With public hearings over, utility regulators at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission will now decide whether to approve American Electric Power’s (AEP) cost-recovery plan in the state for its controversial 2GW Wind Catcher Energy Connection project.

The three commissioners are weighing a preapproval request by AEP subsidiary Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) to fully recover its anticipated $1.36bn share of costs from ratepayers for the $4.5bn