Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation Explained

Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation
Type:	Nonprofit utility cooperative
Location City:	Little Rock, Arkansas
Location Country:	United States
Products:	Electricity
Operating Income:	$736 million
Assets:	$1.6 billion
Members:	17 regional cooperatives in Arkansas
Num Employees:	248
Homepage:	aecc.com
Footnotes:	^[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%	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:

• a 20-year agreement to purchase 100 megawatts from the Wildhorse Mountain wind farm in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma^[16]
• an agreement with the Southwestern Power Administration expiring June 30, 2020 to purchase up to 189 megawatts from its supply of hydropower^[17]
• a 20-year agreement to purchase up to 51 megawatts from the Flat Ridge 2 wind farm in Kansas^[18]
• a 20-year agreement to be the sole recipient of energy generated at the 150-megawatt Origin wind farm in Oklahoma^[18]

Member cooperatives

• Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative
• Ashley-Chicot Electric Cooperative
• C&L Electric Cooperative
• Carroll Electric Cooperative
• Clay County Electric Cooperative
• Craighead Electric Cooperative
• Farmers Electric Cooperative
• First Electric Cooperative
• Mississippi County Electric Cooperative
• North Arkansas Electric Cooperative
• Ouachita Electric Cooperative Corporation
• Ozarks Electric Cooperative
• Petit Jean Electric Cooperative
• Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative
• South Central Arkansas Electric Cooperative
• Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative
• Woodruff Electric Cooperative

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: About Us . Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation . March 4, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140825004236/http://aecc.com/about/arkansas-electric-co-op-corp/ . August 25, 2014 . dead .
2. Web site: Carl S. Whillock Hydroelectric Generating Station . Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation . March 4, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111015085657/http://aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_carl_s_whillock.html . October 15, 2011 .
3. Web site: Clyde T. Ellis Hydroelectric Generating Station . Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation . March 4, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111015090607/http://aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_clyde_t_ellis.html . October 15, 2011 .
4. Web site: Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas Hydropower Generating Station . Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation . March 4, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111015084717/http://aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_ecark.html . October 15, 2011 .
5. Web site: Elkins Generating Station . Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation . March 4, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111015090005/http://aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_elkins.html . October 15, 2011 .
6. Web site: Flint Creek Power Plant . Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation . March 4, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111015090327/http://aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_flint_creek.html . October 15, 2011 .
7. Web site: Fulton CT1 Generating Station . Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation . March 4, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111015090618/http://aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_fulton.html . October 15, 2011 .
8. Web site: Harry L. Oswald Generating Station . Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation . March 4, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111015090649/http://aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_harry_l_oswald.html . October 15, 2011 .
9. Web site: Independence Steam Electric Station . Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation . March 4, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111015091711/http://aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_independence_steam.html . October 15, 2011 .
10. Web site: John L. McClellan Generating Station . Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation . March 4, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111015090622/http://aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_john_l_mcclellan.html . October 15, 2011 .
11. AECC leases this facility.
12. Web site: John W. Turk, Jr. Power Plant . Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation . https://archive.today/20140304161144/http://www.aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_turk.html . dead . March 4, 2014 . March 4, 2014 .
13. Web site: Magnet Cove Generating Station . Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation . https://archive.today/20140304161131/http://www.aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_magnet.html . dead . March 4, 2014 . March 4, 2014 .
14. Web site: Thomas B. Fitzhugh Generating Station . Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation . March 4, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111015085610/http://aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_thomas_b_fitzhugh.html . October 15, 2011 .
15. Web site: White Bluff Steam Electric Station . Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation . March 4, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111015090615/http://aecc.com/popups/generation_facilities_white_bluff.html . October 15, 2011 .
16. Web site: AECC announces energy pact to purchase Oklahoma wind power . Talk Business . June 18, 2018 . June 6, 2018.
17. Web site: Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation Annual Report 2013 . Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation . PDF . March 9, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140309172451/http://aecc.com/annualreport2013/sites/all/themes/annualreport/pdf/aecc_2013_financial_statement.pdf . March 9, 2014 . dead .
18. Web site: Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. adds additional 150 MW of wind energy . Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation . PDF . March 9, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140309180446/http://aecc.com/pdf/WindEnergy.pdf . March 9, 2014 . dead .