Regional Transmission Organizations in the Cooperative's service area have declared a Level 1 energy emergency alert. 

The Cooperative is requesting its customers to voluntarily conserve electricity until further notice.

Current Grid Conditions

How is Carroll Electric impacted?

Carroll Electric only distributes electricity and does not own or have operational control over any power plants or power generating facilities. Carroll Electric, along with the other sixteen electric distribution cooperatives in Arkansas, are member-owners of Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC).

AECC is a generation and transmission company that supplies wholesale electricity for all seventeen distribution co-ops in Arkansas. AECC also belongs to two different regional transmission organizations (RTOs) — the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO). AECC and its member cooperatives have an obligation to both RTOs to implement emergency load curtailment plans when needed to provide load relief during Bulk Power System energy emergencies and power shortage events.

The RTO power supply for Carroll Electric is illustrated below:

As regional transmission organizations, MISO and SPP are charged with pairing generation supply with the demand for electricity over multiple states and are ultimately responsible for the operational control of the regional electric grid.