Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.92
Liaison Katie Beitz
Submission Date May 15, 2018
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STARS v2.1

Oklahoma State University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.05 / 4.00 Ilda Hershey
Sustainability Coordinator
OSU Physical Plant
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
1,265,505 MMBtu

Option 1 

Total clean and renewable electricity generated on site during the performance year and for which the institution retains or has retired the associated environmental attributes:
0 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
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Option 2 

Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site, performance year:
0 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
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Option 3 

Total clean and renewable electricity generated by off-site projects that the institution catalyzed and for which the institution retains or has retired the associated environmental attributes, performance year:
0 MMBtu

None
A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
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Option 4 

Total third-party certified RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products (including renewable electricity purchased through a utility-provided certified green power option) purchased during the performance year:
332,631 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
OSU's electricity provider, OG&E, had the Cowboy Wind Farm built for OSU in 2012. As of January 1, 2013, OSU began purchasing 110 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of wind energy, which represented about 67 percent of the university's total annual electricity use. Since then, actual wind energy usage has averaged at about 70 percent. During calendar year 2017, actual usage reached nearly 72 percent. This is a 20-year contract scheduled for renewal in 2033.

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://utilities.okstate.edu/electricity-production

Additional documentation to support the submission:
OSU RECs 2017.pdf

 

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Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass 0
Coal 28.21
Geothermal 0
Hydro 0
Natural gas 28.21
Nuclear 0
Solar photovoltaic 0
Wind 71.79
Other (please specify and explain below) 0

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
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Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
Biomass 0
Coal 0
Electricity 6
Fuel oil 0
Geothermal 2
Natural gas 94
Other (please specify and explain below) 0

A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
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Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
26.28

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Casey Keyser, Energy Manager

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