when they proposed building a huge coal plant in Eastern Ok. Environmentalist and many other groups actually had their voices heard by the Corporation Commission.
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Thwarted in its quest to build a coal-powered generation plant near Red Rock, OGE Energy, the parent company of Oklahoma Gas and Electric, announced a "green power” initiative Tuesday to quadruple its use of wind energy.
In a speech to the Downtown Rotary Club, Peter Delaney, OGE Energy chairman, president and chief executive officer, said the state's largest electric utility plans to increase its wind power capacity to 770 megawatts.
OG&E has about 170 megawatts of wind power capacity today, Delaney said.
In addition, the increased wind generating capacity will allow the electric utility to offer more customers the choice of using 100 percent "green power,” he said.
The $2 billion project would include construction of large wind farms in northwest Oklahoma and construction of transmission lines to carry the electricity to Oklahoma City and other areas of demand.
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OG&E and project partners Public Service Co. of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority were rejected in their bid to build the 950-megawatt coal-fired plant in early October.
Commissioners turned down their application to recover construction costs before the plant became operational. Anthony called the wind power announcement an "enormous” initiative for OG&E.
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