Little Rock, Ark. — April 20, 2026 — Caleb Steiner has been named vice president of planning and market operations for Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC).
Steiner joined the cooperatives in April 2026 after working in Indiana for AES Corporation and Hoosier Energy. Most recently he was the director of regulated operations for AES Corporation. His tenure at AES also included positions in commercial and financial analytics and corporate strategy. Steiner holds multiple Masters of Science degrees in finance and Master of Arts in public affairs from Indiana University.
AECC’s previous vice president of planning and market operations, Andrew Lachowsky, will leverage his skillset as the senior director of business analytics.
The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas comprise 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 more than 1 million members, or customers, in Arkansas and surrounding states.