Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation

Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation
Nonprofit utility cooperative
Founded July 11, 1949 (1949-07-11)
Headquarters Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Products Electricity
$736 million
Total assets $1.6 billion
Members 17 regional cooperatives in Arkansas
Number of employees
248
Website aecc.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 E. Bailey Augusta Natural gas 122 1 100% 1966[2]
Carl S. Whillock Morrilton Hydropower 32 3 100% 1993[3]
Clyde T. Ellis Barling Hydropower 32 3 100% 1988[4]
Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas
Hydropower Generating Station
Dumas Hydropower 103 3 100% 1999[5]
Elkins Elkins Natural gas 60 2 100% 2010[6]
Flint Creek Gentry Coal 528 2 50% 1978[7]
Fulton Fulton Natural gas 153 1 100% 2001[8]
Harry L. Oswald Wrightsville Natural gas 548 9 100% 2003[9]
Independence Newark Natural gas 1700 2 35% 1983[10]
John L. McClellan Camden Natural gas/Petroleum 134 1 100% 1971[11]
John W. Turk Jr. Fulton Natural gas 600 1 12%[12] 2012[13]
Magnet Cove Magnet Cove Natural gas 660 3 100%[12] 2006[14]
Thomas B. Fitzhugh Ozark Natural gas/Petroleum 171 2 100% 1963[15]
White Bluff Redfield Coal 1659 2 35% 1980[16]

Long-term purchase agreements

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

Member cooperatives

External links

References

  1. 1 2 "About Us". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  2. "Carl E. Bailey Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  3. "Carl S. Whillock Hydroelectric Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  4. "Clyde T. Ellis Hydroelectric Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  5. "Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas Hydropower Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  6. "Elkins Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  7. "Flint Creek Power Plant". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  8. "Fulton CT1 Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  9. "Harry L. Oswald Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  10. "Independence Steam Electric Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  11. "John L. McClellan Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  12. 1 2 AECC leases this facility.
  13. "John W. Turk, Jr. Power Plant". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  14. "Magnet Cove Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  15. "Thomas B. Fitzhugh Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  16. "White Bluff Steam Electric Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  17. "Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation Annual Report 2013" (PDF). Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
  18. 1 2 "Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. adds additional 150 MW of wind energy" (PDF). Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
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