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Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation

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Products
  
Electricity

Founded
  
11 July 1949

Operating income
  
736 million USD

Website
  
aecc.com

Number of employees
  
248

Total assets
  
1.6 billion USD

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Members
  
17 regional cooperatives in Arkansas

Headquarters
  
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Type of business
  
Nonprofit utility cooperative

Similar
  
First Electric Cooperative, Arkansas Valley Electric C, Carroll Electric Cooperative, Craighead Electric Cooperative, Midcontinent Independent System O

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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.

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Long-term purchase agreements

Besides its owned and leased generation facilities, AECC also provides energy through long-term purchase agreements, including:

  • an agreement with the Southwestern Power Administration expiring June 30, 2020 to purchase up to 189 megawatts from its supply of hydropower
  • a 20-year agreement to purchase up to 51 megawatts from the Flat Ridge 2 wind farm in Kansas
  • a 20-year agreement to be the sole recipient of energy generated at the 150-megawatt Origin wind farm in Oklahoma

    • 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

    • References

    Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation Wikipedia
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