Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation

Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation
Company typeNonprofit utility cooperative
FoundedJuly 11, 1949 (1949-07-11)
Headquarters
Little Rock, Arkansas
,
United States
Key people
ProductsElectricity
$736 million
Total assets$1.6 billion
Members17 regional cooperatives in Arkansas
Number of employees
248
Websiteaecc.com
Footnotes / references
[1]

The Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC) is an electrical generation and distribution cooperative founded in 1949 and headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. It sells wholesale energy to 17 member cooperatives serving 500,000 customers across 62% of the land area of Arkansas.[1]

Generation facilities

Name Location Fuel Nameplate
capacity (MW) 		Generating
units 		Percent owned/
leased 		Opened
Carl S. Whillock Morrilton Hydropower 32 3 100% 1993[2]
Clyde T. Ellis Barling Hydropower 32 3 100% 1988[3]
Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas
Hydropower Generating Station 		Dumas Hydropower 103 3 100% 1999[4]
Elkins Elkins Natural gas 60 2 100% 2010[5]
Flint Creek Gentry Coal 528 2 50% 1978[6]
Fulton Fulton Natural gas 153 1 100% 2001[7]
Harry L. Oswald Wrightsville Natural gas 548 9 100% 2003[8]
Independence Newark Coal 1700 2 35% 1983[9]
John L. McClellan Camden Natural gas/Petroleum 134 1 100% 1971[10]
John W. Turk Jr. Fulton Natural gas 600 1 12%[11] 2012[12]
Magnet Cove Magnet Cove Natural gas 660 3 100%[11] 2006[13]
Thomas B. Fitzhugh Ozark Natural gas/Petroleum 171 2 100% 1963[14]
White Bluff Redfield Coal 1659 2 35% 1980[15]
Woodruff Augusta Solar 122 1 100% 2024

Long-term purchase agreements

Besides its owned and leased generation facilities, AECC also provides energy through long-term purchase agreements, including:

Member cooperatives

References

  1. ^ a b "About Us". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Archived from the original on August 25, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  2. ^ "Carl S. Whillock Hydroelectric Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  3. ^ "Clyde T. Ellis Hydroelectric Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  4. ^ "Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas Hydropower Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  5. ^ "Elkins Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  6. ^ "Flint Creek Power Plant". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  7. ^ "Fulton CT1 Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  8. ^ "Harry L. Oswald Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  9. ^ "Independence Steam Electric Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  10. ^ "John L. McClellan Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  11. ^ a b AECC leases this facility.
  12. ^ "John W. Turk, Jr. Power Plant". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Archived from the original on March 4, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  13. ^ "Magnet Cove Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Archived from the original on March 4, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  14. ^ "Thomas B. Fitzhugh Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  15. ^ "White Bluff Steam Electric Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  16. ^ "AECC announces energy pact to purchase Oklahoma wind power". Talk Business. June 6, 2018. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  17. ^ "Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation Annual Report 2013" (PDF). Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
  18. ^ a b "Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. adds additional 150 MW of wind energy" (PDF). Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.