Private company
Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative
American energy company founded in 19371
Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative Corporation is a not-for-profit Corporation headquartered in Ozark, AR. District offices are located in Waldron and Van Buren, AR. and Pocola, OK. The Cooperative was organized in 1937 by a group of farmers and businessmen from Crawford, Logan and Johnson Counties in west-central Arkansas.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Websitewww.avecc.com
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Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative Corporation is a not-for-profit Corporation headquartered in Ozark, AR. District offices are located in Waldron and Van Buren, AR. and Pocola, OK.2
Timeline
- 1937Founded Founded1
Funding
Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.
- Federal grants $18.3M
- Federal loans $50.0M
- Other federal assistance $50.9M
- Federal contracts $139.3K
Figures by year
| Year | Federal grants | Federal loans | Other federal assistance | Federal contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | $6.8K | – | $6.8K |
| 2024 | $18.3M | – | $72.9K | – | $18.4M |
| 2023 | – | – | $41.3K | – | $41.3K |
| 2022 | – | $50.0M | $46.0M | – | $96.0M |
| 2021 | – | – | $14.4K | $15.8K | $30.3K |
| 2019 | – | – | $4.8M | – | $4.8M |
| 2018 | – | – | – | $9.4K | $9.4K |
| 2017 | – | – | – | $3.8K | $3.8K |
| 2011 | – | – | – | $110.3K | $110.3K |
Federal awards
Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov3, by calendar year, 2011–2026, for 2 registered units, including subsidiaries under the same parent. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.
Largest grants
- Aug 15, 2024$18.3M from Department of Energy: Grid Infrastructure Deployment And Resilience4 To ARKANSAS VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE Award DEGD0000906
Largest federal loans
- Aug 15, 2022$50.0M from Rural Utilities Service: Rural Electrification Loans And Loan Guarantees5 To ARKANSAS VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE Award CLSS00000074413
Largest direct payments
- $45.9M from Federal Communications Commission: Universal Service Fund - High Cost6 To WAVE RURAL CONNECT LLC Award HC-143051488-409044-RDOF
- $4.0M from Federal Communications Commission: Universal Service Fund - High Cost7 To WAVE RURAL CONNECT LLC Award HC-143051488-409044-CAFIIAUC
- $793.3K from Federal Communications Commission: Universal Service Fund - High Cost8 To WAVE RURAL CONNECT LLC Award HC-143051488-439070-CAFIIAUC
Largest contracts
- Jan 20, 2011$110.3K from Federal Highway Administration: Utility agreement to perform utility relocation that is in conflict with proposed road along forest highway under project ar pfh 65-3(7).9 To ARKANSAS VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE Award DTFH7111U00003
- Aug 17, 2021$15.8K from Department of the Army: Avecc sole source contract- conversion of overhead power lines to underground10 To ARKANSAS VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE Award W9127S21P0124
- Aug 20, 2018$7.0K from Forest Service: The contractor shall place poles, wire up and adding new to get across 220 to the parking lot. one more pole will be added and cut a right 11 To ARKANSAS VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE Award 127J1818P0064
- Mar 15, 2017$3.8K from Department of the Army: Igf::ot::igf electrical service for nbmpo12 To ARKANSAS VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE Award W9127S17P0070
- Nov 8, 2007$3.1K from Forest Service: Install approximately 1,025 lf of overhead electric line and a transformer to the new well site at little pines recreation area.13 To ARKANSAS VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE Award AG447UP080015
Links
- Websitewww.avecc.com1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/MyEnergyAVECC1
- WikipediaArkansas Valley Electric Cooperative
- WikidataQ4791898
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
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- 3USAspending.govUSAspending.gov recipient profile: WAVE RURAL CONNECT LLC
- 4USAspending.govDEGD0000906: Department of Energy
- 5USAspending.govCLSS00000074413: Rural Utilities Service
- 6USAspending.govHC-143051488-409044-RDOF: Federal Communications Commission
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- 9USAspending.govDTFH7111U00003: Federal Highway Administration
- 10USAspending.govW9127S21P0124: Department of the Army
- 11USAspending.gov127J1818P0064: Forest Service
- 12USAspending.govW9127S17P0070: Department of the Army
- 13USAspending.govAG447UP080015: Forest Service