by - October 30, 2019 12:59 pm
New Orleans-based Entergy Corp.’s third quarter earnings fell well short of year ago results but the parent of Arkansas’ largest electric provider still beat Wall Street estimates by posting robust…
by - October 29, 2019 6:28 pm
U.S. net natural gas exports have more than doubled to an average of 4.1 billion cubic feet per day in the first half of 2019, from an average of 2…
by - October 23, 2019 12:22 pm
The number of destinations to which the United States exports crude oil exceeded the number of sources from which it imports crude oil in the first seven months of 2019,…
by - October 21, 2019 4:19 pm
Renewable energy will generate 49% of global electricity by 2050, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). In 2018, 28% of global electricity was generated by renewable energy, and…
by - October 18, 2019 3:32 pm
Working natural gas inventories in the lower 48 states rose to 3.52 trillion cubic feet for the week ending Oct. 11, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). This…
by - October 15, 2019 6:38 pm
Southwestern Electric Power Company has filed a settlement agreement that provides a net annual increase of $24.1 million in non-fuel base rates, which would hike the average bill for an…
by - October 14, 2019 11:48 am
U.S. exports of crude oil increased by 966,000 barrels per day to an average of 2.9 million barrels per day in the first half of 2019, from the same period…
by - October 10, 2019 6:36 pm
Six months after state lawmakers passed the Solar Access Act of 2019, Pulaski County joins a growing list of Arkansas counties and cities looking toward sun power to cut energy…
by - October 8, 2019 6:26 pm
Arkansas Public Service Chairman Ted Thomas said Tuesday (Oct. 8) that regulators will reopen the controversial net metering docket a week from now and reiterated his past stance that Arkansas…
by - October 7, 2019 4:06 pm
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue announced that President Donald Trump is promoting a new Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)….
by - October 7, 2019 1:56 pm
Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from energy-related sources are projected to rise 0.6% per year from 2018 to 2050, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The growth in energy-related…
by - September 30, 2019 2:08 pm
Wind energy generating capacity is expected to increase at near-record levels in 2019 and 2020, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Through June, 3.7 gigawatts of wind capacity…
by - September 24, 2019 3:33 pm
World energy consumption is expected to rise nearly 50% between 2018 and 2050, according to new projections from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The majority of this growth will…
by - September 23, 2019 12:41 pm
Fossil fuels accounted for 79% of domestic energy production, and 80% of domestic energy consumption originated from fossil fuels in 2018, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The…
by - September 19, 2019 3:33 pm
American Electric Power, the parent company of Southwest Electric Power Co., said recently (Sept. 10) that it is cutting carbon dioxide emissions faster than anticipated and has revised its previous…
by - September 18, 2019 3:14 pm
North Little Rock-based solar power developer Scenic Hill Solar will build a 12.75-megawatt solar power plant that will meet the energy demand for all government operations of the city of…
by - September 17, 2019 2:08 pm
Last month’s forecast by the U.S. Department of Energy that Arkansans and other U.S. motorists would see lower pump prices for the remainder of 2019 may turn out to be…
by - September 17, 2019 10:24 am
Natural gas-fired electricity generation in the United States is projected to rise 6% in 2019 and 2% in 2020, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Generation from wind…
by - September 12, 2019 11:08 am
U.S. natural gas production rose to a record of 92.8 billion cubic feet per day on Aug. 19, according to estimates from IHS Markit. Natural gas production reached a record…
by - September 12, 2019 10:49 am
Vernon “Buddy” Hasten of Rogersville, Mo., has been named president and CEO of the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. (AECC) and Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Inc. (AECI). He will start Nov. 1….
