Plan for $4.5B wind farm scrapped after regulator's denial

 


LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A utility says it's dropping plans for what would have been the largest wind farm in the country after regulators rejected the $4.5 billion project.

American Electric Power said Friday it was cancelling plans for the 2,000-megawatt Wind Catcher wind farm, which would have spanned two counties in the Oklahoma Panhandle and provided power to customers in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana. The move came a day after the Public Utility Commission of Texas denied approval of the project, which had already won approval from regulators in Arkansas and Louisiana. A decisi...



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