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Energy Policy Government Legislation & Regulation 

Time to Move on Yucca Mountain

May 24, 2018September 10, 2018 Marc Kilmer 0 Comments Arkansas Nuclear One, energy, Senator Harry Reid, Yucca Mountain

Where should the waste from Arkansas Nuclear One (and every other nuclear power plant across the U.S.) be deposited? That

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Energy Policy Government Legislation & Regulation 

Will Wind Catcher Be Good for Arkansas Consumers?

May 17, 2018September 10, 2018 Marc Kilmer 0 Comments alternative energy, Arkansas Public Service Commission, energy, John Droz, Jr., Oklahoma, Wind Catcher, Wind Farm

In early May, the Arkansas Public Service Commission concluded that an Oklahoma wind farm would be in the public interest

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Economic Policy Energy Policy 

Why Does the EPA Want to Increase Your Utility Bills?

June 3, 2014 Caleb Taylor 0 Comments Arkansas, Arkansas Electronic Cooperative Corporation, Barack Obama, energy, EPA, Policy, regulations, Rep. Tom Cotton, Senator John Boozman, Senator Mark Pryor, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

The EPA announced new regulations yesterday that will likely lead to Arkansans paying higher utility bills and add steep compliance costs to electricity providers.

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Arkansas Politics 

Isn’t It Time To End Wind-fare?

October 28, 2013 Nic Horton 0 Comments Arkansas, clean energy, climate change, energy, global warming, Government, green energy, LM Wind Power, Mike Beebe, Nordex, Policy, Politics, production tax credit, PTC, subsidies, waste, wind, wind farms, wind mills, wind power

While many government policies are developed with good intentions, few achieve their intended results. The Production Tax Credit (PTC) is

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Energy Policy Environmental Policy 

Myers: Earth Day Exposes the Ironies of the Left’s Trendy Environmentalism

April 22, 2013 The Arkansas Project 1 Comment Earth Day, energy, environmentalism, Free markets, green, Hippies, Todd Myers

The following is a guest op-ed from Todd Myers, director of the Center for the Environment for the Washington Policy

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Energy Policy Government Waste 

The Taxpayer-Funded ‘Beautification’ of Cronyism

August 30, 2012 Nic Horton 5 Comments Arkansas, Arkansas Governor, energy, fraud, Governor Mike Beebe, legislature, LM Wind Power, Mike Beebe, Policy, Politics, power, solar, Solyndra, taxes, taxpayers, waste, wind

Under Governor Beebe’s specific direction, through his quick action fund and the economic infrastructure fund, LM Wind Power received nearly

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Energy Policy 

Mike Beebe’s Solyndra

August 15, 2012 Nic Horton 5 Comments Adam Ruple, ADG, AEDC, Arkansas, Arkansas Governor, Cronyism, Democrat Gazette, economic development, energy, goodies, governor, Governor Mike Beebe, LM windpower, Mike Beebe, obama, oil, Solyndra, taxes, taxpayers, tea party, waste, wind energy

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette recently reported that LM Wind Power is laying off 234 workers.  In today’s Obama economy, perhaps this

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Pryor on Energy

September 11, 2008 David Kinkade 1 Comment bipartisan, energy, Mark Pryor

OK, let’s try something different today: Let’s see if we can go a full day without posting anything about the

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