The new plant will be adjacent to a similar plant owned by AECI and served by Enogex. Upon completion of the second generation unit, the generation facilities will burn up to a combined 173,000 MMBtu per day. The new generation plant is expected to be in service in 2011.
Roger Clark, director of engineering and operations of AECI, said: “Associated Electric Cooperative provides wholesale power to six regional generation and transmission cooperatives that serve Missouri and portions of Iowa and Oklahoma, including Kamo Power headquartered in Vinita, Oklahoma. Our mission is to provide reliable, low cost power to these growing systems. To meet that mission, we determined a new, efficient natural gas power plant was our best option.
“With our Chouteau 2 plant under construction, we sought a strategic business partner who could provide low-cost, reliable gas transportation service for the project. We have selected Enogex to provide the transportation, storage and balancing services needed for this new plant.”
OGE Energy is the parent company of Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company (OG&E), a regulated electric utility serving approximately 770,000 customers in a service territory spanning 30,000 square miles in Oklahoma and western Arkansas, and of Enogex, a natural gas pipeline business with principal operations in Oklahoma.
