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To: The Great RJ
A lot of people, including the author of this article, don't know what is going on in Texas with wind.

Boone Pickens' Pampa Wind Project is just one wind farm located within one CREZ, and the CREZs are all over west Texas.

In Jan, Texas PUC awarded contracts to a number of transmission lines companys to build 2900 miles of lines to circulate among the CREZs and deliver the power to both DFW and San Antonio. And this doesn't include those CREZs in southwest Texas.

11 posted on 08/05/2009 3:09:07 PM PDT by Ben Ficklin
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To: Ben Ficklin

Bravo Sierra


13 posted on 08/05/2009 3:14:32 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Half of the population is below average)
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To: Ben Ficklin

You are not telling the complete picture either. Please indicate the cost of the increased transmission capacity. Please provide an overall cost figure than includes the windmills, extra transmission capacity, complex control systems, and backup capacity. When the complete system cost is included, wind power is very expensive.


21 posted on 08/05/2009 7:07:12 PM PDT by businessprofessor
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