by - February 20, 2019 5:30 am
American Electric Power, which last summer canceled the $4.5 Wind Catcher project approved by Arkansas regulators, recently (Feb. 12) announced a deal to acquire 724 megawatts (MW) of operating wind…
by - January 7, 2019 10:36 am
Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), a utility company of Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power (AEP), will request proposals for up to 1,200 megawatts of wind energy projects to be in…
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 - April 13, 2018 3:40 pm
Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), a company of Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power (AEP), will ask the Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) to approve the proposed Wind Catcher Energy Connection…
by - July 27, 2017 10:31 am
SWEPCO’s wind project announced Wednesday is the latest in a spate of power projects that will add more renewable options to Arkansas’ energy mix. Plains and Eastern Clean Line is…
by - June 29, 2017 11:55 am
Three big rigs began Thursday morning (June 29) to haul a 1 million-pound load, the heaviest ever permitted in Arkansas, from an electrical substation in Tontitown. The destination is only…
by - April 4, 2016 2:30 pm
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized AEP Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) as a 2016 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for the company’s energy efficiency program in…
by - January 2, 2015 11:30 am
Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) served notice that it will no longer pursue a $116 million, 345 kilovolt (kV) electric transmission project in Northwest Arkansas due to a lack of…
by - February 2, 2014 6:38 pm
After all the controversy this past summer surrounding the proposed high voltage transmission line planned by Southwestern Electric Power Company through the Ozarks, there is a new twist to this…
by - August 18, 2013 11:39 am
Off to the eastern edge of Arkansas’ great Northwest, a battle has been brewing that recently took a rare “conservationist turn,” thanks to the often maligned U.S. Army Corps of Engineers….
by - July 10, 2013 5:48 pm
The Arkansas Public Service Commission on Wednesday (July 10) approved a $408 million plan to add environmental protection equipment to the Flint Creek Power Plant near Gentry, Ark., that could…
