Powering Arkansas
The coming years will test our state’s electricity reliability. Arkansas faces a growing power-generation gap driven by rising demand and shifting demographics. Today, roughly 50% of our power is imported. It’s time to reclaim control by expanding domestic, diverse generation - wind, solar, and reliable baseload resources - so Arkansans own the power we use.
This plan isn’t about subsidies or politics. It’s about lower bills, local jobs, and a more resilient grid for tomorrow. By investing in local generation, we reduce dependence on neighboring states during extreme weather events, strengthen Arkansas’ energy security, and shield our families and neighbors from price shocks. We can pursue practical, market-based policies while streamlining permitting, investing in storage and grid modernization, encouraging private investment, and ensuring rural communities stay connected.
The result: more local power, more local jobs, and greater freedom from volatile energy prices. It’s Arkansas-made power - empowering Arkansans with reliable, homegrown energy.
Challenge Misinformation
Powering Arkansas partners with communities across the state to counter misinformation about renewable energy and to support community leaders in crafting clear, practical language for advocating when wind or solar projects come to their areas.
Coalition Building
Powering Arkansas believes lasting change comes from uniting communities, policymakers, and industry partners to advocate for transparent, evidence-based renewable energy policies. By forming broad coalitions across the state, we advance practical, affordable power solutions that protect everyday Arkansans.
Take Action
Powering Arkansas champions policies that grow renewable energy and shield the industry from harmful legislation. We work to ensure practical siting guidelines, reliable bonding standards, and clear decommissioning processes so projects can thrive in communities across the state.
An Industry-Led Initiative Focused on Bringing Energy Solutions to Arkansas
Powering Arkansas is a project of the Southern Renewable Energy Association, an industry-led initiative that represents the interests of renewable energy stakeholders across the Southeastern United States. Powering Arkansas focuses on promoting renewable energy solutions and bringing diverse groups of policymakers, local residents and developers together to advocate for and work toward power solutions that benefit all Arkansans - now and for the future.
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We’re building a coalition to help increase awareness of power generation challenges Arkansas faces in the next 10 years. But we can’t do it alone. Make your voice heard - join today!
