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List of power stations in Arkansas

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This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Arkansas, separated by fuel type.

Sources of Arkansas utility-scale electricity generation in gigawatt-hours, full-year 2025:[1]
  1. Natural gas: 22,038 (33.2%)
  2. Coal: 20,380 (30.7%)
  3. Nuclear: 15,193 (22.9%)
  4. Solar: 4,615 (6.95%)
  5. Hydroelectric: 3,186 (4.80%)
  6. Biomass: 849 (1.28%)
  7. Wind: 176 (0.26%)

In 2024, Arkansas had a summer capacity of 15.9 gigawatts, and a net generation of 61,542 gigawatt-hours.[2] In 2025, the electrical energy generation mix was 33.2% natural gas, 30.7% coal, 22.9% nuclear, 7% solar, 4.8% hydroelectric, 1.3% biomass, and 0.3% wind.[1]

Arkansas electricity generation by type
Arkansas power grid

Biogas

More information Name, Location ...
Name Location Fuel Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 Generating
units		 2019 net generation
(MWh)		 2019 GHG emissions
(metric tons)		 Operator Opened
Eco Vista Tontitown Landfill gas 4 5 33,504[3] 110,186[4] Waste Management 2010[5]
Two Pine Pulaski County Landfill gas 5 6 31,926[6] 51,073[7] Waste Management 2008[8]
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Coal

More information Name, Location ...
Name Location Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 Generating
units		 2019 net generation
(MWh)		 2019 GHG emissions
(metric tons)		 Boiler type Operator Opened
Flint Creek Gentry 528 1 2.4 million[9] 2.5 million[10] Subcritical American Electric Power 1978[11]
Independence Newark 1700 2 5.7 million[12] 6.3 million[13] Entergy 1983, 1984[11]
John W. Turk Jr. Fulton 600 1 4 million[14] 3.6 million[15] Ultra-supercritical American Electric Power 2012[16]
Plum Point Mississippi County 665 1 3.9 million[17] 4 million[18] Subcritical NAES Corporation 2010[19]
White Bluff Redfield 1659 2 0[20] 7.7 million[21] Entergy 1980, 1981[11]
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Hydroelectric

More information Name, Location ...
Name Location Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 Generating
units		 2019 net generation
(MWh)		 Water source Operator Opened
Beaver Lake Dam Carroll County 112 2 261,746[22] White River Southwestern Power Administration 1965[23]
Blakely Mountain Garland/Montgomery 75 2 231,668[24] Ouachita River Southwestern Power Administration 1956[23]
Bull Shoals Baxter/Marion 340 4 1.4 million[25] White River Southwestern Power Administration 1953[23]
Carl S. Whillock Conway County 32 3 122,040[26] Arkansas River Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation 1993[11]
Carpenter Garland County 56 2 76,107[27] Ouachita River Entergy 1930[28]
Clyde T. Ellis Barling 32 3 99,455[29] Arkansas River Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation 1988[11]
Dardanelle Pope/Yell 140 4 594,423[30] Arkansas River Southwestern Power Administration 1965[23]
Electric Cooperatives
of Arkansas		 Dumas 103 3 311,700[31] Arkansas River Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation 1999[11]
Greers Ferry Cleburne County 96 2 296,621[32] Little Red River Southwestern Power Administration 1964[23]
Murray Pulaski County 45 2 89,605[33] Arkansas River North Little Rock Electric Department[34] 1988[35]
Narrows Pike County 26 3 71,173[36] Little Missouri River Southwestern Power Administration 1950[23]
Norfork Baxter County 81 2 287,794[37] North Fork River Southwestern Power Administration 1944[23]
Ozark-Jeta Taylor Ozark 100 5 89,547[38] Arkansas River Southwestern Power Administration 1973[23]
Remmel Hot Spring County 12 3 52,620[39] Ouachita River Entergy 1924[28]
White River Lock & Dam 1 Batesville 4 1 15,727[40] White River Independence County 2007[41]
White River Lock & Dam 2 Independence County 4 1 15,077[42] White River Independence County 2007[41]
Shelby M. Knight/
White River Lock & Dam 3		 Stone County 4 1 18,945[43] White River Independence County 2006[41]
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Pumped storage

More information Name, Location ...
Name Location Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 Generating
units		 2019 net generation
(MWh)		 Water source Operator Opened
DeGray Clark County 68 2 122,691[44] Caddo River Southwestern Power Administration 1972[23]
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Natural gas

More information Name, Location ...
Name Location Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 Generating
units		 2019 net generation
(MWh)		 2019 GHG emissions
(metric tons)		 Operator Opened
Elkins Elkins 60 2[5] 13,825[45] Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation 2010[11]
Fulton Fulton 153 1 118,888[46] 67,642[47] Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation 2001[11]
Harry D. Mattison Tontitown 340 4 155,985[48] 104,744[49] American Electric Power 2007[50]
Harry L. Oswald Wrightsville 548 9 368,940[51] 157,546[52] Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation 2003[11]
Hot Spring Malvern 620 3 2.9 million[53] 1.2 million[54] Entergy 2012[55]
Lake Catherine Malvern 721 4 127,495[56] 184,861[57] Entergy 1950, 1953, 1970[28]
Magnet Cove Magnet Cove 660 3 1.7 million[58] 669,001[59] Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation 2006[11]
Union El Dorado 2,200 12 11.3 million[60] 4.3 million[61] Entergy 2003[62]
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Natural gas/petroleum

More information Name, Location ...
Name Location Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 Generating
units		 2019 net generation
(MWh)		 2019 GHG emissions
(metric tons)		 Operator Opened
Carl E. Bailey Augusta 122 1 15,894[63] 13,912[64] Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation 1966[11]
Dell Dell 679 3 3.2 million[65] 1.4 million[66] Associated Electric Cooperative 2007[67]
John L. McClellan Camden 134 1 34,073[68] 25,388[69] Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation 1971[11]
Jonesboro Jonesboro 224 4 27,266[70] 16,751[71] Jonesboro City Water & Light 2003, 2007[67][72]
Paragould Paragould 14 4 84[73] Paragould Light Water & Cable 1990[35]
Paragould Reciprocating Paragould 14 3 473[74] Paragould Light Water & Cable 2001[35]
Pine Bluff Energy Center Pine Bluff 236 2 1.2 million[75] 685,030[76] Calpine Energy Services 2001[35]
Thomas B. Fitzhugh Ozark 171 2 254,918[77] 129,404[78] Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation 1963, 2003[11]
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Nuclear

More information Name, Location ...
Name Location Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 Generating
units		 2019 net generation
(MWh)		 Reactor type Operator Opened
Arkansas Nuclear One Russellville 1824 2 14 million[79] Pressurized water Entergy 1974[35]
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Petroleum

More information Name, Location ...
Name Location Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 Generating
units		 2019 net generation
(MWh)		 2019 GHG emissions
(metric tons)		 Operator Opened
Piggott Municipal Piggott 7 4 9[80] City of Piggott 1952[35]
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Solar photovoltaic

More information Name, Location ...
Name Location Type Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 2019 net generation
(MWh)		 Acreage Operator Opened
SR Camden East Camden CdTe 12 26,019[81] 100 Silicon Ranch Corporation 2016[82]
Van Buren 0.5 1.5 Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative 2016[83]
Ozarks Natural Energy Community Solar Springdale c-Si 1 1,533[84] 5 Ozarks Electric Cooperative 2016[85]
FECC Solar Benton Benton 1 1,457[86] 5 First Electric Cooperative 2017[87]
Scenic Hill Solar III Clarksville 5 10,161[88] 42 Scenic Hill Solar 2017[89]
Holly Springs 1 5 Ouachita Electric Cooperative 2017[90]
Stuttgart Solar Energy Center Arkansas County 81 162,317[91] 475 NextEra Energy Resources 2017[92]
Hamburg 1 8 Today's Power 2018[93]
Brookland 1 8 Today's Power 2018[94]
Forrest City 1 8 Woodruff Electric Cooperative 2019[95]
Newport 1 8 Farmers Electric Cooperative 2019[96]
Salem 1 8 North Arkansas Electric Cooperative 2019[97]
Fayetteville 10 Today’s Power 2019[98]
Jefferson County 0.176 2019[99]
Leon Philpot Solar Generation Facility Mena 1 9 Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative 2020[100]
Star City 1 8 C & L Electric Cooperative 2020[101]
Chicot Solar Project Chicot County 100 825 NextEra Energy Resources 2020[102]
C. Wayne Whitaker Solar Texarkana 1 7 Today's Power 2020[103]
Searcy Solar Searcy 100 800 Entergy 2022[104]
Jonesboro CWL Solar Park Jonesboro 13.25 98 Jonesboro City Water & Light 2022[105]
Happy Solar White County CdTe, bifacial[106] 135 800 JERA Nex 2023[107]
Crossett Solar Park Ashley County 132 Cubico Sustainable Investments 2024[108]
Prairie Mist Ashley County 100 700 Primergy Solar 2024[109]
Walnut Bend Lee County Bifacial 100 Entergy 2024[110]
Big Cypress Solar Crittenden County 180 NextEra Energy Resources 2024[111]
Crooked Lake Solar Park Mississippi County 175 EDP Renewables 2024[112]
Newport Solar Newport 180 2,000 NorthStar Clean Energy 2024[113]
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Storage

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Name Location Type Nameplate
capacity (MWh)		 2019 net generation
(MWh)		 Operator Opened
Fayetteville Lithium-ion battery 24 Today’s Power 2019[98]
Searcy Solar Searcy Lithium-ion battery 30 Entergy 2022[104]
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Proposed power stations

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Name Location Type Nameplate
capacity		 Operator Status
Stuttgart Solar PV 3.15 MW Expected operable 2020[114]
Hot Springs Solar PV 12.75 MW Scenic Hill Solar Expected operable 2020[115]
Searcy Solar PV 1.2 MW Entegrity Energy Partners Expected operable 2020[116]
Searcy Solar PV 4.5 MW Entegrity Energy Partners Expected operable 2020[116]
Paris Solar PV 1.5 MW Today’s Power Expected operable 2020[117]
Pulaski County Solar PV 8 MW Today’s Power Expected operable 2020[118]
Solar PV 180 MW Expected operable 2023[119]
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Retired power stations

More information Name, Location ...
Name Location Type Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 Generating
units		 Operator Opened Closed
Cecil Lynch North Little Rock Natural gas/petroleum 110 2 Entergy 1949, 1954 2013[120]
Fairbanks Augusta Petroleum 3 5 City of Augusta 1929 2005[121]
Hamilton Moses Forrest City Natural gas/petroleum 138 2 Entergy 1951 2013[122]
Harvey Couch Stamps Natural gas/petroleum 110 2 Entergy 1943, 1954 2011, 2013[123]
Mammoth Spring Dam No. 1 Fulton County Hydroelectric 3[124] Arkansas-Missouri Power Company 1927 1972[125]
Robert E. Ritchie Helena Natural gas/petroleum 923 3 Entergy 1961 2013[126]
Mabelvale Mabelvale Natural gas 56 4 Entergy 1970[28] 2016[127]
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