oversee the three arms of Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas: Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp., a utility group that builds power plants and generates electricity; Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Inc., a utility that serves five states; and Electric Research & Manufacturing Corp., which produces and sells single- and triple-phase transformers. read more >