Send Scott Foushee and Rusty Pendergraft, members of the board of directors at Today’s Power Inc. in North Little Rock
Scott Foushee of Newport and Rusty Pendergraft of Texarkana have joined the board of directors Today’s Power Inc. of North Little Rock, a renewable energy company specializing in small utility scale solar power plants.
Today’s Power, a wholly owned subsidiary of Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Inc. of Little Rock, has built solar arrays for most of the state’s 17 electric distribution cooperatives. The additions to its 10-member board followed the retirement of Wayne Whitaker from Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative and the completion of a term by Wayne Beadles, a director at Woodruff Electric. He had been on the board since 2015, the year
Barry Hyde
County Judge Barry Hyde flipped the switch on a new 756-panel solar project Tuesday at the Pulaski County Detention Center near the State Fairgrounds in Little Rock, and Today’s Power Inc. joined him in basking in the glow.
The project, a 250-kilowatt array that will be owned and operated by Today’s Power, will provide lower-cost electricity to the county under a 20-year power purchase agreement. The price is a guaranteed 4.9 cents per kilowatt hour, roughly half of the already low retail price of electricity in the state.
The array is one of two county projects, originally planned in 2019, that combined will provide about 86% of Pulaski County’s existing electricity demand.
Send The regional electric grid was stretched to the limit and beyond, and Arkansans joined Texans, Oklahomans and Missourians sitting in their darkened houses, getting chillier.
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Due to extreme winter conditions and record power usage, The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas were forced to implement emergency contingency plans that included short-term, rotating power curtailments at some local electric cooperatives. Curtailments were discontinued at 9 p.m., however the situation remains critical.
“This unprecedented situation is related to a number of factors, including a very volatile natural gas market, lack of dispatchable power generation resources and the extremely cold weather across multiple states,” said Andrew Lachowsky, vice president of planning and market operations for the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas. “Despite public appeals to reduce usage and working with large industrial member, Arkansas’ electric cooperatives were forced to implement the short-term curtailment plan in order to avoid major wholesale power delivery issues.”
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Stem, Inc. Brings Smart Energy Storage to Electric Cooperative Projects with Today’s Power, Inc.
Stem, Inc.February 11, 2021 GMT
MILLBRAE, Calif., Feb. 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Stem, Inc. (“Stem”), a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI)-driven clean energy storage systems, today announced the Company will provide smart energy storage services to Today’s Power, Inc. (“TPI”), a renewable energy company based in North Little Rock, Ark. that develops, owns and operates renewable energy assets. A certified partner in Stem’s Partner Program, TPI will leverage Stem’s smart energy storage solution to deliver energy flexibility in electric cooperative projects, starting in Northwest Arkansas.