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AEV Solar of Little Rock is a new player in the commercial solar market. Left to right are  Jonathan Garcia, Jaimin Vashi, Kevin Mach, Corey Stafford and John Ekdahl. Vashi, Mach and Ekdahl are partners in the firm.
Agriculture & Poultry / Construction / Energy

High Noon for Solar Costs in Arkansas?Lock Icon

The sun never sets on Arkansas’ solar power pricing battle, it seems, but a swirl of cases before Arkansas regulators and a major ruling in Louisiana favoring Entergy Inc. suggest a reckoning may be near. read more >
Stuttgart Solar, which provides 81 megawatts to Entergy Arkansas through a power-purchase deal, is the largest solar farm in Arkansas, though more are being built.
Construction / Energy / Government & Politics

As Taxpayers Save With Solar, Entergy Offers Own Sun PlanLock Icon

The state Public Service Commission weighs Entergy's solar proposal as third-party arrays save cash for untaxed entities. read more >
Construction / Energy / Public Companies

Entergy Offers Customers a Way to Purchase Solar Power

As solar and renewable energy use surges and and utilities jump in with their own systems, the state's largest electric utility, Entergy Arkansas, is offering customers a way to run their homes and businesses with sun power. 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 >
Government & Politics

Legislators Give Final OK to Bill Supporters Say Will Boost Solar in Arkansas

Arkansas’ sun power industry scored a major victory Tuesday afternoon at the state Capitol as the state House approved legislation to allow third-party financing of solar arrays. The measure, already cleared by the state Senate, will open up solar power options for non-taxed entities like nonprofit corporations, government agencies and schools. 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 >
Entergy Arkansas and its partner, NextEra Energy Resources of Juno Beach, Florida, officially break ground on Arkansas' largest solar power plant about seven miles southeast of Stuttgart, near Almyra.
Construction / Energy

Construction Begins on State’s Largest Solar Array

To the muted sound of shovels in the Arkansas County soil and then the much louder strains of the Beatles' "Good Day Sunshine" from loudspeakers, the state ushered in a new era of utility-scale solar power. read more >
Arkansas Nuclear One near Russellville is a major power source  for Entergy Arkansas, which derives nearly 70 percent of its generation from nuclear sources. Entergy, like other Arkansas utilities, uses far less coal than it once did, and a Trump administration is not likely to reverse the trend. Coal-fired generation makes up just 4 percent of Entergy’s total. Cheap natural gas provides 24 percent.
Construction / Energy / Government & Politics

Energy Sector In Arkansas Expects Shift Under Trump, Not Upheaval

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 >
Michael Skelly, founder and president of Clean Line Energy Partners of Houston
Business Services / Construction / Energy

Renewable Trend in Energy May Be Beyond Trump’s Grasp

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 >
Solar panels similar to these will be installed at an 81-megawatt facility in Arkansas County if Entergy Arkansas receives approval for the project.
Construction / Energy

Arkansas Solar Projects Get Turn in Limelight

Utilities around the state are turning to solar energy-generation projects as the cost of wrangling the sun’s rays becomes more economical. read more >
Entergy Arkansas Inc. will light up Little Rock’s bridges as it also completes its historic integration into a regional transmission operator. (Photo by David Lewis)
Energy / Public Companies

Entergy’s MISO Move Finishes as Company Celebrates its 100th Anniversary

On Thursday, Entergy Arkansas Inc. will celebrate its 100th birthday by switching on hundreds of LED lights adorning three of the bridges crossing the Arkansas River in Little Rock. Just a few hours earlier, the company will add to its history by completing a two-year, $36.2 million transition into a regional transmission operator. It will also exit its system agreement, otherwise known as the glue holding all of the Entergy operating companies together. read more >
Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. is integrating two new markets. 
Energy / Public Companies

How The Power of the Electric Marketplace Stays Wired

The new transmission markets being implemented at Arkansas’ electric utilities have been called “two-day” markets, “day-ahead” markets, “integrated” markets and other terms. read more >