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Updated May 26, 2026Utility Landscape
Entergy Arkansas, LLC
IOUCentral and eastern Arkansas, including Little Rock metro, serving approximately 700,000 customers
Most actively litigated utility before the APSC; filed a general rate case in 2024 seeking significant revenue increases tied to capital investments in transmission infrastructure and the Lake Catherine natural gas facility retirement. Subject to ongoing scrutiny over fuel adjustment clause recoveries and storm cost deferrals.
Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO)
IOUSouthwestern Arkansas, including Texarkana region, as part of its multi-state AEP territory
Navigating coal plant retirement timelines and associated stranded cost recovery in Arkansas; the transition away from Welsh and Pirkey plants has prompted APSC proceedings on resource adequacy and replacement capacity cost allocation.
Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corporation (AOG)
IOUFort Smith and surrounding western Arkansas region for natural gas distribution
Recently pursued infrastructure tracker mechanism approval to recover costs for system modernization and leak-prone pipe replacement; APSC has conditioned such riders on enhanced reporting requirements.
CenterPoint Energy Arkansas (formerly Arkansas Western Gas)
IOUNatural gas distribution across northwest Arkansas, including Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers corridor
Experiencing rapid customer growth tied to northwest Arkansas population boom; has sought accelerated capital recovery for pipeline expansion projects, with APSC balancing ratepayer protection against infrastructure needs.
Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC)
coopGeneration and transmission cooperative serving 17 distribution member cooperatives covering rural areas across the state
Engaged in long-term integrated resource planning discussions before the APSC regarding its coal-to-gas-and-renewables transition; the retirement of White Bluff and Independence coal units is a central regulatory focus through the late 2020s.
Conway Corporation
muniElectric, water, and broadband services within Conway and portions of Faulkner County
One of Arkansas's largest municipal utilities; largely self-regulated but interfaces with APSC on wholesale power arrangements and has drawn attention as a model for bundled municipal broadband-electric service delivery.
Key Issues
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Entergy Arkansas rate case and capital cost recovery: The APSC is adjudicating Entergy Arkansas's pending general rate case involving recovery of substantial transmission and generation investments, with intervenors including the Office of the People's Counsel challenging the rate of return on equity and the prudency of certain capital expenditures.
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AECC coal plant retirement and stranded cost allocation: The planned retirements of White Bluff (Units 1 & 2) and Independence (Units 1 & 2) coal plants are driving complex APSC proceedings on how stranded asset costs will be allocated among member cooperatives and ultimately rural ratepayers, with environmental justice considerations increasingly raised by intervenors.
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Renewable energy integration and IRP compliance: Both investor-owned and cooperative utilities are under APSC pressure to file updated Integrated Resource Plans reflecting SPP market dynamics, federal IRA incentive availability, and state legislative resistance to mandatory renewable portfolio standards, creating tension between resource planning transparency and political constraints.
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Natural gas infrastructure tracker mechanisms: Multiple gas LDCs operating in Arkansas are seeking formula-rate or tracker-style cost recovery for pipeline replacement and system hardening, with the APSC engaged in a broader policy docket examining the appropriate structure, cap, and audit mechanisms for such riders to prevent regulatory lag exploitation.
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Grid resilience and storm cost recovery: Following recent severe weather events, Entergy Arkansas and SWEPCO have sought deferred accounting treatment for significant storm restoration expenditures; the APSC is evaluating prudency standards and whether proactive hardening investments should be pre-approved through a dedicated rider to reduce future deferral requests.
Upcoming
Estimated deadline for intervenor testimony in Entergy Arkansas general rate case docket; Office of the People's Counsel and industrial intervenors expected to submit competing revenue requirement analyses and ROE recommendations to the APSC hearing examiner.
Estimated APSC evidentiary hearing commencement for AECC's White Bluff Unit 1 retirement plan, including consideration of replacement capacity procurement strategy and stranded cost recovery mechanism for member distribution cooperatives.
Estimated deadline for natural gas infrastructure tracker policy docket comments; APSC staff report on proposed standardized rider framework expected to be filed prior to this date, with stakeholder reply comments to follow in October 2026.
Estimated APSC order deadline for Entergy Arkansas rate case, contingent on hearing schedule; a final order is anticipated to address rate of return, deferred storm costs, and the structure of any approved infrastructure investment rider for transmission projects.
Commissioner Watch
View all ↗Limited public information is available about Katie Anderson's background prior to or surrounding her appointment to the Arkansas Public Service Commission.
Limited public information is available about Justin Tate's background prior to or surrounding his appointment to the Arkansas Public Service Commission.
Doyle Webb is identified as Chair of the Arkansas Public Service Commission, though detailed public documentation of his regulatory tenure and policy record in this specific role is limited.
Staff
78| Name | Title | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Regina Butler | Director, Electric Utilities | (501) 682-2051 |
| Jeff Hilton | Director of Gas and Water Utilities Section | (501) 682-2051 |
| Cindy Ireland | Research & Policy Director | (501) 682-2051 |
| Dawn Kelliher | Attorney Specialist | (501) 682-5714 |
| Michael Marchand | Executive Director | (501) 682-2051 |
| Wally W. Nixon III | Commissioners' Legal Advisor | (501) 682-5797 |
| JUANITA BREEDLOVE | Rate Case Analyst | (504) 682-5663 |
| Jill Bishop | Director, Rates & Demand Resources | (501) 682-5720 |
| Diann Blevins | Fiscal Rate Analyst | (501) 682-5654 |
| Michael Brechlin | General Staff Chief Counsel | (501) 682-5873 |
| Joy Brooks | Rate Case Analyst | (501) 682-5878 |
| Mark Burdette | Senior Utility Auditor | (501) 682-5656 |
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