Mar 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Little Rock, Ark. — March 5, 2022 — Aditi Shashidhara of Benton County is the winner of the 2022 Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas State Spelling Bee. The 12-year-old Haas Hall of Bentonville student is the daughter of Ramya and Eswaraiah Shashidhara. Shashidhara won...
Feb 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
Little Rock, Ark. — Feb. 28, 2022 — The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas and Arkansas 4-H will host the 2022 Arkansas SeaPerch Challenge, an underwater robotics competition, on Friday, March 11 at The Center at Bishop Park in Bryant. An estimated 165 students will...
Feb 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
Little Rock, Ark. — Feb. 9, 2022 — For the third year, the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas will sponsor the Arkansas State Spelling Bee. The event will be held on Saturday, March 5 at the Arkansas 4-H Center in Little Rock. The public is invited to attend....
Sep 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
Little Rock, Ark. — Sept. 15, 2021 — The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas are dispatching 181 line workers and utility vehicles, along with construction and right-of-way equipment, to assist South Louisiana Electric Cooperative Association (SLECA) of Houma, La. in...
Sep 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Little Rock, Ark. — Sept. 14, 2021 — Derek A. Dyson has been named as president and chief executive officer of Today’s Power, Inc. (TPI) effective January 1, 2022. Mr. Dyson replaces Michael Henderson, who is retiring after leading the organization since its founding...
Aug 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
Little Rock, Ark. — Aug. 31, 2021 — The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas are dispatching 209 line workers and utility vehicles, along with construction and right-of-way equipment, to assist South Louisiana Electric Cooperative of Houma, La., as they work to restore...
Aug 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
Little Rock, Ark. — Aug. 6, 2021 — The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas recently awarded Evan Cates of Perryville, Chloe Miller of Cabot and Elliott Ruegsegger of Norfork with $5,000 scholarships for their community service projects as part of the 2021 Washington,...
Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Little Rock, Ark. — July 12, 2021 — Jasper Elementary School Teacher Sandra Allen and Ozark High School Teacher Tracy Lewis have been named the Arkansas Rural Education Association’s Teachers of the Year. The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas have sponsored the Rural...
Jul 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
Little Rock, Ark. — July 6, 2021 — Dustin Denton of Evening Shade has been named as the manager of right-of-way services for Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (AECI). Dustin most recently served as the supervisor of job training and the safety advisor for the AECI...
Jun 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
BY VERNON “BUDDY HASTEN”, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF ARKANSAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES, INC., AND ARKANSAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION ON MAY 30, 2021 Buddy Hasten I took a screen shot of my “Task List” today. It shows that I have one seriously overdue...
