Dive Summary:
- Alabama Power has been given approval from the state Public Service Commission to purchase up to 404 megawatts of electricity from Buffalo Dunes Wind Project and Chisholm View Wind Project in Oklahoma and Kansas.
- These recent agreements put the utility as a leading southeastern investor-owned utility, according to a national organization.
- Louisiana’s Southwestern Electric Power Co. is the other major utility in the region to have pursued wind power with long-term agreements for 469 MW from three projects in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
From the article:
Alabama Power's agreements to purchase wind-generated power put it among the leading investor-owned utilities in the Southeast to pursue the renewable source, a national organization said.
Alabama Power has approval from the state Public Service Commission to purchase up to 404 megawatts of electricity from Buffalo Dunes Wind Project and Chisholm View Wind Project in Oklahoma and Kansas. ...
