September 17, 2021
By News Director Jared Atha
The second of three new wind facilities serving Public Service Company of Oklahoma customers has begun commercial operation.
Located southwest of Enid, the 287-megawatt Maverick facility is part of the 1,485-MW North Central Energy Facilities project.
PSO officials say with the Maverick facility coming online, it could mean an anticipated net long-term savings of more than $1 billion for PSO customers over the expected 30-year life of the facilities.
In addition to Maverick, the NCEF project includes the 199-MW Sundance wind farm, which began commercial operation on April 14, 2021, and the 999-MW Traverse wind farm, which is under construction with planned commercial operation in early 2022. In total, the facilities will generate enough energy to power 440,000 homes.
PSO will receive 675 MW from the North Central Energy Facilities project. PSO’s sister company, Southwestern Electric Power Company, will receive 810 MW from the project.
The facilities are being developed by Invenergy and purchased by PSO and SWEPCO at completion. PSO and SWEPCO are American Electric Power companies.
The Maverick facility includes 103 GE Renewable Energy wind turbines. It is connected directly to the transmission grid that serves PSO customers.
In addition to Sundance and Maverick, PSO’s energy resource mix currently includes more than 1,100 MW of wind energy under power purchase agreements with facilities in Oklahoma.
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