The wind turbines are going up in New Mexico’s largest wind farm. The final phase of construction at the $500 million El Cabo Wind Farm in Torrance County is getting underway and more construction workers are arriving this week. State Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn says a jobs report indicated 300 temporary construction jobs were already …
Trying to cut its debt, Exelon Corporation, the nation’s largest utility owner is selling nearly half of its interest in a 1,300-megawatt renewable generation portfolio that includes its operations in Oklahoma. John Hancock Life Insurance company is the buyer in the $400 million deal, according to documents on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. …
While the Oklahoma legislature’s moving ahead with reducing tax credits for the wind industry, North Dakota state legislators have decided to kill a long-term energy study that pitted the wind-energy industry against the coal industry. The North Dakota State House voted this week against such a study as proposed in the State Senate. Those behind …
The House Bill calling for a rollback of tax credits for the wind industry is on is way to the State Senate. But it won’t receive unanimous support there, judging by opposition mounted this week in a Senate Committee. Senator Kay Floyd, a Democrat from Oklahoma City argued the roll back will send a bad …
The Oklahoma State Senate Appropriations Committee voted 34-6 in favor of House Bill 2298 on Wednesday. The House bill modifies the time-period for zero-emission facilities by requiring operation by July 1, 2017 to qualify for tax credits. The current deadline is January 1, 2021. Governor Fallin proposed eliminating the credit to increase revenue during a …
The project by Clean Line Energy Partners to carry Oklahoma wind power 700 miles across the state and through Arkansas to Tennessee has run into a big opponent. Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander took to the Senate floor on Wednesday argue against the project, calling wind power “unreliable” and stating it would only raise electric bills …
An electrical transmission developer already with a project moving western Oklahoma wind-generated electricity to Tennessee is asking Missouri regulators to approve a similar kind of transmission line stretching from southwest Kansas to Indiana. Clean Line Energy Partners LP wants to build a $2.8 billion line delivering Kansas wind energy to the East. The request comes …
Iowa’s main wind farm company is being accused of cheating taxpayers out of millions. MidAmerican En ergy Co.’s Wind VIII project was called a “win-win” for Iowa by Gov. Terry Branstad in 2013. Two years later, the $1.9 billion project came under investigation by the Iowa Attorney General and its Office of Consumer Advocate. …
Just because the legislature appears intent on wiping out tax credits for the wind industry doesn’t mean legislators are totally against the industry. In recent days, the Oklahoma Senate voted 36-8 in support of Senate Bill 593 by Senate President Pro Tempore Mike Schulz of Altus and House Speaker Charles Mccall. The bill strips …
If the vote in the Oklahoma House of Representatives is any indication, the wind industry knows the time is near. The House on Thursday passed HB 2298, the measure cutting tax credits for the operators of wind farms that cover the western half of the state. It was a vote of 74 to 24. “It’s …
