News from the Oklahoma Corporation
Commission
Phone: (405)
521-4180, FAX: (405) 521-6945, m.skinner@occmail.occ.state.ok.us
Media Advisory – For Tuesday
8-12-03
Commission to hear its first
wind power rate case, hold public meeting on wind power
On
Tuesday, August 12 the Oklahoma Corporation Commission will hear its first rate
case involving wind power, and hold a meeting on the future of wind power. The
session will start at 9:30 a.m. in the main Commission courtroom (Room 301) of
the Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 North Lincoln.
The
case involves Oklahoma Gas & Electric’s (OG&E) proposal to provide a
wind power option to its customers. The Commission is scheduled to hear details
of and vote on the rates for the wind power option.
The
meeting will bring together representatives of Oklahoma’s state legislature and
congressional delegation, the public, representatives of companies in the
forefront of wind-power technology, the media, and environmental groups on the
topic of Exploring Oklahoma Wind Generated Power. A turbine blade of over 100 feet that is to
be installed as part of an Oklahoma wind farm will be on display in the south
parking lot of the Jim Thorpe building. The meeting will include a session at
the display.
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