"If Wind Catcher were not to happen, there'll still be opportunities for those kinds of resources to be applied through our resource plans in those particular states," he told analysts on a second quarter earnings call. The Texas utility regulator has rejected American Electric Power's (AEP) four-state 2 GW Wind Catcher project, saying it wouldn't provide enough benefit to customers. In a letter sent on Friday to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), AEP said that its proposal would not be economically viable for customers in Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. If built, Wind Catcher would have been the largest single renewable energy project in the US.
The Texas utility regulator has rejected American Electric Power's (AEP) four-state 2 GW Wind Catcher project, saying it wouldn't provide enough benefit to customers. In a letter sent on Friday to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), AEP said that its proposal would not be economically viable for customers in Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. If built, Wind Catcher would have been the largest single renewable energy project in the US.