Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation

Bill Gossage will resign from his position as Deputy Chief of Staff, Governor Asa Hutchinson announced on Aug. 8. Gossage has served in the position since 2016, when he resigned from his office representing District 82 in the Arkansas House…

Another summer has come and gone and with that, the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas has successfully hosted its second year of cohorts for the Tjuana Byrd Summer Internship Program, a program that focuses on providing internship opportunities to women of…

U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman, will hold a field hearing Friday in Arkansas to gain input from Natural State agricultural producers as the process…

The Women’s Foundation of Arkansas has announced its 2022 participants in the Stone Bank-presented Tjuana Byrd Internship Program. Participants of the internship program will have the opportunity to work for some of the largest science, technology, engineering and math companies…

In light of recent high-profile cyber attacks across the nation, the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation is taking proactive measures to protect its digital network and power resources. AECC believes recent cyber attacks prove that the United States’ power grid could…

Jenni SudduthSenior Regulatory AnalystArkansas Electric Cooperatives Corporation, Little Rock A graduate of the University of Tulsa with a degree in environmental policy and a juris doctorate, Sudduth’s energy career began in oil and gas before shifting to a focus on…

A new chief executive has been named for both Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECI) and Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (AECC). The boards of directors for both organizations have named Vernon “Buddy” Hasten has president and chief executive officer. Starting Nov.…

by Michael Henderson During my 37-year career in the utility industry, one constant has always been that electricity must be generated as consumed because you can’t store electricity.  Commodities such as natural gas can be stored in pipelines, storage facilities,…

An interim president and chief executive officer for Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation and Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. has been named this week. Bill Conine, currently CEO of Petit Jean Electric Cooperative, will serve as the interim president and CEO for…

DATELINE – OUACHITA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION (OECC) has been named as one of a select group of utilities that connected the most solar or the most storage to the grid in 2016, earning it a spot on the annual Top…