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

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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 decision was pending before an Oklahoma
regulatory panel.

The project also called for the construction of a 360-mile (580-kilometer)
transmission line from the wind farm to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where the company said
the existing electric grid would deliver power from the farm to customers.

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