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SREA responds to results of Entergy Arkansas's 2024 IRP

January 28, 2025
SREA Comments on Entergy Arkansas IRP 2024

Arkansas's largest electric utility is planning to invest in two new gas power plants to handle its projected load growth - only neither of these new plants were selected through proper capacity expansion modeling processes or through competitive procurement processes, the Southern Renewable Energy Association said today in comments filed with the Arkansas Public Service Commission (PSC) regarding the results of Entergy Arkansas's 2024 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP).

Poor resource planning assumptions in the modeling and an "Action Plan" that fails to comply with the Arkansas Public Service Commission's Resource Planning Guidelines and industry best practices for procurement of resources are among the areas of concern SREA highlighted in their comments.

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