Oklahoma has undergone a significant legislative overhaul over the course of the last year to help advance its agenda of encouraging the development of renewable energy projects within the state.  A few of the most important legislative measures for project developers are as follows:

  • Oklahoma has established a voluntary Renewable Energy Standard (17 Okla. Stat.

Welcome to Part 2 of our outline of some of the various provisions of REC laws that legislators use to either strengthen or weaken particular aspects of the state RES, and how those slight changes can have significant impacts on your particular renewable project.  If you haven’t already done so, please take a look at

In last week’s overview of Renewable Energy Standards, I briefly described the concept of Renewable Energy Credits (“RECs”).  Generally speaking, RECs are one of the most common mechanisms that states use to ensure that utilities are complying with the state’s RES.  A REC is essentially a certificate that gives the holder credit for developing a