List of power stations in Arkansas

The following page lists all power stations in the U.S. state of Arkansas.

Biogas

Name Location Fuel Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 Generating
units		 2012 GHG emissions
(metric tons)		 Operator Opened
Eco Vista Tontitown Landfill gas 4 5 Waste Management 2010[1]
Two Pine Pulaski County Landfill gas 5 6 53,820[2] Waste Management 2008[3]

Coal

Name Location Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 Generating
units		 2012 GHG emissions
(metric tons)		 Boiler type Operator Opened
Flint Creek Gentry 528 1 3.8 million[4] Subcritical American Electric Power 1978[5]
Independence Newark 1700 2 10.8 million[6] Entergy 1983, 1984[7]
John W. Turk Jr. Fulton 600 1 196,637[8] Ultra-supercritical American Electric Power 2012[9]
Plum Point Mississippi County 665 1 4.5 million[10] Subcritical NAES Corporation 2010[11]
White Bluff Redfield 1659 2 10.3 million[12] Entergy 1980, 1981[13]

Hydroelectric

Name Location Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 Generating
units		 Water source Operator Opened
Beaver Lake Dam Carroll County 112 2 White River Southwestern Power Administration 1965[14]
Blakely Mountain Garland/Montgomery 75 2 Ouachita River Southwestern Power Administration 1956[14]
Bull Shoals Baxter/Marion 340 4 White River Southwestern Power Administration 1953[14]
Carl S. Whillock Conway County 32 3 Arkansas River Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation 1993[15]
Carpenter Garland County 56 2 Ouachita River Entergy 1930[16]
Clyde T. Ellis Barling 32 3 Arkansas River Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation 1988[17]
Dardanelle Pope/Yell 140 4 Arkansas River Southwestern Power Administration 1965[14]
Electric Cooperatives
of Arkansas		 Dumas 103 3 Arkansas River Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation 1999[18]
Greers Ferry Cleburne County 96 2 Little Red River Southwestern Power Administration 1964[14]
Murray Pulaski County 45 2 Arkansas River North Little Rock Electric Department[19] 1988[20]
Narrows Pike County 26 3 Little Missouri River Southwestern Power Administration 1950[14]
Norfork Baxter County 81 2 North Fork River Southwestern Power Administration 1944[14]
Ozark Ozark 100 5 Arkansas River Southwestern Power Administration 1973[14]
Remmel Hot Spring County 12 3 Ouachita River Entergy 1924[16]
Shelby M. Knight/
White River Lock & Dam 3		 Stone County 4 1 White River Independence County 2006[21]
White River Lock & Dam 1 Batesville 4 1 White River Independence County 2007[21]
White River Lock & Dam 2 Independence County 4 1 White River Independence County 2007[21]

Pumped storage

Name Location Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 Generating
units		 Water source Operator Opened
DeGray Clark County 68 2 Caddo River Southwestern Power Administration 1972[14]

Natural gas

Name Location Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 Generating
units		 2012 GHG emissions
(metric tons)		 Operator Opened
Dell Dell 679 3 292,437[22] Associated Electric Cooperative 2007[23]
Elkins Elkins 60 2[1] Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation 2010[24]
Fulton Fulton 153 1 32,063[25] Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation 2001[26]
Harry D. Mattison Tontitown 340 4 76,739[27] American Electric Power 2007[28]
Harry L. Oswald Wrightsville 548 9 166,131[29] Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation 2003[30]
Hot Spring Malvern 620 3 205,371[31] Entergy 2012[32]
Jonesboro Jonesboro 224 4 108,285[33] Jonesboro City Water & Light 2003, 2007[23][34]
Magnet Cove Magnet Cove 660 3 982,667[35] Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation 2006[36]
Pine Bluff Energy Center Pine Bluff 236 2 771,814[37] Calpine Energy Services 2001[20]
Union Partners El Dorado 2,200 12 3,906,535[38] Entegra Power Group 2003[39]
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Natural gas/petroleum

Name Location Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 Generating
units		 2012 GHG emissions
(metric tons)		 Operator Opened
Carl E. Bailey Augusta 122 1 34,374[40] Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation 1966[41]
Cecil Lynch North Little Rock 110 2 2,945[42] Entergy 1949, 1954[16]
John L. McClellan Camden 134 1 133,598[43] Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation 1971[44]
Lake Catherine Malvern 721 4 398,633[45] Entergy 1950, 1953, 1970[16]
Mabelvale Mabelvale 56 4 2,258[46] Entergy 1970[16]
Paragould Paragould 14 4 Paragould Light Water & Cable 1990[20]
Paragould Reciprocating Paragould 14 3 Paragould Light Water & Cable 2001[20]
Thomas B. Fitzhugh Ozark 171 2 57,234[47] Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation 1963[48]

Nuclear

Name Location Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 Generating
units		 Reactor type Operator Opened
Arkansas Nuclear One Russellville 1824 2 Pressurized water Entergy 1974[20]

Petroleum

Name Location Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 Generating
units		 2012 GHG emissions
(metric tons)		 Operator Opened
Piggott Municipal Piggott 7 4 City of Piggott 1952[20]
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Proposed power stations

Name Location Type Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 Generating
units		 Operator Status
East Camden Solar PV 12 Silicon Ranch Corporation In progress[49]
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Retired power stations

Name Location Type Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 Generating
units		 Operator Opened Closed
Fairbanks Augusta Petroleum 3 5 City of Augusta 1929 2005[50]
Hamilton Moses Forrest City Natural gas/petroleum 138 2 Entergy 1951 2013[51]
Harvey Couch Stamps Natural gas/petroleum 110 2 Entergy 1943, 1954 2011, 2013[52]
Mammoth Spring Dam No. 1 Fulton County Hydroelectric 3[53] Arkansas-Missouri Power Company 1927 1972[54]
Robert E. Ritchie Helena Natural gas/petroleum 923 3 Entergy 1961 2013[55]
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Electric utilities

References

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  2. ↑ "EPA Facility Level GHG Emissions Data". U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Waste Management Dedicates Arkansas’ First Landfill Gas-to-Energy Plant and Announces New Partnership With Audubon Arkansas" (PDF). Waste Management. August 12, 2008. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
  4. ↑ "EPA Facility Level GHG Emissions Data". U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Flint Creek Power Plant". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  6. ↑ "EPA Facility Level GHG Emissions Data". U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Independence Steam Electric Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  8. ↑ For the 11-day operational period in 2012. "EPA Facility Level GHG Emissions Data". U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
  9. ↑ "SWEPCO's John W. Turk, Jr. Power Plant Begins Commercial Operation December 20 in SW Arkansas". Southwestern Electric Power Company. December 20, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  10. ↑ "EPA Facility Level GHG Emissions Data". U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  11. ↑ Butler Schlesinger, Toney. "Plum Point Energy Station". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
  12. ↑ "EPA Facility Level GHG Emissions Data". U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  13. ↑ "White Bluff Steam Electric Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 "Southwestern Power Administration Annual Report 2012" (PDF). Southwestern Power Administration. September 2013. p. 8. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Carl S. Whillock Hydroelectric Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 "Entergy Investor Guide 2012" (XLS). Entergy. 2012. p. 39. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Clyde T. Ellis Hydroelectric Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas Hydropower Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  19. ↑ "NLRED Year in Review 2013". North Little Rock Electric Department. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
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  24. ↑ "Elkins Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  25. ↑ "EPA Facility Level GHG Emissions Data". U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
  26. ↑ "Fulton CT1 Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  27. ↑ "EPA Facility Level GHG Emissions Data". U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  28. ↑ "American Electric Power 2013 Fact Book" (PDF). American Electric Power. 2013. p. 54. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  29. ↑ "EPA Facility Level GHG Emissions Data". U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
  30. ↑ "Harry L. Oswald Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  31. ↑ "EPA Facility Level GHG Emissions Data". U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
  32. ↑ Came online in 2002. Purchased from KGen LLC in 2012. "Entergy Announces Hot Spring, Hinds Power Plants Acquisitions to Close by End of Year". Entergy. November 14, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
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  36. ↑ "Magnet Cove Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  37. ↑ "EPA Facility Level GHG Emissions Data". U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
  38. ↑ "EPA Facility Level GHG Emissions Data". U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
  39. ↑ "Union Partners Power Station" (PDF). SNC-Lavalin Thermal Power. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
  40. ↑ "EPA Facility Level GHG Emissions Data". U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
  41. ↑ "Carl E. Bailey Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  42. ↑ "EPA Facility Level GHG Emissions Data". U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
  43. ↑ "EPA Facility Level GHG Emissions Data". U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
  44. ↑ "John L. McClellan Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
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  48. ↑ "Thomas B. Fitzhugh Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  49. ↑ "Aerojet Rocketdyne, Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation and Ouachita Electric Cooperative to Deploy Solar Energy in Rural Arkansas" (PDF). Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas. February 4, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
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  51. ↑ "Hamilton Moses SES NPDES Permit Renewal Application" (PDF). Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality. February 2013. p. 1. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
  52. ↑ Smith, Red (December 2013). "NPDES Compliance Inspection Report" (PDF). Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality. p. 2. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
  53. ↑ "Electrical Review and Western Electrician" 68. Electrical Review Publishing Company. January 22, 1916. p. 144. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
  54. ↑ "Mammoth Spring Dam and Lake". Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
  55. ↑ "Electric Power Monthly with Data for January 2013" (PDF). U.S. Energy Information Administration. March 2013. p. 16. Retrieved March 1, 2014.

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