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Did you know that Aberdeen experienced its own black market in rowies or butteries when they were banned by the Ministry of Food in 1917?

“We have line workers that are schedule to be on 24 hours shifts throughout the event if something does take place,” said Ashley Harris with Ozarks Electric.

Companies like OG&E already have workers in place ahead of the winter storm.

SWEPCO has released its Integrated Resource Plan. But the Sierra Club argues changes aren't happening quick enough and criticized plans to continue operating a northwest Arkansas plant until 2038.

Lots of people living in Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley may have noticed or will notice in the future, an increase in their electric bills.

Texarkana Region Savings are blowing in the wind Southwestern Electric Power Co.s current investment in clean energy resources will likely mean savings for its Texarkana, Arkansas, customers, but not its Texarkana, Texas, customers, an official said Monday. by Christy Busby Worsham Jun. 28 2021 @ 9:13pm Southwestern Electric Power Co.s current investment in clean energy resources will likely mean savings for its Texarkana, Arkansas, customers, but not its Texarkana, Texas, customers, an officia...

The partnership expansion aims to drive gold exploration, production and royalty streams at Tennant Creek, Australia.

SWEPCO says these outages are at the direction of the Southwest Power Pool that manages the grid. Author: Kathryn Gilker Updated: 8:40 PM CST February 16, 2021 FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas — Many people in our area were left in the cold and dark Tuesday (Feb. 16) after electric companies had planned outages in an effort to lessen the strain on the power grid that’s been working through subzero temperatures. “It’s really frustrating,” said Courtney Greene.  ...

SHREVEPORT, La. -- Historic cold putting historic stress on the power grid forced SWEPCO to enact rolling blackouts for the second day in a row. "During these extreme temperatures, that demand has been high enough its exceeded the systems capability to deliver. So weve had to lower that demand," SWEPCO spokesman Peter Main says. SWEPCO deliberately put sections of customers in the dark for a couple of hours or so, then rolled on to another section to force demand on the power grid down. The Ark...