Venita McCellon-Allen

Venita McCellon-Allen got some recognition for her pioneering days as a rare female utility executive when Arkansas Women in Power named the former Southwestern Electric Power Co. president and CEO as an Arkansas Energy industry trailblazer. read more >

Longtime engineer and executive Malcolm Smoak has been appointed president and chief operating officer of Southwestern Electric Power Co. in Shreveport, Louisiana, effective immediately. 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 >

Southwestern Electric Power Co. and the state Public Service Commission have reached a settlement agreement clearing the way for a $4.5 billion wind energy project to provide power for electric customers in western Arkansas. read more >

Southwestern Electric Power Co., which provides electricity to 113,000 customers in western Arkansas, is ready to reap the wind, or at least its power, from one of the biggest clean energy projects in the world. read more >