New Tinker electrical peaking plant enables energy resilience
Col. Cisco Harris, Tinker installation and 72nd Air Base Wing commander, center left, celebrates with Sean Trauschke, OGE Energy Corp. CEO, chairman and president, center right, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Oklahoma Gas & Electric Tinker Power Plant outside Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Feb. 19, 2026. Designed to provide essential power for Tinker AFB’s numerous no-fail missions, the peaking plant features two natural gas-fired combustion turbine units that can generate up to 96 megawatts, enough to power approximately 34,000 homes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)