Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation

{{Short description|Electrical generation and distribution cooperative}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation

| logo = AECC-logo.svg

| type = Nonprofit utility cooperative

| foundation = {{Start date|1949|07|11}}

| location_city = Little Rock, Arkansas

| location_country = United States

| key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Buddy Hasten (CEO)}}

| area_served =

| industry =

| products = Electricity

| revenue =

| operating_income = $736 million

| assets = $1.6 billion

| production =

| net_income =

| members = 17 regional cooperatives in Arkansas

| num_employees = 248

| homepage = [http://www.aecc.com aecc.com]

| footnotes = {{Cite web |title=About Us |publisher=Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation |url=http://www.aecc.com/about/arkansas-electric-co-op-corp |accessdate=March 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825004236/http://aecc.com/about/arkansas-electric-co-op-corp/ |archive-date=August 25, 2014 |url-status=dead }}

}}

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.

Generation facilities

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! Name

! Location

! Fuel

! Nameplate
capacity (MW)

! Generating
units

! Percent owned/
leased

! Opened

Carl S. Whillock

| Morrilton

| Hydropower

| 32

| 3

| 100%

| 1993{{Cite web|title=Carl S. Whillock Hydroelectric Generating Station |publisher=Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation |url=http://www.aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_carl_s_whillock.html |accessdate=March 4, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015085657/http://aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_carl_s_whillock.html |archivedate=October 15, 2011 |df= }}

Clyde T. Ellis

| Barling

| Hydropower

| 32

| 3

| 100%

| 1988{{Cite web|title=Clyde T. Ellis Hydroelectric Generating Station |publisher=Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation |url=http://www.aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_clyde_t_ellis.html |accessdate=March 4, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015090607/http://aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_clyde_t_ellis.html |archivedate=October 15, 2011 |df= }}

Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas
Hydropower Generating Station

| Dumas

| Hydropower

| 103

| 3

| 100%

| 1999{{Cite web|title=Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas Hydropower Generating Station |publisher=Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation |url=http://www.aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_ecark.html |accessdate=March 4, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015084717/http://aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_ecark.html |archivedate=October 15, 2011 |df= }}

Elkins

| Elkins

| Natural gas

| 60

| 2

| 100%

| 2010{{Cite web|title=Elkins Generating Station |publisher=Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation |url=http://www.aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_elkins.html |accessdate=March 4, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015090005/http://aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_elkins.html |archivedate=October 15, 2011 |df= }}

Flint Creek

| Gentry

| Coal

| 528

| 2

| 50%

| 1978{{Cite web|title=Flint Creek Power Plant |publisher=Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation |url=http://www.aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_flint_creek.html |accessdate=March 4, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015090327/http://aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_flint_creek.html |archivedate=October 15, 2011 |df= }}

Fulton

| Fulton

| Natural gas

| 153

| 1

| 100%

| 2001{{Cite web|title=Fulton CT1 Generating Station |publisher=Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation |url=http://www.aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_fulton.html |accessdate=March 4, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015090618/http://aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_fulton.html |archivedate=October 15, 2011 |df= }}

Harry L. Oswald

| Wrightsville

| Natural gas

| 548

| 9

| 100%

| 2003{{Cite web|title=Harry L. Oswald Generating Station |publisher=Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation |url=http://www.aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_harry_l_oswald.html |accessdate=March 4, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015090649/http://aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_harry_l_oswald.html |archivedate=October 15, 2011 |df= }}

Independence

| Newark

| Coal

| 1700

| 2

| 35%

| 1983{{Cite web|title=Independence Steam Electric Station |publisher=Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation |url=http://www.aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_independence_steam.html |accessdate=March 4, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015091711/http://aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_independence_steam.html |archivedate=October 15, 2011 |df= }}

John L. McClellan

| Camden

| Natural gas/Petroleum

| 134

| 1

| 100%

| 1971{{Cite web|title=John L. McClellan Generating Station |publisher=Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation |url=http://www.aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_john_l_mcclellan.html |accessdate=March 4, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015090622/http://aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_john_l_mcclellan.html |archivedate=October 15, 2011 |df= }}

John W. Turk Jr.

| Fulton

| Natural gas

| 600

| 1

| 12%AECC leases this facility.

| 2012{{Cite web |title=John W. Turk, Jr. Power Plant |publisher=Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation |url=http://www.aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_turk.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140304161144/http://www.aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_turk.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2014 |accessdate=March 4, 2014 }}

Magnet Cove

| Magnet Cove

| Natural gas

| 660

| 3

| 100%

| 2006{{Cite web|title=Magnet Cove Generating Station |publisher=Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation |url=http://www.aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_magnet.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140304161131/http://www.aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_magnet.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2014 |accessdate=March 4, 2014 }}

Thomas B. Fitzhugh

| Ozark

| Natural gas/Petroleum

| 171

| 2

| 100%

| 1963{{Cite web|title=Thomas B. Fitzhugh Generating Station |publisher=Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation |url=http://www.aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_thomas_b_fitzhugh.html |accessdate=March 4, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015085610/http://aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_thomas_b_fitzhugh.html |archivedate=October 15, 2011 |df= }}

White Bluff

| Redfield

| Coal

| 1659

| 2

| 35%

| 1980{{Cite web|title=White Bluff Steam Electric Station |publisher=Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation |url=http://www.aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_white_bluff.html |accessdate=March 4, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015090615/http://aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_white_bluff.html |archivedate=October 15, 2011 |df= }}

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:

a 20-year agreement to purchase 100 megawatts from the Wildhorse Mountain wind farm in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma{{Cite web |title=AECC announces energy pact to purchase Oklahoma wind power |publisher=Talk Business |url=https://talkbusiness.net/2018/06/aecc-announces-energy-pact-to-purchase-oklahoma-wind-power/ |accessdate=June 18, 2018 |date=June 6, 2018}}
an agreement with the Southwestern Power Administration expiring June 30, 2020 to purchase up to 189 megawatts from its supply of hydropower{{Cite web |title=Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation Annual Report 2013 |publisher=Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation |format=PDF |url=http://aecc.com/annualreport2013/sites/all/themes/annualreport/pdf/aecc_2013_financial_statement.pdf |accessdate=March 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309172451/http://aecc.com/annualreport2013/sites/all/themes/annualreport/pdf/aecc_2013_financial_statement.pdf |archive-date=March 9, 2014 |url-status=dead }}
a 20-year agreement to purchase up to 51 megawatts from the Flat Ridge 2 wind farm in Kansas{{Cite web |title=Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. adds additional 150 MW of wind energy |publisher=Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation |format=PDF |url=http://aecc.com/pdf/WindEnergy.pdf |accessdate=March 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309180446/http://aecc.com/pdf/WindEnergy.pdf |archive-date=March 9, 2014 |url-status=dead }}
a 20-year agreement to be the sole recipient of energy generated at the 150-megawatt Origin wind farm in Oklahoma

Member cooperatives

External links

[http://www.aecc.com Official website]

References

Category:Electric cooperatives in Arkansas

Category:Companies based in Little Rock, Arkansas

Category:1949 establishments in Arkansas