About Contact News Annual Reports Careers Outages Safety Find Your Cooperative Economic Development Community Government Affairs Generation Facilities Introduction General Interconnection Transmission Interconnections End-User Facilities & Rates Useful Links Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. (AECC) was created on July 11, 1949 to provide Arkansas’ electric cooperatives with a reliable and affordable power supply. Based in Little Rock, AECC is owned by Arkansas’ 17 electric distribution cooperatives and is one of the top generation and transmission cooperatives in the nation. The generation and transmission cooperative has assets of about $1.8 billion and annual energy sales of about $727 million. Generation Facilities and Purchased Power Agreements AECC owns or has purchase power agreements for a total of 4,286 megawatts of generation capacity. AECC’s generation plants include three natural gas/oil-based plants, three hydroelectric generating stations on the Arkansas River, and four natural gas-based plants. AECC also owns portions of four coal-based power plants in Arkansas. In addition to its owned generation assets, AECC has purchase power agreements for additional energy resources including hydroelectric energy from the Southwestern Power Administration, biomass energy, wind energy and solar energy. Altogether, the total amount of these resources represents more than 18 percent of the cooperative’s generation and energy portfolio. Collectively, Arkansas’ electric cooperatives provide a diverse and reliable generation mix to more than 500,000 homes, farms and businesses in Arkansas and surrounding states. Carl S. Whillock Hydroelectric Generating Station Morrilton, Arkansas Operation: 1993 Ownership: AECC owns 100% of this plant Fuel: Arkansas River Capability: 32.4 Megawatts Clyde T. Ellis Hydroelectric Generating Station Barling, Arkansas Operation: 1988 Ownership: AECC owns 100% of this plant Fuel: Arkansas River Capability: 32.4 Megawatts Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas Hydropower Generating Station Dumas, Arkansas Operation: 1999 Ownership: AECC owns 100% of this plant Fuel: Arkansas River Capability: 102.6 Megawatts Elkins Generating Station Elkins, Arkansas Operation: Ownership: AECC owns 100% of this plant Fuel: Natural Gas Capability: 60 Megawatts Flint Creek Power Plant Gentry, Arkansas Operation: Unit 1 – July 1978 Ownership: AECC owns 50% of this plant Fuel: Low-sulfur coal mined near Gillette, Wyoming Capability: 528 Megawatts Fulton CT1 Generating Station Fulton, Arkansas Operation: May 26, 2001 Ownership: AECC owns 100% of this plant Fuel: Natural Gas Capability: 153 Megawatts Harry L. Oswald Generating Station at Wrightsville Wrightsville, Arkansas Operation: July 1, 2003 Ownership: AECC owns 100% of this plant Fuel: Natural Gas Capability: 548 Megawatts Independence Steam Electric Station Newark, Arkansas Operation: Unit 1 – January 1983/Unit 2 – December 1984 Ownership: AECC owns 35% of this plant Fuel: Low-sulfur coal mined near Gillette, Wyoming Capability: 1,678 Megawatts John L. McClellan Generating Station Camden, Arkansas Operation: Unit 1 – 1971 Ownership: AECC owns 100% of this plant Fuel: Primary – Natural Gas, Backup – #6 Fuel Oil Capability: 134 Megawatts John W. Turk, Jr. Power Plant Fulton, Arkansas Operation: December 2012 Ownership: AECC owns 73 megawatts of this plant Fuel: Low-sulfur coal from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming Capability: 624 Megawatts Magnet Cove Generating Station Malvern, Arkansas Operation: 2006 Ownership: AECC owns 100% of this plant Fuel: Natural Gas Capability: 660 Megawatts Thomas B. Fitzhugh Generating Station Ozark, Arkansas Operation: Unit 1 – 1963/Unit 2 – 2003 Ownership: AECC owns 100% of this plant Fuel: Primary-Natural Gas, Backup-#2 Fuel Oil Capability: 170.6 Megawatts White Bluff Steam Electric Station Redfield, Arkansas Operation: Unit 1 – August 1980/Unit 2 – July 1981 Ownership: AECC owns 35% of this plant Fuel: Low-sulfur coal mined near Gillette, Wyoming Capability: 1,659 Megawatts Cooperative Contact Information Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation www.aecc.com 1 Cooperative Way Little Rock, AR 72209 Interconnection Inquiries: David McRae Email: david.mcrae@aecc.com Phone: 501-570-2635 Rate Inquiries: Robert Shields Email: robert.shields@aecc.com Phone: 501-570-2200 View all distribution cooperatives. Useful links 1 Cooperative Way / Little Rock, AR 72209 (501) 570-2200 communications@aecc.com Give Your Career Some Energy About Us Our History The Cooperative Difference Generation Facilities Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. 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