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Bill W. Hornaday

Entergy electrical grid core of talks

Four states, city look at future use

By Bill W. Hornaday
Posted: August 11, 2009 3:36 a.m.

Utility regulators from Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and the city of New Orleans will consider creating a multistate commission to address the future of Entergy Corp.'s electricity grid.
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Windstream's profits decline 11% from '08

Economy, tax-related charges cited for dip

By Bill W. Hornaday
Posted: August 7, 2009 4:16 a.m.

Windstream Corp.'s second-quarter profits slipped 11 percent from last year, with much of the decline blamed on a slumping economy and tax related charges.
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State power station a sleeping giant

Underused plant caught in middle of electricity row

By Bill W. Hornaday
Posted: August 2, 2009 4:56 a.m.

Able to spool up 2,200 megawatts of electricity, Entegra Power Group's Union Power Station is the continent's most powerful natural-gas-fired facility of its type, former plant manager Bill O'Brien says.
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Electric co-ops seek rate increase

Law puts request on 90-day track

By Bill W. Hornaday
Posted: July 17, 2009 3:43 a.m.

Seizing on a new state law, the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. asked utility regulators Thursday for a $25.9 million-a-year rate increase.
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State 38th in ratings on energy efficiency

By Bill W. Hornaday
Posted: July 16, 2009 5:11 a.m.

Arkansas is slowly becoming more energy-efficient, but it is far from certain how much long-term energy savings can be achieved without straining utilities' finances, energy experts said Wednesday.
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Regulators appeal plant ruling

PSC asks state's high court to review decision on Turk

By Bill W. Hornaday
Posted: July 9, 2009 4:56 a.m.

State utility regulators Wednesday asked the Arkansas Supreme Court to review the reversal of their approval of Southwestern Electric Power Co.'s coal-fired John W. Turk Jr. power plant.
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Legal action unlikely, power plant's foes say

Construction should stop, they contend, but approval intact for now

By Bill W. Hornaday
Posted: July 1, 2009 3:12 a.m.

Despite calling for Southwestern Electric Power Co. to halt construction at the coalfired John W. Turk Jr. power plant, opponents of the $2.1 billion project say it is unlikely they will seek a court action.
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SWEPCO appeals plant OK's reversal

Justices asked to review Turk-permit ruling

By Bill W. Hornaday
Posted: June 30, 2009 3:15 a.m.

Southwestern Electric Power Co. on Monday asked the Arkansas Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision that reversed approval of the coal-fired John W. Turk Jr. power plant.
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6 judges reject PSC approval of power plant

Appeals panel says consent given in stages counter to law

By Bill W. Hornaday
Posted: June 25, 2009 4:54 a.m.

The $2.1 billion coal-fired John W. Turk Jr. power plant project under construction near Texarkana saw a major setback Wednesday as the Arkansas Court of Appeals unanimously rejected its approval by state utility regulators.
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Utility to buy lignite mine

Power company seeks fuel source

By Bill W. Hornaday
Posted: June 24, 2009 4:13 a.m.

Through its proposed purchase of a Louisiana lignite mine, Southwestern Electric Power Co. is affirming its longterm commitment to coal-fired energy.
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