Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation
| Company type | Nonprofit cooperative |
|---|---|
| Industry | Electricity generation and distribution |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Headquarters | Little Rock , United States |
Area served | 62% of Arkansas geographic area |
| Products | Wholesale electric power |
| Website | aecc |
The Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC), established in 1949 and headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, operates as a nonprofit cooperative focused on electricity generation and distribution. AECC provides wholesale power to 17 member cooperatives, collectively serving approximately 500,000 consumers throughout 62% of Arkansas's geographic area.
Generation facilities
| Facility Name | Site | Energy Source | Nameplate Capacity (MW) |
Number of Units |
Ownership Stake | Commissioned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl S. Whillock | Morrilton | Hydroelectric | 32 | 3 | Fully owned | 1993 |
| Clyde T. Ellis | Barling | Hydroelectric | 32 | 3 | Fully owned | 1988 |
| Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas Hydropower Station | Dumas | Hydroelectric | 103 | 3 | Fully owned | 1999 |
| Elkins | Elkins | Natural gas-fired | 60 | 2 | Fully owned | 2010 |
| Flint Creek | Gentry | Coal-fired | 528 | 2 | 50% ownership | 1978 |
| Fulton | Fulton | Natural gas-fired | 153 | 1 | Fully owned | 2001 |
| Harry L. Oswald | Wrightsville | Natural gas-fired | 548 | 9 | Fully owned | 2003 |
| Independence | Newark | Coal-fired | 1700 | 2 | 35% ownership | 1983 |
| John L. McClellan | Camden | Natural gas/Petroleum | 134 | 1 | Fully owned | 1971 |
| John W. Turk Jr. | Fulton | Natural gas | 600 | 1 | Leased, 12% stake | 2012 |
| Magnet Cove | Magnet Cove | Natural gas | 660 | 3 | Leased, fully owned | 2006 |
| Thomas B. Fitzhugh | Ozark | Natural gas/Petroleum | 171 | 2 | Fully owned | 1963 |
| White Bluff | Redfield | Coal-fired | 1659 | 2 | 35% ownership | 1980 |
| Woodruff | Augusta | Solar | 122 | 1 | Fully owned | 2024 |
Long-term purchase agreements
Beyond its own and leased power plants, AECC obtains electricity through extended purchase contracts, which include:
- a two-decade agreement to acquire up to 100 megawatts from the Wildhorse Mountain wind facility located in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma
- a contract with the Southwestern Power Administration—valid until June 30, 2020—to procure as much as 189 megawatts of hydroelectric power
- a twenty-year deal for up to 51 megawatts from the Flat Ridge 2 wind farm in Kansas
- an exclusive twenty-year arrangement to receive energy generated by the Origin wind farm in Oklahoma, with a capacity of 150 megawatts
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