General Info

Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, headquartered in Little Rock, Ark., provides wholesale electricity to 16 distribution cooperatives that own it. The 17 distribution cooperatives serve more than 435,000 members across Arkansas and in surrounding states. It owns seven power plants and co-owns or has lease interests in three others. Founded in 1942, Arkansas' electric cooperatives own nearly 2,300 megawatts of generating capacity through the generation and transmission cooperative. AECC owns and operates three natural gas/oil-fired plants and owns or leases portions of three coal-fired plants. It also owns and operates three hydroelectric generating stations on the Arkansas River and one natural-gas fired simple-cycle plant in southern Arkansas.