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	<title>National Wind Watch: News &#187; Arizona</title>
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		<title>Dry Lake Wind Project assessment continues</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Safford Field Office is continuing to assess the Dry Lake Wind Project in Navajo County. The BLM issued its Environmental Assessment (EA) and unsigned Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) on February 12 and was available for public review through March 28. Many public comments on the 200-page EA were submitted, all of which required careful review and consideration.
   &#8220;The BLM supports renewable energy development on public lands,&#8221; said BLM Safford Field .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>SRP to pursue wind energy</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[About 30 wind turbines could sprout about 18 miles northwest of Snowflake off State Route 377, cranking out enough power for more than 15,000 homes in Salt River Project territory, the utility announced Monday.
If built, the Dry Lake Wind Project would be the first commercial wind-energy farm in Arizona. Both SRP and Arizona Public Service Co. buy wind power generated in New Mexico.
SRP has a 20-year contract Iberdrola Renewables to buy 63 megawatts of energy by December 2009. One megawatt .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>SRP to get power from first Arizona wind project</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Salt River Project has agreed to purchase electrical energy from Arizona’s first wind energy farm to be built about 18 miles northwest of Snowflake.
The 20-year contract between SRP and the builder, Oregon-based Iberdrola Renewables, is considered a significant development in the ongoing drive to increase renewable energy sources in Arizona.
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Kris Mayes, who has been critical of SRP as well as Arizona Public Service for using out-of-state renewable electrical power, praised SRP’s decision to purchase the first wind-driven .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Massive wind farm planned; Canadian firm will use thousands of acres southwest of Kingman</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[As the price of oil continues its steady climb, one Canadian company is eyeing Kingman as a new center for renewable energy production.
Western Wind Energy Corporation, based out of Vancouver, has purchased 1,128 and leased more than 22,000 acres of land to the southwest of Kingman in anticipation of building Steel Park, a wind turbine farm that, once completed, is expected to generate up to 215 megawatts of electricity annually, according to a press release on WWE&#8217;s Web site.
George Salama .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>State Supreme Court asked to void renewable energy rule</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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The Arizona Supreme Court is being asked to void a requirement imposed on utilities to generate at least 15 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2025.
Legal papers filed by the Goldwater Institute contend that the Arizona Corporation Commission, which enacted the mandate, exceeded its constitutional authority. The lawsuit asks the high court to void not only the commission rules but also the surcharge already being paid by utility customers.
Commissioner Kris Mayes, the architect of much of the package, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Candidates target renewable-energy quotas; 4 want utilities panel to toss out surcharge</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The future of a surcharge on state customers&#8217; electricity bills could hinge on the outcome of the Republican primary battle for the Arizona Corporation Commission.
Half the eight contenders for the three open seats on the commission want to scrap the &#8220;renewable energy standard&#8221; that state utility regulators approved three years ago. The rule mandates that 15 percent of all electricity sold in Arizona by 2025 come from renewable sources like wind, solar and geothermal instead of the current heavy reliance .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind debate splits Bisbee</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Talk of a wind farm has blown into the artsy community of Bisbee, the latest in a long list of cities across the country now mired in the clean-energy debate.
Some residents of the southeastern Arizona city support the renewable-energy source, while others don&#8217;t want to see or hear turbines, typically hundreds of feet tall, spinning on their hillsides.
The controversy highlights the dilemma faced by energy companies trying to pitch the inexpensive, non-polluting power source that, unlike many power plants, can&#8217;t .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Power plant transmission line project would go through Cochise County</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[BISBEE — With the burgeoning population growth in Arizona and the growing inclination to turn to renewable energy sources, some improvements are going to have to be made to the capacity of the transmission grid.
SouthWestern Power Group announced Monday an agreement with four partners to proceed with development of the SunZia Southwest Transmission Project, a proposed high-capacity electrical transmission line between Arizona and New Mexico.
So, the new transmission line planned by the partnership consisting of SWPG, Salt River Project, Tucson .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Ariz.-N.M. power corridor launches with Salt River Project, other players</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ A proposed power corridor between Arizona and New Mexico capable of providing more renewable energy is moving forward toward regulatory hearings in both states now that partners have officially signed on.
SouthWestern Power Group II LLC announced Monday that Salt River Project and Tucson Electric Power Co., along with Energy Capital Partners and Shell WindEnergy Inc., have signed on to the development team of the SunZia Southwest Transmission Project.
SouthWestern Power will be the project manager shepherding the proposed transmission lines .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Debate over wind is more than hot air</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 10:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Sometimes the wind blows 24 hours a day,&#8221; says Dennis Maroney, owner of the 47 Ranch in the Mule Mountains.
That sustained wind has a California company interested in setting up two testing sites on Maroney&#8217;s ranch to see if it&#8217;s suitable for a wind farm. If built, it would be the first in Southern Arizona.
&#8220;As I understand it, the towers would be 430 feet tall,&#8221; says Maroney.
And there would be 40 of them at the base of the Mule Mountains, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Out-of-control wind power</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 13:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[In what is surely to become the most-viewed YouTube clip among wind-energy critics, a 60-meter turbine was filmed exploding in Denmark during a strong gust.
The Copenhagen Post reported that Vestas made the turbine. The company defended its products by describing its other 35,000 turbines installed worldwide as operating properly. The exploding turbine was reported to be 10 years old.
Nearby residents are quoted in the article as being scared by the event, and the video shows debris hurling from the shattered .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Utility seeks to build controversial power line</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 09:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Southern California Edison made an initial filing to federal regulators Friday seeking permission to build a controversial power line from Arizona to California that was rejected by Arizona utility regulators last year.
The California utility filed the request with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under the terms of a federal law that allows FERC to override decisions of state regulators in specially designated “national interest corridors.”
The U.S. Department of Energy decided to create such a corridor across a large swath of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Experts discuss factors involved in bringing wind energy to Cochise County</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 16:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Cochise County Planning and Zoning Commission knows a bit more about wind turbines and wind power.
At a work session held last night prior to the regular meeting, three experts in renewable energies and wind power gave a brief presentation on the aspects, feasibility and economics of developing a wind farm and transmitting energy through transmission lines.
Planning Manager Susana Montana said the work session was held for future wind energy development. Though she did not specify the name of the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Questions raised as county embarks on wind code</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, the Cochise County Planning and Zoning Commission will meet to gather information on permitting potential wind farms.
California-based Clipper Windpower initiated the issue over possible wind generation in the Mule Mountains in Bisbee. The meeting, however, will not address any issues directly linked to Clipper’s proposal since, says county planner Susana Montana, “we haven’t heard a word from them in months.”
Last December, before withdrawing their permit application, Clipper sought to establish four towers with anonometers on private lands on .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>New wind blows: Idea to put turbines on ranch raising discussion about renewable energy</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 19:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[BISBEE — Dennis Maroney, owner/operator of the 47 Ranch, looks over the map that shows the thousands of acres of private and leased public land that provides food for his natural beef cattle herd.
He points to a small “x” on the slope of the northeastern section of the Mule Mountains and says that’s where Clipper Windpower plans to install an anemometer to measure wind speed and direction. Farther south, another “x” marks a less-appealing test site for a second anemometer.
“This .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Is wind power coming to Cochise County&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 10:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A recent article in the Sierra Vista Herald brought the public’s attention to ongoing efforts to explore this alternative energy source within the County.  That article can be found [here]
 As noted in the referenced article, a wind generation company is proposing to submit an application for a Special Use Permit to install 6 anemometers in the Mule Mountain area to conduct a two-year study to determine if that area would be suitable for a commercial wind-power electric generation .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Homeowners face fight over wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[BULLHEAD CITY &#8212; Two wind turbines stand on a bluff overlooking the Colorado River, their propellers whirling as they harvest energy from a relentless desert breeze.
Jill and Larry Endline generate electricity with the turbines to power their nearby house, and they see it as a smart economic and environmental investment.
The 33-foot-tall metal structures also have generated quite a bluster at Bullhead City&#8217;s municipal headquarters, where council members fret about the prospect of turbines popping up on properties throughout the community.
So, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Mule Mountain area could become wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The hills of the Mule Mountains may become a test site for the first wind turbine generating plant in the county.
Clipper Windpower has confirmed that negotiations are under way for land in the development of a small test site of around six propeller-style wind turbines. The company hopes to lease an unspecified number of acres that are owned by the State Land Department in the area of Davis Road and High Lonesome Road. Company officials also are talking to one .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Navajos set to tap power of the wind</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of windmills reaching nearly 400 feet into the sky could begin sprouting on the Navajo Reservation north of Flagstaff under a new agreement to harness wind energy for electrical use.
The Navajo Nation announced Thursday that it will partner with a Boston company to capitalize on the blustery conditions prevailing on the high mesas of northern Arizona. The Diné Wind Project, which would be the first commercial wind farm in the state, calls for Citizens Energy Corp. to invest millions .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Regulator uneasy over Arizona utility&#39;s interest in N.M. wind</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Saying economic development opportunities could be lost, an Arizona official is casting a critical eye on a major utility&#8217;s interest in New Mexico wind power to help obtain more electricity from renewable sources.
Arizona Public Service Co. has identified multiple potential wind energy sites in Apache, Coconino, Gila, Mohave and Navajo counties in Arizona but appears to be moving toward more reliance on New Mexico projects, said Arizona Corporation Commission member Kris Mayes.
&#8220;When ratepayer funds are expended out of state, the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Comments on proposed wind farm will be accepted through March 28</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The deadline for submitting comments to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) regarding the proposed wind farm on Dry Lake Road is Friday, March 28, not April 14 as previously reported. 
    PPM Energy, a Portland, Ore., based company, is seeking approval to construct a 378 megawatt power generating station approximately 20 miles south of Holbrook on Highway 377. Between 105 and 209 wind turbines, along with roads and some buildings will be constructed on the site .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Construction may begin in &#39;08 on Dry Lake area wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Although it is taking some time, plans for a wind farm in the Dry Lake area are still in the works.
    PPM Energy media representative Jan Johnson explained that the company is going through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approval process in order to construct a 378 megawatt power generating station based on wind power.
    The BLM has completed a project assessment, but is now seeking public comment. The deadline for the public .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Dry Lake Wind Project assessment completed</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Public comments welcome through March 14
A Bureau of Land Management unsigned Finding of No Significant Impact and supporting Environmental Assessment for the proposed Dry Lake Wind Project are available for public review and comment through March 14. The BLM is seeking comments pertaining to its assessment and the determination that an environmental impact statement is not needed. The impact document is unsigned to allow for further public input.
To respond to an application submitted in the summer of 2007 by PPM .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm planned near Snowflake</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wind. Arizona has an abundance of it and it&#8217;s going to power tens of thousands of homes in the future.
Plans are underway to build more than 200 wind turbines, or windmills, near Snowflake in northeastern Arizona. Each would be 30 stories high.
The Dry Lake Wind Project initially would generate enough energy to power 22,000 homes.
Jan Johnson, with PPM Energy, says construction could begin in just a matter of months.
&#8220;The State of Arizona has put in place a statewide renewable portfolio .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind plant proposed</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ranchers are proposing a 500 megawatt wind-power plant southeast of Flagstaff, one of the ranch owners told environmental groups on Thursday.
Jack Metzger of the Flying M Ranch briefly discussed plans for the Grapevine Canyon Wind Project on a conference call with Western Resource Advocates regarding renewable-energy development in the state.
&#8220;This wind farm is in a remote area and is somewhat hidden,&#8221; Metzger said. The ranch is southeast of Flagstaff in the Kinnickinick Lake area, and the wind farm is being .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Group sues to shut down power corridor</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Jan 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[An environmental group sued Thursday to overturn the federal government&#8217;s designation of Southern California and Arizona as an electricity corridor of &#8220;national interest,&#8221; something with big implications for a power line proposed for San Diego County.
In October, the Department of Energy put seven Southern California counties &#8212;- including San Diego, Riverside and Imperial &#8212;- in the corridor, which spans nearly 70,000 square miles. The agency also designated a national corridor along the heavily populated East Coast.
Under energy legislation passed in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>County zoners to eye wind energy plans</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Nov 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[When it comes to wind power, Kingman may be left in the dust. Scott Travis, the owner of Catchin&#8217; Wind Windpower, plans to propose a small wind pilot program to the Mohave County Planning and Zoning Commission Wednesday.
He is requesting that the county change its current ordinances to allow electric power-generating windmills in residential areas.
Travis would like to institute a year-long trial run of his ordinance in the county.
According to his proposed ordinance, residential windmills could be no taller than .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Placement of wind turbines heats up discussion at P&#038;Z</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Oct 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[KINGMAN &#8212; Discussion and possible action on a North Carolina company&#8217;s plans for a new hospital in Kingman were tabled, while wind took over the discussion at the City Planning and Zoning Commission meeting Tuesday.
P&#038;Z staff recommended tabling consideration of MedCath, Inc.&#8217;s request to rezone 31.32 acres in the Kingman Crossing area until the company submits more detailed plans for water and sewer infrastructure.
P&#038;Z staff said they will continue to meet with the applicant to work toward compliance with the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Not all &#39;windy land&#39; can be used to create energy, but some in area can be</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Jul 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[It doesn’t take a scientist to figure out that Northern Arizona is windy, but it does take a lot of research to determine whether that wind can be turned into electrical power.
A recent report by the Northern Arizona University (NAU) Sustainable Energy Solutions group found that of the eight Arizona counties studied, Navajo County had the highest percentage of windy land that could be developed for production of energy. The amount of developable land, however, is less than most might .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Region targeted for &#39;national electric corridor&#39;</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Apr 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The nation&#8217;s top energy official on Thursday proposed naming a pair of &#8220;national interest electric transmission corridors,&#8221; including one covering San Diego, Riverside and five other Southern California counties, as well as parts of Arizona and Nevada.
Designating national power corridors could make it easier for San Diego Gas &#038; Electric Co. to build a high-voltage power line across the county&#8217;s desert and backcountry.
&#8220;These draft designations set us on the path to modernize our constrained and congested electric power infrastructure,&#8221; said .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind project hits snag, delaying start-up date</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Jan 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Operations for the Western Wind Energy project just outside Kingman were initially supposed to begin at the end of March. Problems, however, have pushed back the start date for the first wind energy farm in Arizona.
&#8220;(The project) is in a little bit of a holding pattern until we can iron out a few issues,&#8221; said Mike Boyd, Western Wind Energy Corporation executive.
Western Wind Energy, developer for the project, has full expectations of seeing this plan come to life, Boyd said. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Renewable-energy plan OK&#39;d</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Nov 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[After all the years of lip service about the potential for alternative-energy production in Arizona, especially solar, it&#8217;s now down to brass tacks.
Arizona Corporation Commission members Bill Mundell, Barry Wong, Kris Mayes and Jeff Hatch-Miller voted Tuesday for a measure, and Mike Gleason against, to require that 15 percent of the state&#8217;s total energy production be from renewable-energy sources by 2025.
A significant amount of that 15 percent &#8212; about one-third &#8212; by 2011 will come from tanding commissioner at seven .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind Farm Construction Put On Hold Until 2008</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 20:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Sep 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[www.azjournal.com
By Tammy Gray-Searles
&#8220;We&#8217;re still moving forward. We&#8217;re hoping for a 2008 construction date,&#8221; said PPM Energy Corporate Communications Director Jan Johnson regarding a proposed wind farm that would be located approximately 20 miles southwest of Holbrook along State Route 377.
The Navajo County Board of Supervisors approved a special use permit for the wind farm in early January and at that time, PPM officials expected to complete construction in late 2007. However, according to Johnson, the latest projection is that construction .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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