Dive Summary:

• Customers in Indiana, Michigan and Oklahoma are demanding more renewables and the American Electric Power (AEP) in Ohio plans to provide them.
• This week, the utility announced plans to increase the amount of wind power it delivers to the three states and invest in more renewables as federal regulators tighten emissions controls onAEP’s coal plants.
• AEP's Oklahoma unit will purchase 200 megawatts (MW) of new wind energy resources while AEP's Indiana Michigan unit will add 200 MW of wind power to its generation portfolio under a 20-year power purchase agreement with a unit of EDP Renovaveis SA.

From the article:
“AEP's Oklahoma unit has over 4,200 MW of generation serving more than 540,000 power customers in eastern and southwestern Oklahoma.
For its Indiana Michigan customers, AEP said the new Headwaters wind farm will be built in Randolph County, Indiana, about 85 miles (137 km) east of Indianapolis.”