Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 55.56
Liaison Katie Beitz
Submission Date Aug. 25, 2021

STARS v2.2

Oklahoma State University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.36 / 4.00 Kristeena Blaser
Sustainability Coordinator
Energy Services
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Total energy consumption (electric and non-electric)

Total energy consumption, performance year:
958,868.80 MMBtu

Clean and renewable energy sources

Clean and renewable electricity

Clean and renewable electricity (report kilowatt-hours):
kWh MMBtu
Imported electricity from certified/verified clean and renewable sources (i.e., bundled green power purchases) 82,334,352 Kilowatt-hours 280,924.81 MMBtu
Electricity from on-site, clean and renewable sources (rights retained/retired) 0 Kilowatt-hours 0 MMBtu

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
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.

A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:
---

Clean and renewable thermal energy

Clean and renewable thermal energy (report MMBtu):
MMBtu
Clean and renewable stationary fuels used on-site to generate thermal energy 0 MMBtu
Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water from certified/verified clean and renewable sources 0 MMBtu

A brief description of the clean and renewable stationary fuels:
---

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:
---

Unbundled renewable energy products

Unbundled renewable energy products (report kWh):
kWh MMBtu
Purchased RECs, GOs, I-RECs or equivalent unbundled renewable energy products certified by a third party 83,128,000 Kilowatt-hours 283,632.74 MMBtu

A brief description of the unbundled renewable energy products:
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.

Metrics used in scoring

Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
564,557.55 MMBtu

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
58.88

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the institution’s support for clean and renewable energy is available:

Sierra magazine requests the following information from U.S. institutions that wish to share data with that organization:

Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass 0
Coal 16.40
Geothermal 0
Hydro 0
Natural gas 16.40
Nuclear 0
Solar photovoltaic 0
Wind 67.20
Other (please specify and explain below) 0

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
---

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:
---

Additional documentation to support the submission:
---

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Data Sources:
Casey Keyser, Senior Energy Manager, Energy Management & Sustainability

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.