Little Rock, Arkansas — October 25, 2023 — Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC) recently named Lance West as the cooperative’s controller. AECC is the wholesale power provider for Arkansas’ 17 local electric cooperatives.
West has lived in Little Rock since 1993 and spent 29 years with Coulson Oil Company of North Little Rock. He left the company in 2022 as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Most recently he filled interim accounting leadership roles for two central Arkansas entities.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in accounting from Ouachita Baptist University and an executive Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He is an Arkansas licensed Certified Public Accountant. West is a board member of the Greater Arkansas Chapter of the American Red Cross.
The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas comprise 17 electric distribution cooperatives; Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (AECI), a Little Rock-based cooperative that provides services to the distribution cooperatives; and Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. (AECC), a generation and transmission cooperative. The distribution cooperatives provide electricity to approximately 600,000 homes, farms and businesses in Arkansas and surrounding states.
For additional information, contact:
Rob Roedel, Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas, (501) 570-2296 or email Rob.