The RFP solicits bids for long-term purchase power agreements for energy from commercially proven renewable technologies, including wind; solar photovoltaic; biomass; hydro; landfill gas; biogas digesters and biomass firing of crop residues, animal waste and woody waste.
A pre-bid conference for potential bidders will be conducted May 21 with proposals to be submitted by June 30. RFP information can be found at http://www.psoklahoma.com/go/rfp.
Already the largest provider of wind energy in Oklahoma with 392.5 megawatts under long-term contract, the addition of another 200 MW will increase the renewables portion of PSO’s generation portfolio to more than 10 percent.
"We are pleased to be able to expand our leadership position as the largest retail provider of clean, renewable energy in Oklahoma," said Stuart Solomon, PSO president and chief operating officer. "Growing our renewable portfolio is an important part of our power supply strategy of providing a sustainable, diversified and cost effective mix of generation for our Oklahoma customers."
PSO, a unit of AEP, is an electric utility company serving approximately 525,000 customers in eastern and southwestern Oklahoma. Based in Tulsa, PSO has 4,400 megawatts of generating capacity, and is the largest provider of wind energy in the state.
American Electric Power is one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, delivering electricity to more than 5 million customers in 11 states. AEP ranks among the nation’s largest generators of electricity, owning nearly 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the U.S. AEP also owns the nation’s largest electricity transmission system, a nearly 39,000-mile network that includes more 765 kilovolt extra-high voltage transmission lines than all other U.S. transmission systems combined. AEP’s transmission system directly or indirectly serves about 10 percent of the electricity demand in the Eastern Interconnection, the interconnected transmission system that covers 38 eastern and central U.S. states and eastern Canada, and approximately 11 percent of the electricity demand in ERCOT, the transmission system that covers much of Texas. AEP’s utility units operate as AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachian Power (in Virginia and West Virginia), AEP Appalachian Power (in Tennessee), Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electric Power Company (in Arkansas, Louisiana and east Texas). AEP’s headquarters are in Columbus, Ohio.
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