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Source: Tulsa World, Okla.迷你倉新蒲崗Aug. 13--The Oklahoma Corporation Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to dismiss AEP-PSO's case seeking pre-approval for costs eventually incurred by the utility's compliance with federal regulations on coal-fired power generation plants.The state regulatory panel's 3-0 vote focused on the Environmental Protection Agency's part trying to force upgrades in Oklahoma power plants operated by AEP-PSO and Oklahoma Gas & Electric. American Electric Power-Public Service Co. of Oklahoma has entered into a tentative agreement with the EPA and Sierra Club that will end up closing two coal-fired units in Oologah by 2026.Corporation Commissioner Patrice Douglas, the panel's chairwoman, expressed frustration with the EPA and President Obama over "heavy-handed tactics" against utilities. The federal government and Sierra Club has sued OG&E over its opposition to air-quality mandates that may cost billions to meet."This case is nothing more than EPA arm twisting," Douglas said in a statement. "The Washington bureaucrats at the EPA are pressing Obama's agenda, and they targeted one迷你倉出租of Oklahoma's utilities to do it."Whether Oklahoma was a focus because not even one county supported the EPA's commander in chief, or for some other reason, we may never know," she added. "PSO was in the horrible position of being forced to negotiate in order to avoid the incredibly over-reaching mandates."AEP-PSO's compliance plan is currently under federal review and may not return to the Corporation Commission agenda on recouping costs until early next year. The plan calls for one of its coal-fired units in Oologah to be shuttered in 2016, while the other is upgraded and then closed 10 years later.Utility spokesman Stan Whiteford has noted previously that his company opted for this plan because it was cost-effective in the long run. Opponents have argued that the resulting rate increases could cost customers billions of dollars."We don't get to pick and choose what is overreach," Whiteford said Tuesday. "We have to comply with regulations."Copyright: ___ (c)2013 Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) Visit Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) at .tulsaworld.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存倉