Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp.
Generation Facilities and Purchased Power Agreements
AECC owns or has purchase power agreements for a total of 4,280 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 E. Bailey Generating Station
Augusta, Arkansas
- Operation: Unit 1 – 1966
- Ownership: AECC owns 100% of this plant
- Fuel: Primary – Natural Gas, Backup – #6 Fuel Oil
- Capability: 122 Megawatts

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