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Oklahoma electricity production by type. This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, sorted by type and name.In 2021, Oklahoma had a total summer capacity of 29,824 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 80,755 GWh. [2]
Arkansas River: Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation: 1988 [11] Dardanelle: Pope/Yell: 140 4 594,423 [30] Arkansas River: Southwestern Power Administration: 1965 [23] Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas: Dumas: 103 3 311,700 [31] Arkansas River: Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation: 1999 [11] Greers Ferry: Cleburne County: 96 2 296,621 ...
one nuclear power plant; one petroleum-fired plant; The state is home to the John W. Turk Jr. Coal Plant, which came online in 2012 as the first sustained ultra-supercritical coal-fired power plant in the United States. [15] Arkansas total electric industry generation in megawatt hours by fuel type, 1990–2012. Emissions
The reservoir is impounded by Robert S. Kerr Lock and Dam at river mile 336.2 (km 541.1) on the Arkansas River, just a few miles below its confluence with the Canadian River. The lock and dam are part of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System , which provides for barge navigation on the Arkansas River and some of its tributaries.
The Cooperative purchases its power wholesale from Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Corporation, Little Rock, AR. Currently the Cooperative has more than 8,100 miles of distribution lines, 33 electrical substations, and more than 56,000 electric services. The total electric plant of AVECC is valued at $173 million and member equity is 31%.
The associated hydroelectric power plant has three turbines, each rated at 30 megawatts, for a total installed capacity of 90 megawatts [5] The dam was approved by the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1946 and construction began in 1956. In February 1964, the river was closed and the generators went operational in September 1964. [6]
SWEPCO announced in January 2012 it had reached 20-year agreements to purchase 359 megawatts of wind power from sources in Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas, more than quadrupling its wind power portfolio. [7] The Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority, 7 percent owner of the Turk plant, entered a 25-year agreement in 2012 to purchase 49 megawatts of ...
The Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) is an agency of the state of Oklahoma created to control, develop, and maintain the Grand River waterway. It was created by the Oklahoma state legislature in 1935, and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. GRDA was designed to be self-funding from the sales of electricity and water.