(Photo of transmission lines in Texas from Flickr and photographer S.J. Alexander)
News Update 3: The Texas Pubic Utility Commission last week OKd a plan to attract $5 billion in investment for new power lines to move 18,500 megawatts of electricity from windy West Texas to the state’s largest cities. The electricity carried would more than double the nation’s current wind power capability. Texas leads the nation in wind, with 5,000MW now, expected to grow to 9,000MW by year’s end. Customers could see a $4/month increase in their bills over the next several years, according to the consumer group Public Citizen. The increase in transmission lines addresses perhaps the biggest roadblock to wind power here. For more on that see the June 28 post on EarthlingAngst. (Source: PlanetArk, Greenwire, Huffington Post)
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