Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation

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Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation
Company type Nonprofit utility cooperative
FoundedJuly 11, 1949 (1949-07-11)
Headquarters,
Key people
ProductsElectricity
$736 million
Total assets $1.6 billion
Members17 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]

Contents

Generation facilities

NameLocationFuel Nameplate
capacity (MW)
Generating
units
Percent owned/
leased
Opened
Carl E. Bailey Augusta Natural gas1221100%1966 [2]
Carl S. Whillock Morrilton Hydropower323100%1993 [3]
Clyde T. Ellis Barling Hydropower323100%1988 [4]
Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas
Hydropower Generating Station
Dumas Hydropower1033100%1999 [5]
Elkins Elkins Natural gas602100%2010 [6]
Flint Creek Gentry Coal528250%1978 [7]
Fulton Fulton Natural gas1531100%2001 [8]
Harry L. Oswald Wrightsville Natural gas5489100%2003 [9]
Independence Newark Coal1700235%1983 [10]
John L. McClellan Camden Natural gas/Petroleum1341100%1971 [11]
John W. Turk Jr. Fulton Natural gas600112% [12] 2012 [13]
Magnet Cove Magnet Cove Natural gas6603100% [12] 2006 [14]
Thomas B. Fitzhugh Ozark Natural gas/Petroleum1712100%1963 [15]
White Bluff Redfield Coal1659235%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

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References

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  4. "Clyde T. Ellis Hydroelectric Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
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  11. "John L. McClellan Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  12. 1 2 AECC leases this facility.
  13. "John W. Turk, Jr. Power Plant". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Archived from the original on March 4, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  14. "Magnet Cove Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Archived from the original on March 4, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  15. "Thomas B. Fitzhugh Generating Station". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
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