Nicholas Akins

Louisiana utility regulators approved plans Wednesday for a $4.5 billion Oklahoma wind energy project, acting about six weeks after Arkansas’ Public Service Commission gave its approval to the project, known as the Wind Catcher Energy Connection. read more >

Venita McCellon-Allen, a pioneering woman in utility boardrooms and a player in Arkansas' energy sector since taking over the Texarkana division of Central & South West Corp. in 1994, has retired as president and COO of Southwestern Electric Power Co. read more >