SWEPCO Signs Up for Wind Energy
Pursuant to a court settlement over a 600-MW, coal-fired generation plant in Arkansas, Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) has entered into a power purchase agreement for 359 MW of wind energy. The settlement required the Arkansas plant developers to add 400 MW of renewable capacity by 2015. The majority of the wind generation will come from Oklahoma. Other generation sites are located in Texas and Kansas. Read the full story (subscription required).