2024 Solar Deadline Poses Challenges for Developers
Recent legislation changing Arkansas’ solar power policy has solar developers scrambling. read more >
Recent legislation changing Arkansas’ solar power policy has solar developers scrambling. read more >
The state’s largest power company, Entergy Arkansas, praised the passage of the legislation. read more >
The amended bill will essentially halve the credit that utilities pay to customers — both residential and commercial — who generate their own power. read more >
A bill to shift Arkansas policy on solar power appeared headed toward legislative victory last week after some compromises and a heated committee hearing. read more >
The agreement includes amendments to persuade a trade group, the Arkansas Advanced Energy Association, to drop its opposition. read more >
The Arkansas Advanced Energy Association says the legislation could cripple the state’s burgeoning renewable energy sector. read more >
They say the legislation, which would roll back net metering, would cripple the industry. read more >
Eight projects had been on hold after the governor abolished a steering committee for the funds. read more >
A number of broadband projects statewide were paused last month by the arrival of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ administration at the Capitol. read more >
Significant economic development projects by companies like Highland Pellets — and the positive ripple effects they create — are a prime illustration of the benefits of supporting Arkansas’ timber industry. read more >
The package includes a nonrefundable $150 tax credit for individuals making up to $87,000 a year. read more >
Legislative panels also endorsed incentives aimed at helping the state lure a U.S. Steel expansion in Mississippi County. read more >
The agencies say they need to follow a federal vaccine mandate to protect millions of dollars in funding, even though the mandate conflicts with state law. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson opposes the bill but has not said whether he'll veto it. read more >
Arkansas bears the distinction of having the least equitable laws governing the landlord-tenant relationship in the nation. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson signs into law legislation that forgives taxes on unemployment benefits paid to Arkansans in 2020 and 2021. read more >
The Arkansas General Assembly is expected to pass legislation to forgive taxes on unemployment benefits paid to Arkansans in 2020 and 2021, in part because unemployment scams ran rampant. read more >
Entergy Arkansas and NextEra Energy Resources will start construction next month on what will be the state’s largest sun power array with battery storage, a 100-megawatt plant in White County. read more >
The Arkansas Department of Commerce gives the city of Lonoke a $2 million grant to deploy fiber internet there. read more >
The state’s unemployment fund was in the best of shape before the pandemic and is still healthy, but politicians and community leaders are worried it will be depleted by early 2021 if the economy does not bounce back as expected. read more >
