Oklahoma authority works out interconnect for gas-fired project

December 11, 2013 Barry Cassell Generation

The Southwest Power Pool on Dec. 11 submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an executed Generator Interconnection Agreement (GIA) covering a new gas-fired power project of the Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority (OMPA).

Another party to the GIA is Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OG&E) as the transmission owner. OMPA is a governmental agency of the state of Oklahoma.

OMPA plans to construct a natural gas combustion turbine and related facilities that will consist of an associated 13.8/345kV Generator Step-Up Transformer. The point of interconnection will be the OG&E Ranch Road 345-kV Substation to be constructed on the Rose Hill-Sooner 345-kV line.

The project consists of one combustion turbine generator rated nominal 85.3 MW (summer)/121.5 MW (winter). The project, under the GIA, is due for commercial operation by April 15, 2015.

This project is known by OMPA as the Charles D. Lamb Energy Center.

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Barry Cassell is Chief Analyst for GenerationHub covering coal and emission controls issues, projects and policy. He has covered the coal and power generation industry for more than 24 years, beginning in November 2011 at GenerationHub and prior to that as editor of SNL Energy’s Coal Report. He was formerly with Coal Outlook for 15 years as the publication’s editor and contributing writer, and prior to that he was editor of Coal & Synfuels Technology and associate editor of The Energy Report. He has a bachelor’s degree from Central Michigan University.
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