Arkansas Energy

A thrice-amended bill that opponents say would upend the state’s burgeoning solar industry easily passed the Arkansas Senate on Tuesday.

HB1370 by Rep. Lanny Fite, R-Benton, pitted electric utilities against the solar industry in a measure called the “Cost-Shifting Prevention Act of 2023.”

The USDA will allocate $137.235 million for three Arkansas projects.

Shane Khoury, who has nearly two decades of government service, is currently chief council for the Department of Energy and Environment.

Members of the Joint Committee on Energy of the Arkansas Legislature discussed the topics Monday at the Little Rock headquarters of Audubon Arkansas.

Leo Denault will retire as the utility's CEO this year and as board chairman next year, the company said. The board of directors has elected Chief Financial Officer Andrew Marsh to become CEO on Nov. 1.

An environmentalist who has been involved in lawsuits that led to settlements to close the state’s dirtiest power plants disagrees with the court’s logic.

Public comments are being accepted through Tuesday on a plan to install 15 electric vehicle charging stations across Arkansas.

Nearly 125,000 customers in Arkansas will be affected by the rate increase.

The Department of Finance and Administration reported nearly 3,000 fully-electric vehicles were registered at the end of last month. The number of hybrid vehicles grew to about 27-thousand.