Page 7 - Ted Thomas News Today

The state Public Service Commission has given the go-ahead for a rate increase for Black Hills Energy, a natural gas provider with 180,000 Arkansas customers in 20 counties, mostly in northern Arkansas.

The governor told the Arkansas Advanced Energy Association that he envisions an extension of at least two years.

Arkansas Advanced Energy Association Executive Director Lauren Waldrip discusses their priorities with solar going forward.

As energy prices continue to rise, Thomas talks regulation and innovation.

She currently serves as an administrative law judge on the state Workers Compensation Commission.

Katie Anderson, a fourth-generation farmer from Scott, was named Thursday as incoming chair of the Arkansas Public Service Commission, the states chief regulatory body governing key electric, natural gas, telephone and water utilities.

Governor Asa Hutchinson today announced his appointment of Katie Anderson of Scott as Chairman of the Public Service Commission. Anderson currently serves as an Administrative Law Judge for the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation

Electric bills for customers of Southwestern Electric Power Co. will go up beginning next month, the company announced Tuesday.

Thomas is going out as chairman of the Arkansas Public Service Commission with a bang.

Public Service Commission Chairman Ted Thomas is resigning his position, saying Monday that he is leaving the states chief utility regulatory agency in part out of frustration with sluggish efforts by energy providers to act on key policy issues related to solar deployment and natural gas prices.