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The Arkansas Advanced Energy Association (AAEA) is the business voice for advanced energy in Arkansas.
AAEA is dedicated to growing Arkansas’s economy through expanded utilization of advanced energy technologies, including energy efficiency, demand response, solar, wind, hydro, nuclear, electric vehicles, alternative fuels and smart grid. These are innovations that make our energy supply more secure, clean and affordable.
AAEA engages in policy advocacy at the federal, state and regulatory levels; industry policy group briefings; targeted outreach to other businesses and policymakers in Arkansas and across the country and regular communications with our members.
Membership in AAEA is an opportunity to be a part of a growing and influential organization that is leading the way for advanced energy development in Arkansas.
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Press Release: Massive Coalition Forms to Defend Solar Industry
Cities, Counties, School Districts, Farmers, Water Utilities, Business and Trade Associations Unite to Protect Solar and Net Metering:
Warns Higher Electric Bills and Massive Job Losses Ahead for Arkansas if Utility Monopolies Succeed in HB1370
PRESS RELEASE: Arkansas Advanced Energy Foundation Announces Apprenticeship Program Via $2 Million Workforce Development Grant
AAEF Hires April Ambrose as Director of Workforce Development FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | By Arkansas...
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Press Release: Massive Coalition Forms to Defend Solar Industry
Cities, Counties, School Districts, Farmers, Water Utilities, Business and Trade Associations Unite to Protect Solar and Net Metering:
Warns Higher Electric Bills and Massive Job Losses Ahead for Arkansas if Utility Monopolies Succeed in HB1370
AAEA 2020 Events Sponsorship Catalog
AAEA Members & Friends: Happy New Year! Please mark your calendars for our 2020 program dates, and review our sponsorship catalog to learn more about these event opportunities. We hope to see you there! AAEA’s Legislative Reception TBD (April 15th event...
Advanced Energy Holiday Reception Dec. 11 in Fayetteville, AR
Advanced Energy Holiday Networking ReceptionWednesday, December 11, 20195:30 - 7:30 pmThe Graduate, 70 N. East Ave., Fayetteville, AR 72701(Formerly The Chancellor Hotel) CALL FOR SPONSORS! Back by popular demand, AAEA invites members and friends to join us for a...
PRESS RELEASE: Arkansas Advanced Energy Foundation Announces Apprenticeship Program Via $2 Million Workforce Development Grant
AAEF Hires April Ambrose as Director of Workforce Development FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | By Arkansas Advanced Energy Foundation LITTLE ROCK, AR – This week, the Arkansas Advanced Energy Foundation (AAEF) officially launched a new apprenticeship program enabled through a...
Arkansas Advanced Energy Association Welcomes New Executive Director
Little Rock – The Arkansas Advanced Energy Association (AAEA) and its educational affiliate the Arkansas Advanced Energy Foundation (AAEF) announce Lauren Waldrip has been selected as executive director of both groups effective September 1. Waldrip previously served...
Welcome and Congratulations to New Board Members and Officers!
New AAEA Board Members Justin McCann, Today’s Power Inc.Caleb Gordon, Shine SolarWill Black, Performance ServicesLisa Perry, Walmart Energy ServicesMark Cayce, Ouachita Electric Cooperative Corporation New AAEF Board Members Jennah Denney, Today’s Power Inc.Gary...
emPower Arkansas Annual Meeting • October 14, 2021
Commission denies anti-competitive solar proposal from Entergy
Proposal “not just or reasonable or in the public interest” FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 16, 2020 Contact: Katie Laning Niebaum katie@arkansasadvancedenergy.com (501) 537-0190 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – AAEA released the following statement in response to the Arkansas Public...
AAEA Welcomes Commission Decision Affirming Economic Benefits of Solar
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 4, 2020 Contact: Katie Laning Niebaum katie@arkansasadvancedenergy.com (501) 537-0190 Little Rock, Ark. – The Arkansas Advanced Energy Association welcomed a decision by the Arkansas Public Service Commission this week reaffirming solar...
Seal Solar completes 2-megawatt array for Washington County
by Jeff Della Rosa (JDellaRosa@nwabj.com) June 3, 2020 The largest county-owned solar array in Arkansas has started operating in south Fayetteville, according to a news release. North Little Rock-based Seal Solar activated Wednesday (June 3) the 2.01-megawatt array...
No rate change for residential solar
by Andrew Moreau | June 2, 2020 Employees of Seal Solar install an inverter box on a solar array in December at a home in Fayetteville. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/J.T. Wampler) (NWA DEMOCRAT GAZETTE / J.T. Wampler) Solar advocates won at least a temporary victory Monday...
PSC’s Long-Awaited Net-Metering Ruling Favors Solar Industry
by Kyle Massey Monday, Jun. 1, 2020 3:45 pm 6 min read The Arkansas Public Service Commission ended four years of wrangling over pricing rules for solar power Monday, pleasing the solar installation industry with a ruling that keeps compensation high for power...
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AAEA is dedicated to growing Arkansas’s economy through expanded utilization of advanced energy technologies, including energy efficiency, demand response, solar, wind, hydro, nuclear, electric vehicles, alternative fuels and smart grid.
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Press Release: Massive Coalition Forms to Defend Solar Industry
Cities, Counties, School Districts, Farmers, Water Utilities, Business and Trade Associations Unite to Protect Solar and Net Metering: Warns Higher Electric Bills and Massive Job Losses Ahead for Arkansas if Utility Monopolies Succeed in HB1370Little Rock - A massive...
PRESS RELEASE: Arkansas Advanced Energy Foundation Announces Apprenticeship Program Via $2 Million Workforce Development Grant
AAEF Hires April Ambrose as Director of Workforce Development FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | By Arkansas Advanced Energy Foundation LITTLE ROCK, AR – This week, the Arkansas Advanced Energy Foundation (AAEF) officially launched a new apprenticeship program enabled through a...