Wind power in Oklahoma

[11][12] American Electric Power ("AEP") utility subsidiaries Public Service Company of Oklahoma ("PSO") and Southwestern Electric Power Co. ("SWEPCO") asked utility regulators in Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma to approve plans to purchase the wind farm from Invenergy upon completion of construction.

[13] The project includes three wind farms covering areas in Alfalfa, Blaine, Custer, Kingfisher, Garfield, Major and Woods counties of Oklahoma.

[14] The Traverse Wind Energy Center, located north of Weatherford came online in 2022, with a capacity of 999 MW.

[15][16][17] Being centrally located, the western half of Oklahoma is in America's wind corridor, which stretches from Canada into North Dakota and Montana, south into west Texas, where the vast majority of the country's best on-shore wind resources are located.

[18] Oklahoma has the potential to install 517,000 MW of wind turbines, capable of generating 1,521,652 GWh each year.

The total number of direct and indirect jobs in the state from wind power development is estimated to be between 1,000 and 2,000.