Electric bills in Arkansas are going up this summer.
Entergy Arkansas has filed for a rate increase that would add about $4.22 to the monthly bill of a typical residential customer starting in June a roughly 3% bump.
The company is building new power plants and says the growing cost of that infrastructure is what’s driving the increase. Under a state law passed in 2025 called the Generating Arkansas Jobs Act, Entergy can now recover those construction costs annually rather than all at once, meaning smaller but more regular increases going forward…