Arkansas governor commences new solar facility

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STUTTGART, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is ushering in a $100
million solar power generation facility in the state’s east-central region.

Arkansas Business reports that Hutchinson ceremonially began the flow of
renewable power Tuesday from the Stuttgart Solar Energy Center. The 475-acre
(192-hectare) site near Almyra consists of 350,000 photovoltaic panels.

The 81-megawatt solar facility is the product of a 20-year power purchase
agreement between Entergy Arkansas and NextEra Energy Resources. A NextEra
subsidiary will own and operate the farm. The Arkansas Public Service Commission
won’t say how much Entergy will pay for the power, but says it’ll be lower than
the “system-average cost” for all of MISO, the organization that bundles utility
companies’ facilities into a single system.

The two companies plan to create a larger solar facility in Chicot County.

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