Electric Department

Welcome to the City of Bentonville Electrical Utilities Department web page. This location will provide you with access to specific staff contacts and general information.

The primary objectives of the Electrical Utilities Department are to provide and maintain safe, low cost, reliable and efficient electrical power to our customers and citizens, to be responsive to electrical emergencies and outages, and to represent the City of Bentonville to the fullest of our abilities. In addition, the Electrical Utilities Department supports community development by providing technical advice and expertise to customers and citizens regarding their electrical needs.

The Electrical Utilities Department's electrical system contains 8 distribution substations, a transmission switch station, 11 miles of transmission lines and 126 miles of distribution lines. In the construction and maintaining of this system, the Electrical Utilities Department provides engineering and design, overhead and underground line construction, substation and metering expertise and powerline easement tree trimming and removal.

Electric Utility Manager
Paul Kellenbarger
(479) 271-3159
pkellenbarger@bentonvillear.com

Assistant Electric Utility Manager/Technical Design
Wayman Thurman
(479)271-5943
wthurman@bentonvillear.com

Electric Secretary
Linda Johnson
(479) 271-3135
ljohnson@bentonvillear.com

Engineering and Design

Engineering Technician
Charlie Barnes
(479) 271-5946
cbarnes@bentonvillear.com

Apprentice Engineering Technician
April Hayes
(479) 271-5959
ahayes@bentonvillear.com

Meter Technician
Barry Bullard
(479) 271-3136
bbullard@bentonvillear.com

Apprentice Electric Technician
Brian Jones
(479)271-3188
bjones@bentonvillear.com

Line Construction