Route being finalized for $4.5B Oklahoma wind farm project

TULSA, Okla. (AP) - The route for a 350-mile power line that's part of a $4.5 billion wind farm project in Oklahoma is being finalized.

The Wind Catcher Energy Connection project, which also includes two substations, is a joint effort by the Public Service Company of Oklahoma and Southwestern Electric Power Co.

The wind farm would be built on 300,000 acres in Cimarron and Texas counties in the Oklahoma Panhandle, with a power line connecting the farm to Tulsa. The wind farm would include about 800 wind turbines.

The project would bring 2,000 megawatts of energy to customers in eastern and southwestern Oklahoma, and to parts of Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana.

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