Energy in Arkansas

Though a small percentage of total consumption, its many waterways provide for a higher than average hydroelectric generation capacity.

A network of 17 regional cooperatives, four investor-owned companies, and a number of municipal providers generate and deliver electricity to Arkansas customers.

[25] Notable small-scale solar power installations include rooftop photovoltaics on the Fayetteville Public Library and the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock.

[1] In 2015, average natural gas rates per thousand cubic feet were $11.58 for residential, $8.43 for commercial, and $6.91 for industrial customers.

[29] The Fayetteville Shale, a narrow Mississippian age geological formation that runs across the center of the state, accounts for nearly all of Arkansas natural gas production.

Proven reserves of dry natural gas in the state were estimated at 12,789 billion cubic feet in 2014.

In 2014, natural gas production amounted to 1.12 million cubic feet, ranking it eighth-highest among fellow states.

[10] Fracking More than 1,000 minor earthquakes in 2010 and 2011 in Greenbrier led to the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission to close several hydraulic fracturing wells.

Scientists at the University of Memphis and the Arkansas Geological Survey determined the quakes were likely caused by underground fracking wastewater disposal.

Local residents filed five lawsuits in federal court against Chesapeake Energy and BHP Billiton.