Board of Adjustments denies PSO variance for battery plant, natural gas units
The Rogers County Board of Adjustments denied a special exception Nov. 18, setting back a plan to build a battery storage facility in Oologah.
The Public Service Company of Oklahoma, which provides power to customers across the 14-state Southwest Power Pool, has generated electricity at its sprawling Northeastern Station in Oologah since 1961. PSO made a filing with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission in September requesting a rate increase to help it pay for eight new projects — including a battery storage unit in Oologah not dissimilar from the one the Oologah Town Board rejected in January.
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