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AEP's 690MW Oklaunion Coal-Fired Power Plant Resumes Service

Published: 17-Jun-2009

By: Staff Writer Staff Writer Staff Writer

Ohio-based American Electric Power’s (AEP) Oklaunion coal-fired power station in Texas, after a brief outage, recommenced its operations on June 16, 2009, reported Reuters.

The Oklaunion power plant is located in Oklaunion in Wilbarger County, about 190 miles northwest of Dallas. The plant commenced its operations in 1986. One MW of power generated serves approximately 500 homes in Texas.

The owners of the power station include: Brownsville Public Utilities Board with 18%, Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority with 11.7%, AEP Public Service Co of Oklahoma with 15.6%, and AEP Texas North Co with 54.7% ownership interest. For its owners, the power station is operated by AEP Public Service Co of Oklahoma, AEP's regulated subsidiary.

AEP operates approximately 38,000MW of generating capacity, markets energy commodities, and transmits and distributes electricity to around five million customers in 11 states.

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