by - October 20, 2015 2:50 pm
The newly hired chief of Walmart’s energy division told members of the Arkansas Advance Energy Association (AAEA) on Tuesday (Oct. 20) that the retail giant’s ultimate goal in becoming 100%…
by - October 16, 2015 8:00 am
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by - October 15, 2015 11:54 am
Economic growth experienced by Arkansas and the rest of the nation in the second quarter has slowed as the post-recession recovery is now being characterized as a “modest expansion.”
by - October 13, 2015 12:52 pm
A long-simmering financial dispute over how two of the nation’s largest grid operators use available capacity on each other’s energy transmission systems has finally come to an end after several…
by - October 13, 2015 7:37 am
Monthly and quarterly severance tax collections in Arkansas at the end of September have declined to levels not seen in several years as wellhead prices for natural gas have brought drilling activity in the Natural State to a virtual standstill.
by - October 12, 2015 4:04 pm
Thanks to a multimillion dollar award announced Friday (Oct. 9) from the U.S. Department of Energy, the University of Arkansas will lead a new national center that will focus on upgrading and protecting the nation’s energy grid from cyber-attacks.
by - October 9, 2015 5:15 am
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by - October 8, 2015 5:35 pm
New Orleans-based Entergy Corp., parent company of Entergy Arkansas Inc., announced Thursday (Oct. 8) that its wholesale generation division has agreed to sell its full stake in a 583-megawatt Rhode…
by - October 8, 2015 11:27 am
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) and the Arkansas Public Service Commission (APSC) will hold their first stakeholders’ meeting under Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) to discuss how to implement…
by - October 7, 2015 5:31 pm
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy on Wednesday (Oct. 7) defiantly shook off criticism that the final rules for the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan have been purposely delayed,…
by - October 6, 2015 6:19 pm
Heating bills for the average U.S. household are expected to well below a year ago because of milder weather, lower fuel prices and weaker heating demand this winter, according to…
by - October 5, 2015 10:56 am
The state Department of Environmental Quality has approved air pollution permits for two full-scale biomass plants in South Arkansas, opening the door for both multi-million dollar development projects to get…
by - October 4, 2015 9:58 pm
As the U.S. Department of Energy prepares to kick off October’s National Energy Action Month, the department announced last week that manufacturers in its “Better Buildings, Better Plants Program” (Better…
by - October 2, 2015 9:46 am
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by - October 1, 2015 12:56 pm
Southwest Power Pool (SPP) is expanding its fast-growing regional transmission network with the integration of a Colorado-based power marketer that provides a large volume of hydroelectric power to utilities across…
by - September 30, 2015 1:57 pm
U.S. nuclear power plants showed marked improvements in performance this summer and saw outages fall to the lowest level ever recorded in early August since federal regulators began collecting such…
by - September 30, 2015 12:33 pm
A series of 32 technical assistance trainings to help mayors, county executives, other elected officials, and economic developers strengthen local economic development and build resilient communities will kick off in…
by - September 28, 2015 12:02 am
The city of Blytheville has been named as one of 10 communities in the United States to participate in a federal program to help combat rural child poverty, the White…
by - September 25, 2015 11:40 am
The state PSC gave the okay for Entergy Arkansas to move forward with a solar energy generating facility in Arkansas County that could power 13,000 homes.
by - September 24, 2015 10:42 am
Manufacturing and farming giant Caterpillar Inc., which operates a large motor grader plant in North Little Rock with several hundred workers, announced a major across-the-board restructuring and cost reduction Thursday…
