Southeast

Arkansas

Arkansas’ greenhouse gas emissions increased by 109% between 1990 and 2021, largely due to the state’s forest land shrinking by more than one third. The electricity sector is the state’s top emitter, with natural gas and coal-fired generation accounting for more than two-thirds of Arkansas’ energy supply.
Governor
Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican)
House Party
Republican Supermajority
Senate Party
Republican Supermajority
Legislative session
4/10/24 - 5/9/24

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Policies Enacted or In Progress
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Policy Opportunities
across 7 policy areas

Southeast

14 states
This map shows the occurrence of climate policies passed at the state-level. Higher numbers represent more climate policies enacted.

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Projections in Arkansas

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The statewide energy code for residential construction is 2009 IECC.

Buildings and Efficiency
Building Codes 2014
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The statewide energy code for commercial building construction is 2009 IECC and ASHRAE 90.1-2007.

Buildings and Efficiency
Building Codes 2014
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Stretch building energy codes are an optional, more stringent building code established by the state that local jurisdictions can adopt to require that newly constructed buildings are more efficient than the baseline state codes.

Buildings and Efficiency
Building Codes
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Appliance standards set minimum energy and water conservation requirements for appliances and equipment.

Establishing Policies
Buildings and Efficiency
Building Standards
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Building performance standards establish energy and/or greenhouse gas performance targets for existing buildings in a state. These targets increase in stringency over time, leading to efficiency improvements in buildings to conserve energy and reduce emissions.

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Building Standards
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Clean heat standards establish a performance standard requiring heat providers to deliver a gradually-increasing percentage of low-emission heating services to customers.

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Building Standards
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Electric utilities are required to achieve 1.2% energy savings for 2024-2026, relative to 2022 sales.

Gas utilities are required to achieve 0.5% energy savings for 2024-2026, relative to 2022 sales.

Buildings and Efficiency
Building Efficiency 2023
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Arkansas has enacted residential and commercial PACE-enabling legislation and has active programs.

Establishing Policies
Buildings and Efficiency
Building Efficiency 2013
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The State Policy Opportunity Tracker (SPOT) breaks clean energy policies down into “components”, which are binary questions to evaluate policy quality. Higher quality policies have more of their SPOT components fulfilled.

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Buildings and Efficiency
Building Efficiency
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All-electric buildings policies require new buildings to be constructed with all-electric heating, cooling, and cooking systems to transition away from fossil-fuel use in buildings.

Buildings and Efficiency
Building Electrification

The State Climate Policy Dashboard tracks only passed policies and does not include bills currently proposed in legislative sessions. The website is intended to illustrate the current status of policies for each state, as well as key resources and model states for each policy.

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