Update: Ted Thomas Resigns from PSC for Private Sector
The news of Thomas’ resignation came immediately on the heels of a fierce notice of recusal from a solar interconnection case. read more >
The news of Thomas’ resignation came immediately on the heels of a fierce notice of recusal from a solar interconnection case. read more >
The photovoltaic array is projected to save Peoples a quarter-million dollars in energy costs over the next 30 years. read more >
The president of Delta Solar of Little Rock brings a background in business ownership, politics and advocacy to her new role. 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 >
Net-metering decision, with caveats, keeps credit equal to retail power rate. read more >
Buddy Hasten says the rate that net-metering customers get now is far out of whack with market pricing and with the basic economic tenet of supply and demand. read more >
Private-sector corporations in Arkansas are taking the spotlight with multimillion-dollar solar power projects, with a goal of cutting costs. read more >
Carlisle farmer Don Kittler looked out at his 18-acre field east of Lonoke, beaming at row after row soaking up the sun. But these weren’t the usual rows of corn, soybeans and rice he farms on 10,000 acres of in Lonoke and Prairie counties. read more >
The state's chief utility regulator and its energy secretary will lead a parade of business leaders, policymakers and contractors examining energy industry trends Tuesday at the Arkansas Advanced Energy Association's annual meeting and conference. read more >
Arkansas cities, counties and school districts are taking advantage of new financing to save money by going solar. read more >
After four years of looking at options, Pulaski County has put solar power "squarely in the pipeline" with a bid proposal for building a multimillion-dollar sun farm on county property, a project expected to save taxpayers 25-35% on an electric bill that once ran $1.2 million a year. read more >
After a dozen years in Washington working for U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln and the National Restaurant Association, Katie Niebaum returned in 2016 to lead the Arkansas Advanced Energy Association. read more >
Arkansas has its biggest year of solar power installation ever in 2018, and the reason’s no mystery to Bill Halter. read more >
As Arkansas legislators moved to open up Arkansas' solar energy landscape with a new law, a national trade group noted this week that the state had its biggest year of solar installation ever in 2018. read more >
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 >
A bill that supporters say could more than double solar power construction in Arkansas moved a step closer to final passage Monday in the General Assembly, one of two pieces of energy legislation cleared by the Joint Energy Committee at the state Capitol. read more >
Arkansas senators Wednesday passed by a 28-2 vote Senate Bill 145, a key legislative priority for Arkansas’ solar power industry. read more >
A key legislative priority for Arkansas’ solar power industry advanced in the state Legislature Tuesday as the Senate Insurance & Commerce Committee unanimously approved Senate Bill 145. read more >
As CEO of Ouachita Electric Cooperative Corp. in Camden, Mark Cayce has seen the light, and it is solar. He has made sun power a cornerstone of innovative programs serving a high-tech corner of Arkansas: the defense manufacturing cluster in East Camden, home to a 12-megawatt solar array that was the largest in the state when it was built three years ago. read more >
The Arkansas Advanced Energy Association and the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality are partnering to give energy service providers a forum for offering tips, exhibits and insights on energy conservation possibilities. read more >
