From: wvec-board@yahoogroups.com [mailto:wvec-board@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Frank Young
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Subject: [wvec-board] APCO to buy electricity from Greenbrier wind farm

 

APCO to buy electricity from Greenbrier wind farm

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Appalachian Power Co. plans to buy electricity from a wind farm that's being developed in Greenbrier County.

Appalachian Power's parent, Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power, announced the 20-year purchase agreement with Beech Ridge Energy LLC on Thursday.

AEP says Appalachian Power plans to buy between and 100 and 147 megawatts, the entire output of the 186-megawatt project's first phase.

The deal is subject to approval from the state Public Service Commission. AEP says it also hinges on renewal of the federal production tax credit for renewable energy for 2009.

http://www.wvgazette.com/latest/200808140288