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<title>EIN News: Arkansas Energy News</title>
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<title>Oklahoma Gas &amp; Electric Seeks Rate Hike from Arkansas PSC</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185639913</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 20:57 GMT</pubDate>
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... LITTLE ROCK (AP) _ Oklahoma Gas &amp; Electric on Friday filed papers seeking a rate  ...  a rate increase that would cost its Arkansas residential customers an additional $12 per month.  ...  to help cover costs for a new power plant and improvements to its power lines,  ...
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<title>OG&amp;E Seeks Rate Increase in Arkansas to Meet Growing Demand</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185626724</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 19:10 GMT</pubDate>
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...  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- OG&amp;E today filed with the Arkansas Public Service Commission for a general rate  ...  of costs for investments including a new power plant and improvements in its system of  ...  lowest -- a complement to OG&amp;E&apos;s existing energy management and conservation programs in Arkansas. If  ...
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<title>Field day held; donation announced</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185621451</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 18:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  announced a $1 million commitment made to Arkansas State University by the Judd Hill Foundation  ...  going up dramatically and the costs of energy and interest rising and cotton acreage declining,  ...  collecting solar energy and converting it into electricity. Wind farms where giant windmills churn out  ...
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<title>Houston Nutt era begins with Memphis-Mississippi</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185610765</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 16:47 GMT</pubDate>
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...  usual for Nutt. After a decade at Arkansas, he&apos;s wearing the blue and red and  ...  the possibilities. &quot;It ought to be pretty electric,&quot; West said. Maybe a little too electric.  ...  as the game goes on.&quot; The Tigers&apos; high-energy spread offense will be an immediate test  ...
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<title>Entergy Miss. Grand Gulf reactor slips to 82 pct</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185605331</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 15:39 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Corp&apos;s (ETR.N: ) 1,266-megawatt Grand Gulf nuclear power unit in Mississippi was at 82 percent  ...  about 30,000 MW of generating capacity, markets energy commodities, and transmits and distributes power to  ...  distributes power to 2.7 million customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. (Reporting by Eileen  ...
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<title>In brief: Gustav prompts emergency alert</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185562253</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 06:53 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the utility&apos;s service area. Entergy serves Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas with electrical power. Southaven man shot after chase by man  ...  did not find the victim,&quot; said Lt. Mark Little of the Southaven Police Department. He  ...
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<title>Smart talk, Aug. 28</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185549166</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 04:42 GMT</pubDate>
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...  question: Is it normal practice in other Arkansas universities for presidents and chancellors to have  ...  Opponents of the coal-fired plant that Southwestern Electric Power Co. is determined to build next to  ...
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<title>How the summer of shale changed the natural gas game</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185534931</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 02:34 GMT</pubDate>
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...  gas for 16 per cent of its power, and expects to increase that share significantly  ...  news story, said Malini Giridhar, director of energy policy and analysis at Enbridge Gas Distribution,  ...  promising. They include the Fayetteville deposit in Arkansas, Woodford in eastern Oklahoma, Marcellus in western  ...
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<title>Gulf Coast businesses say they&apos;re prepared for new storms</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185517652</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 23:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  on the Gulf Coast, both for its energy production and for the barges that travel  ...  and soybeans for export, as well as coal and chemicals. &quot;Trust me, as soon as  ...  to the Gulf in states such as Arkansas, Tennessee and Missouri, and growers could be  ...
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<title>SAU Gets $1M for Lignite Research</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185515821</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 23:34 GMT</pubDate>
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...  &amp;mdash; a low-grade coal found in south Arkansas &amp;mdash; and its use as an alternative energy source will be supported by a $1  ...  Ross, D-Ark., and Sens. Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor, both D-Ark., said the money from  ...
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<title>As Gustav nears, Gulf Coast puts faith in planning</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185491763</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 20:56 GMT</pubDate>
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... LITTLE ROCK (AP) - Arkansas officials and businesses were preparing Thursday to  ...  nine-year NBA veteran who can play both power forward and center. NEW ORLEANS (AP) -  ...  customers could see a decrease in their electric bills next year, thanks to a reduction  ...
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<title>Fitch Rates Grand River Dam Authority (OK) $563MM 2008 Revs &apos;A&apos;; Upgrades Outstanding to &apos;A&apos;</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185465171</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 17:27 GMT</pubDate>
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...  is GRDA&apos;s favorable mix of low cost power resources (primarily coal, and hydro), whose value  ...  been benefiting from the strength of its energy sector, resulting in stable employment during the  ...  to municipalities in the surrounding states of Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri. Revenues by contracted customer  ...
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<title>CenterPoint Energy to Begin Installing Up to 125,000 Advanced Meters Retail Electric Providers to Fund Initial Costs of Meters, Related Communication Equipment and Back Office Systems</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185463039</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 17:08 GMT</pubDate>
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... CenterPoint Energy to Begin Installing Up to 125,000 Advanced Meters Retail Electric Providers to Fund Initial Costs of Meters,  ...  than five million metered customers primarily in Arkansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas. Assets  ...
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<title>CenterPoint Energy to Begin Installing Up to 125,000 Advanced Meters</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185458498</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 16:37 GMT</pubDate>
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... electric transmission and distribution subsidiary, CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, today received Public Utility Commission  ...  than five million metered customers primarily in Arkansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas. Assets  ...
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<title>UA Asks Students, Faculty To Cut Power Use</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185453074</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 16:27 GMT</pubDate>
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... The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville is asking people on campus  ...  on campus to use a little less power, as the school&apos;s electric bill is expected  ...  costs, but the unprecedented increase in the energy markets in early summer could not have  ...
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