The OCC orders clear the way for OG&E’s customers to receive electricity from a 150MW wind farm being constructed by CPV Keenan in Woodward county and a 130MW facility being built by Edison Mission Energy in Dewey county near Taloga. Both the wind farms are expected to be in production by year-end.
The commission approved 20-year power-purchase agreements, under which the developers will build, own and operate the wind farms and OG&E will purchase their electric output.
Brian Alford, spokesman of OG&E, said: “This process began with competitive bids for more renewable energy, proceeded to successful negotiation of projects that will deliver the best-available value to our customers, and now has earned the approval of the Corporation Commission.With these regulatory orders in hand, we now look forward to doubling the amount of wind power on our system.”
OG&E has 270MW of wind capacity in production currently at the Centennial, Sooner, and OU Spirit wind farms, all in northwestern Oklahoma near Woodward.
With the addition of the two new facilities to be built this year, OG&E will have a total of 550MW of wind-generation capacity. OG&E expects to expand its wind power portfolio to approximately 770MW by 2012.
