Oklahoma City - The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has approved the University of Oklahoma's plan to power its Norman campus entirely by wind.

The three-member commission voted unanimously for the "OU Spirit" wind farm project Wednesday. Officials at OU, Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co., the attorney general's office and other groups had already agreed to the project.

OU announced last year it would purchase wind-generated power from OG&E, which is erecting 44 wind turbines near Woodward in northwestern Oklahoma.

Officials say OG&E will provide increasing amounts of wind power to the campus after all of the turbines become operational in January. Currently, about 10 percent of OU's power is generated by wind.

The project will add about $1 to the monthly bills of OG&E consumers.

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