solar power

Rep. David Whitaker and Farmington School District officials smile for a photo beside a giant entegrity solar lightswitch

Bill sponsors, stakeholders reach compromise on Arkansas solar legislation

BY: - February 22, 2023

A press release mentioned in this story came from the Arkansas Advanced Energy Association. An editing error in an earlier version of the article gave an incorrect name. After a testy all-day hearing on an amended bill opponents say would kill Arkansas’ burgeoning solar industry, sponsors of House Bill 1370 reached late-hour agreement that is […]

Arkansas legislators study solar power growth, net metering and recycling

BY: - September 8, 2022

State lawmakers on Wednesday began weighing how to regulate Arkansas’ growing solar industry. During the four-hour hearing, legislators heard a range of at times conflicting views about the potential impacts and viability of solar energy and net metering. Representatives of utilities, the solar industry and environmental advocacy groups agreed that solar power can benefit Arkansas […]