By Ben Morgan and FOX23.com News Staff
ROGERS COUNTY, Okla. — Public Service Company of Oklahoma is suing Rogers County after officials blocked its more than $539 million plan to expand a decades-old power plant in Oologah.
PSO says its northeastern station property is exempt from local zoning because PSO is a state-regulated public utility.
The county says the land is zoned agricultural and told PSO it would need a special exception to bulid the expansion, but then denied the request.
PSO argues that means the county is taking its property, which could mean taxpayers would have to pay them back.
The company is now asking the court to clarify its rights and determine whether it can move forward with the project.
