The Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) order has reportedly approved the agreement which also assigns to OG&E's customers the proceeds from the sales of the wind farm's renewable energy credits, including credits purchased by the University of Oklahoma. OU Spirit, a 101MW power generating facility, which is under construction and is nearing completion near Woodward, Oklahoma.

A temporary addition, or rider, to OG&E customers' monthly electric bills, will enable the company to begin recovering construct costs as each of the wind farm's 44 new turbines comes online and begins delivering electricity to OG&E's customers. The rider will be in effect until the OU Spirit facility is added to OG&E's regulated rate base.

OG&E currently provides its customers with 170MW of wind power from the Sooner and Centennial wind farms in northwestern Oklahoma; OU Spirit will bring the total to 270MW.

Separately, OG&E is reportedly asking for commission approval of two additional wind power projects totaling 280MW that could come on line by 2012. The 550MW of wind-generation capability will represent about 7.6% of OG&E's total generating capacity.

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