Okla. utility proposes power line to unlock wind

[jpak]

http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSN3057499720071030

HOUSTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - OGE Energy Corp (OGE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is prepared to build a new high-voltage transmission line to accelerate development of wind generation in Oklahoma, the utility company chief executive said on Tuesday.

Oklahoma City-based OG&E Electric Services said new transmission is needed to unlock the potential for power to flow from future wind farms in the western part of the state to populated cities in the east.

Chief Executive Officer Pete Delaney said OG&E, Oklahoma's largest electric utility, plans to significantly increase its wind production from 170 megawatts to 770 MW over the next five years to meet increased customer demand for renewable power.

"The significant amount of wind in western Oklahoma is a largely untapped resource that is in increasing demand in Oklahoma and across the nation," Delaney said in a statement.

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[phantom power]

1. wasn't our Renewable Future supposedly going to free us from power lines?

Or something?

[drm604]

3. Was it? According to who?

It's not possible for everyone to erect their own windmill or to be self sufficient via solar.

Oklahoma's largest electric utility is encouraging production of wind power rather than fighting it. This is a good thing if true.

[jpak]

4. According to Straw_Man_Inc.com

:evilgrin:

[phantom power]

5. Oh hell no, I did *not* just read that...

from J. "baseload grid demand is an illusion" Pak. From the man responsible for some finite-but-unbounded number of posts extolling the Decentralized Future Of Renewables, Where We Will All Sidestep Grid Transmission Loss.

No, no, no. Go directly to jail!

[madokie]

7. its possible I guess but looks to me like we will always need the grid to transport the energy

from where it is being made to the point of use, forever. On a personal level it would be possible to cut the ties but on a broader scale the lines will always be needed. anyways I've never read that it would do away with the grid actually what I've read is, the more alternate energy is utilized the more the grid is needed.

[TlalocW]

2. Well, it is Oooooooooooklahoma

Where the wind comes sweeping down the plain

TlalocW

[Nihil]

6. OT

> Well, it is Oooooooooooklahoma
> Where the wind comes sweeping down the plain

When we did the show several years ago, we had a hell of a job
convincing some of the chorus that the end of that song DIDN'T
go O-A-K-L-A-H-O-M-A ... they couldn't work out why it didn't
fit the timing ...
:shrug:

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