Entergy Arkansas has asked for a rehearing of last month’s state regulatory decision to keep compensation at retail levels for power put onto the grid by customers with solar generation systems interconnected to utilities under net metering. read more >
Roger Williams was on the phone with a reporter, discussing COVID-19, the energy industry’s future, and his own plans as CEO of Energy Security Partners to build the state’s largest economic development project ever. But first, a sidetrack into semantics. read more >
Some, like the hospitality industry, are bracing for a long, slow return to pre-COVID vitality. Others, like the energy sector, see a quicker recovery after the early swoon. Some trends seem baked into expectations, like reliance on home-based employees and the technology they use. read more >
Entergy Arkansas is tearing down a shuttered power plant in Forrest City, part of its overall modernization process, the company announced Monday. read more >
In a second major groundbreaking in a week, Scenic Hill Solar of North Little Rock will begin construction Thursday with a 1 p.m. ceremony for a long-awaited sun energy project for the city of Hot Springs. read more >
Since I’m not at all sure any of us have a good grasp on how much our worlds will have been changed by the pandemic, I think of this week’s list as a final snapshot of the old normal that will be valuable when it comes time to document the new normal. read more >
The 33rd annual list of the state’s largest private companies serves as a baseline for pre-pandemic revenue. read more >
Arkansas' seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined to 9.5% in May from 10.8% in April, the state Department of Workforce Services reported Friday. read more >
Arkansas Business is regularly updating this page with links and contact information for businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
State utility regulators reject a plan by Entergy Arkansas to offer power from its new solar stations to customers at a special rate, a plan that the rising private solar development industry had labeled a “job killer.” read more >
Today’s Power Inc. of Little Rock partners with General Dynamics and Ouachita Electric Cooperative Corp. to build two solar power plants in Calhoun County. read more >
City leaders around Arkansas are holding their breath as business and social activities gradually restart after the initial shock of the coronavirus pandemic. read more >
Most Arkansas cities have not had to lay off or furlough employees in the ongoing fiscal turbulence caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. How long that remains the case is a good question. read more >
A hotel redevelopment in downtown Little Rock is in motion after tandem transactions totaling $3.2 million. read more >
Chris Bell has been promoted to vice president of finance and administration for Today’s Power Inc. in Little Rock. read more >
The Arkansas Advanced Energy Association expressed approval of state regulators’ decision last week on solar power policy, describing an Arkansas Public Service Commission ruling “a clear economic winner in Arkansas.” read more >
Arkansas Business is offering tickets now for its first live-streamed 40 Under 40 event, scheduled for 11:45 a.m. July 22. read more >
Utilities, which are limited by regulation to the profit they can make, deserve cost consideration for their infrastructure. read more >
The Arkansas Public Service Commission last Monday pleased the solar industry by largely siding with the industry over utilities, which had suggested a far lower rate for solar power generated by customers and returned to the grid. read more >
After negotiating a $7 million judgment last year against a former partner and manager, an Arkansas-heavy investment group hasn’t given up trying to recover damages from others they say helped him in his scheme. read more >
