City of North Little Rock

The City of North Little Rock, population 60,853, utilizes a land use master plan and zoning ordinances, promotes responsible fiscal management, aggressively pursues new economic development opportunities, maintains a professional, community-oriented police and fire departments and emergency services agency, supports community development projects, encourages public involvement in government issues, promotes responsible curbside and hazardous waste recycling and maintains an active code enforcement, all key ingredients to keeping the City running efficiently.

North Little Rock owns its electric department and is the state’s largest municipally-owned utility with 37,000 customers, 103 employees and an annual budget of $114 million. In addition to serving all of its corporate city limits, North Little Rock Electric Department also supplies power to 7,000 customers in neighboring Sherwood, Arkansas. The City wholly owns a hydroelectric generating station and is part owner of a new “clean coal” plant. At a time of galloping energy prices, North Little Rock Electric has been able to lower its electric rates for the past two years, thanks in large part to the unanimous passage by the City Council of a Least Cost Integrated Resource Plan. The Electric Department is a recognized leader in the areas of sustainability, rebates for commercial and residential customers and unique programs to reduce energy usage by all customer classes.