Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin didn’t score any points with the wind industry after delivering her State of the State address on Monday in which she proposed new taxes on wind farms and wind-generated electricity. Jeff Clark, the President of the Wind Coalition responded by saying the governor’s proposal misses the mark. “It is a misguided …
EDF Renewable Energy’s Great Western Wind Project located in northwest Oklahoma went into operation in the past few weeks. The project will provide Google under a long-term Power Purchase Agreement with EDF, a firm headquartered in San Diego, California. Commercial operations started Dec. 21 and involve 93 separate wind turbines. They are capable of generating …
Texas is getting another major wind farm, this time in the far southern reaches of the state in Willacy County. Construction on Bruenning’s Breeze Wind Farm is underway by E.ON. It is E.ON’s 22nd wind farm in the U.S. and the second in Willacy County, Texas. The 228 megawatt farm will consist of 76 …
The largest wind generator in the nation is expanding operations in northeast Kansas. The Nemaha County Commission approved Florida-based NextEra Energy Resources’ conditional use permit and wind farm plan, according to a report published in the Salina Journal on Friday. State regulators granted the permit following a public hearing where 11 county residents voiced both …
Public Service Company of Oklahoma is lowering the cost for customers who elect to participate in its WindChoice program, according to a company press release. PSO proposed modifications to its existing Green Energy Tariff in a July 29 filing with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. The purpose of the modification was to reduce the cost for …
Over 950 Edmond Electric commercial customers will be paying higher utility bills in the near future. That’s because ratepayers participating in the utility’s Pure and Simple Wind Rider program will be subject to more than a sixfold increase over the next five years, according to a news report in The Oklahoman. Last week, the Edmond …
Oklahoma’s Incentive Evaluation Commission will hold a special meeting Tuesday to consider its final recommendations to the legislature on how to handle tax credits of several industries. While wind-farm opponents in the legislature wanted massive cuts in the credits for the wind industry, the Commission, in a meeting last week, recommended no changes from those …
As the Oklahoma Incentive Evaluation Commission prepares to meet Tuesday to continue its consideration of tax credits, its most recent recommendations to the governor and the state legislature are surprising to some. Initially when the Commission was formed earlier in the year, there was a suggested belief that some tax credits or incentives might get …
The State-appointed commission tasked with recommending when and where to cut tax credits and for which industries meets Tuesday at the State Capitol. The Incentive Evaluation Commission meeting agenda includes discussion and possible action on eleven incentives for 2016. One is a tax credit for tuition reimbursement for Aerospace Employers, a credit …
Microsoft announced this week it is committing to buy 237 megawatts of alternative energy to supply its Cheyenne, Wyoming data center. At least 178 megawatts are being purchased from the Bloom Wind farm under construction near Dodge City, Kansas. Capital Power will operate Bloom Wind and has contracted all of the output to a subsidiary …
