Wind

In 2008, ODEC executed an agreement to buy 50% of the output of AES Corporation’s Armenia Mountain Wind Energy Project in north-central Pennsylvania.

The projected reached commercial production in December 2009, with the completion of its 67 General Electric 1.5 megawatt SLE wind turbines which can produce 100.5 megawatts.

In 2009, ODEC executed its second wind power agreement to buy the entire output from Criterion Wind Project located in Garrett County, Maryland.  This project was developed by Clipper Windpower, Inc. and the project has recently been sold to Constellation Energy.  The 70 MW project is built using 28 Clipper 2.5 MW Liberty turbines and is expected to be commercial in 2010.

ODEC's latest wind contract is the Stoney Creek Wind Farm which is currently in operation in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.  ODEC has a long-term contract to purchase 32.5 MW of capacity, energy and renewable energy credits from this facility.

Wind-generated energy is part of our long-term plan to use more sources of renewable energy and further diversify our energy portfolio.