Under New Law Grid-Tied Solar Systems Lose Retail Net-Metering Credits

The Long Tenure of an Unceasing Militant

Caree Banton

On the latest episode of "Undisciplined," we hear from Allison Parker, a professor of history at the University of Delaware and a biographer of Mary Church Terrell, a black women's activist whose career spanned many decades.

A majority of new domestic rooftop solar systems in Arkansas are grid-tied. But that may soon change under a new state law.

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Domestic Grid-Tied Solar Systems in Arkansas Lose Retail Net-Metering Credits Under New State Law

Jacqueline Froelich

Home and business solar systems in Arkansas that distribute excess solar energy into the electric grid receive retail net-metering credits for that power. A new law recently passed by the Arkansas Legislature will slash net-metering credit rates — in effective, opponents say, suppressing domestic solar deployment.

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Schola Cantorum Set to Perform 'Considering Matthew Shepard'

Kyle Kellams

In 1998, Matthew Shepard was attacked and left for dead in an anti-gay hate crime in Wyoming. His death lead to the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Anti Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009. The University of Arkansas Schola Cantorum will perform "Considering Matthew Shepard," a piece responding to Shepard's murder.

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Mobile Colombian Consulate to Stop in Springdale This Week

Kyle Kellams

The "Protect Arkansas Act" is signed into law, the Colombian Consulate will have a mobile office stop in Springdale, a Southwestern Electric Power Company project to meet future demands and more.

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