by - June 18, 2018 9:55 am
Nearly two-and-a-half years after taking the helm as Entergy Arkansas’ top executive, Rick Riley has been promoted to a new position within parent company Entergy Corp. in New Orleans and…
by - June 15, 2018 9:44 am
Glass manufacturer and installer Ace Glass Construction Corp. of Little Rock will open a Platinum LEED-certified glass facility that will operate with 100% solar power, recycle glass and implement lean…
by - June 11, 2018 11:30 am
Globally, the United States and Australia had the largest increases in exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2017, according to the report by the International Association of Liquefied Natural…
by - June 7, 2018 11:03 am
U.S. households with more vehicles travel more and put more miles on their primary vehicle compared to households with less vehicles, according to the Federal Highway Administration’s National Household Travel…
by - June 6, 2018 2:58 pm
Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. (AECC) said Wednesday (June 6) it will expand its energy portfolio through an agreement with one of the nation’s largest utility operators to purchase wind power…
by - June 5, 2018 4:39 pm
Little Rock-based Southwest Power Pool (SPP) plans to offer reliability-coordination (RC) services to the Western Interconnection starting in late 2019, according to a news release. The regional transmission organization sent…
by - June 4, 2018 10:31 am
In April and May, gasoline futures prices were lower than distillate futures prices for the first time since 2013, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In the spring and…
by - May 30, 2018 1:55 pm
Rising oil and natural gas prices and a more attractive corporate tax structure are driving interest in BHP Billiton’s auction of its U.S. onshore assets, which include the Fayetteville Shale…
by - May 29, 2018 5:24 pm
NextEra Energy Resources and Entergy Arkansas celebrated the completion of the largest universal solar energy project in Arkansas — the Stuttgart Solar Energy Center. “Solar energy is good for Arkansans…
by - May 29, 2018 10:56 am
Appearing on this week’s edition of Talk Business & Politics, Entergy Arkansas CEO Rick Riley discussed lower electricity bills that are the result of the recent federal tax cut law,…
by - May 25, 2018 12:38 pm
Regular gasoline prices were an average of $2.92 per gallon on May 21 in the United States, up 52 cents a gallon from the same time last year heading into…
by - May 23, 2018 2:25 pm
Electric vehicles, including hybrid and battery-powered vehicles, have been slow to gain market share in the United States, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Between 2012 and 2017, electric…
by - May 21, 2018 12:29 pm
Entegrity Energy Partners, an energy services company based in Little Rock, has acquired Faytteville-based firm Richter Solar Energy. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Matt Bell, a partner…
by - May 17, 2018 8:27 am
Fayetteville-based Ozarks Electric Cooperative is building a four-story, 38,000-square-foot office at its headquarters to accommodate growth in the electricity utility and its broadband service, OzarksGo. CEO Mitchell Johnson said the…
by - May 17, 2018 8:13 am
U.S. crude oil exports rose more than 120% to 1.1 million barrels per day in 2017, from 2016, and so far in 2018, the exports have been an average of…
by - May 14, 2018 4:34 pm
John Bethel, former executive director of the Arkansas Public Service Commission, has been named director of public affairs for Entergy Arkansas Inc. On Monday (May 14), the utility company announced…
by - May 14, 2018 4:03 pm
Malcolm Smoak was promoted to president and chief operating officer of Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO). On Monday (May 14), the Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power (AEP), the parent company…
by - May 10, 2018 11:26 am
Brent crude oil prices are expected to be an average of $71 per barrel in 2018, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. This is $7 more per barrel than…
by - May 9, 2018 11:15 am
Solar electricity generation in the United States rose to 77 million megawatt hours in 2017 and surpassed biomass electricity generation for the first time, according to the U.S. Energy Information…
by - May 9, 2018 11:08 am
Researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a patent-pending method that could lead to reliable, economical and sustainable way to create and store energy from sunlight, according to a…
