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	<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Texas approves a &#36;4.93 billion wind-power project</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texas regulators have approved a &#36;4.93 billion wind-power transmission project, providing a major lift to the development of wind energy in the state.
The planned web of transmission lines will carry electricity from remote western parts of the state to major population centers like Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio. The lines can handle 18,500 megawatts of power, enough for 3.7 million homes on a hot day when air-conditioners are running.
The project will ease a bottleneck .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Wind energy plan hinges on tax credit; Expansion may halt unless Congress extends program into 2009, some say</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal clock is ticking on an ambitious Texas Public Utility Commission plan to build transmission lines to funnel wind energy from West Texas to metropolitan areas.
The wind energy industry revolves around a production tax credit that expires Dec. 31. After more than one false start, there is no guarantee Congress will extend it.
Expansion will halt, some warn, if lawmakers don&#8217;t take action this summer.
&#8220;We don&#8217;t want lines to just be standing out there,&#8221; Sweetwater .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Texas gives early OK to wind energy power line project</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A divided Public Utility Commission gave preliminary approval today to construct &#36;5 billion in transmission lines to bring wind power from West Texas to urban areas.
The project is expected to cost average household consumers about &#36;4 a month.
It should boost the state&#8217;s wind farm business, already the largest in the nation, to even greater levels. It would increase capacity for wind generation to 18,456 megawatts.
The plan, which is expected to be finalized later this month, .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Texas approves massive new wind power project</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texas is moving forward on the nation&#8217;s largest wind-power project, a plan to build billions of dollars worth of new transmission lines to bring wind energy from gusty West Texas to urban areas.
Texas is already the national leader in wind power, and supporters say Thursday&#8217;s preliminary approval by the Public Utility Commission, will make the Lone Star State a leader in being able to move all that energy to the urban areas that need it.
&#8220;We .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Advocates urge PUC to adopt wind energy plan</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lawmakers and environmentalists on Monday urged state regulators to build transmission lines that will transport the maximum amount of wind power from rural West Texas that&#8217;s feasible to help power homes and businesses in the rest of the state.
But others cautioned that a more measured approach should be adopted rather than placing too much reliance on the fickle energy source.
The Public Utility Commission is expected to discuss various options later this week, including a range .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Duncan and Seliger: Don&#8217;t cut off the lifeblood of West Texas</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many angry landowners have contacted us about a plan that, contrary to good public policy, will affect property rights of rural Texans. The new Roberts County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1, acting as an alter ego of businessman T. Boone Pickens and Mesa Power Pampa LLC, has launched a private venture that may force landowners across 11 counties to submit to the power of eminent domain so that district can pump water from the .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Windmills should stand on merits</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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The large wind farms just to our north on the Kenedy Ranch are under construction and the owners expect to have 250 wind turbines generating enough electricity to power some 90,000 homes by the end of this year. Wind energy is touted as a clean, renewable power source whose time has come as a viable alternative to help reduce dependency on fossil fuels. However, a look at the economics of wind power points to a .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Port of CC could add wind turbines in spring; Potential partnership could land 20 wind turbines in the inner harbor</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many as 20 wind turbines with towers almost as tall as the Statue of Liberty might be seen in the Port of Corpus Christi’s inner harbor as early as spring if port commissioners approve a partnership with a Colorado-based firm.
Port commissioners Tuesday instructed staff to negotiate the final terms of a 30-year lease agreement with Revolution Energy for 55 acres located about a mile north of the Harbor Bridge. Commissioners and Revolution officials expect .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Debate flares over wind power</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is such a thing as too much wind power.
Sure, wind is among the cheapest, cleanest fuels generating the power Texans increasingly demand. But as officials brag about the state&#8217;s status as the No. 1 wind producer in the country, they&#8217;re also debating how much is too much. Building the transmission lines to bring wind power from rural West Texas to population zones will cost billions. And even with enough transmission lines, the on-again, off-again .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Public Utility Commission mulling transmission proposals</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Energy companies, from modest ventures to global giants, are anxiously awaiting a decision by the Public Utility Commission that likely will come next month: The amount of wind transmission to build in Texas.
With wind farms expanding from West Texas to the Panhandle, energy companies and regulators agree there should be more transmission to get wind power from West Texas to the state&#8217;s biggest cities.
But how much transmission should be added is matter of heated .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Final energy grid closer</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texas has moved closer to drawing the final map for transmission lines to carry wind energy to the state&#8217;s largest cities.
Wind developers buried regulators with 37 last-minute filings to meet a deadline Thursday for comments from those with a stake in developing the state&#8217;s wind energy industry.
The next step is a final hearing and a decision by the Public Utilities Commission of Texas on where to put transmission lines to connect West Texas wind farms .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>North Texas wind power could come at hefty price</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wind is always available and it doesn&#8217;t pollute the planet. But as wonderful as it sounds, using the resource for energy could come with a hefty price tag. How bad you want it may depend on your taste for foreign oil and how much you are willing to pay.
Looking across Horse Hollow, in a barren part of West Texas, you might not know the area is home to the largest wind farm on earth. There .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>City considers including wind turbines in Trinity River project</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A river. A park. A projected destination near downtown Dallas.
The Trinity River project is expected to be a beauty.
But winding along it could be something tall, environmentally green and what some consider intrusive.
Discussion has started at city hall about lining a two-mile section of the Trinity toll road with wind turbines &#8212; 80 of them, all 80 feet tall.
The Dallas City Council, as of this week, is studying whether to add wind turbines.
The tollway .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Wind farm project moving forward despite opposition</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[RAYMONDVILLE &#8212; Developers expect to see 250 wind turbines by the end of the year on Kenedy Ranch, generating enough electricity for about 90,000 homes.
But that&#8217;s just the beginning: the project may double in size and triple in generating capacity, according to an analysis of documents filed with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.
Construction is well under way on two wind farms that, in the first phase, would cover about 20,000 acres of the historic .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Expanding wind industry hits bats, turbulence and lawsuits</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Climatewire: The prospect of thousands of endangered bats flying to their deaths in West Virginia wind turbines soon could get consideration in federal court because of Judy Rodd.
The 63-year-old is the president of Friends of Blackwater Canyon, which recently joined 10 other groups in filing a “notice of intent” with the Fish and Wildlife Service to sue a wind company on Endangered Species Act grounds. The organizations warned of potential turbine kills of the Indiana .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Texas mulls power lines needed for more wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wind-power supporters called on Texas regulators at a hearing on Wednesday to &#8220;aim high&#8221; and approve plans for nearly 25,000 megawatts of wind generation while others urged caution before companies invest billions to build new transmission.
Members of the Texas Public Utility Commission are struggling to decide how much new transmission should be built to take advantage of the state&#8217;s abundant wind resource. Major power lines are needed to transfer wind generation from sparsely populated West .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>There&#39;s a price for subsidizing wind energy with taxpayer dollars</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much has been written about the merits or demerits of wind energy as a viable source of electricity generation for meeting the growing needs of electricity consumption in the United States.
No matter which side of the debate one comes down on, one issue is crystal clear. Trillions of taxpayer dollars are being poured into the wind energy corporations&#8217; coffers to enhance the return on investment strategies with a guaranteed commitment by federal, state and local .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Wind whispers of Enron</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you listen, you can hear Enron&#8217;s ghost carried on the wind.
It hovers over the 10,000 people gathered in Houston to tout the virtues of wind energy. The more the hype blows, the more Robert Bradley hears the voice of his old boss, Ken Lay.
Under Lay, Enron championed a host of government-supported &#8220;green&#8221; energy initiatives, all designed to help its businesses, from natural gas to electricity trading to wind farms.
&#8220;Lay got on the global warming .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>S. Texas wind farm case on hold; Judge studying arguments filed by King Ranch and environmentalists</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal court judge said Tuesday he needs time to sort through a complicated legal challenge brought by the King Ranch and several environmental groups that want to stop a massive wind farm near the South Texas Gulf Coast.
U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel will have to decide if a mid-1990s federal Coastal Zone Management Act requires the state to conduct public hearings before a wind farm can be approved — if it affects private property .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Texas wind farms choked off from grid due to insufficient power lines</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of wind turbines in the US are sitting idle or failing to meet their full generating capacity because of a shortage of power lines able to transmit their electricity to the rest of the grid.
The issue of transmission capacity will be high up the agenda as 10,000 wind power industry executives descend this week on Houston, Texas, where the shortage of power lines is hampering the state&#8217;s alternative energy plans. The problem is particularly .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>As wind rises in Texas, obstacles loom; Alternative source of power faces economic and environmental challenges</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wind power in Texas was mostly a curiosity in 2000 when the state first opened its wholesale electric markets to competition. About 300 turbines were spinning away in rural West Texas, creating a mere 200 megawatts of power.
Today the state has 5,300 megawatts on line, 25 times more than in 2000 and enough power to light more than 1.5 million homes.
Texas topped ecofriendly California as the largest wind producer in the U.S. in 2006 and .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Lesser prairie-chicken decline concerns biologists</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 17:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A small number of serious bird watchers worldwide have been privileged to see the mesmerizing dance of the lesser prairie-chicken during their spring breeding season. For others who desire to see this ancient and vocal all-out effort by the prairie grouse, time may be ticking away.
During a daybreak ritual, males seek out ridge tops of expansive prairie land for the booming, gobbling and frenetic display used to socialize and compete for females. Activity on these .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Rapid Texas wind growth a warning to US power market</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 16:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Texas electric market is learning that while the wind may be free, integrating wind generation with coal, nuclear and natural gas-fired power plants is not.
Wind turbines have been sprouting across the West Texas landscape at a rapid clip, advancing Texas to the top U.S. state in terms of wind energy capacity, according to the American Wind Energy Association which will hold its national convention in Houston beginning Sunday.
Texas has 5,300 megawatts of installed wind .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Going big with wind</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 09:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Texas has led the nation in adding wind power for three years running and there&#8217;s no sign that the state&#8217;s burgeoning industry will hit the doldrums anytime soon.
As it has for the past few years, Texas continues to attract investment from U.S.-based energy giants, huge international energy companies and even home-grown billionaires.
Take oil tycoon and investor T. Boone Pickens, who reiterated last week that he plans to spend &#36;2 billion on the first phase .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>‘Whether I like it or not’; Landowners express frustration at Jacksboro open house</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 11:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[JACKSBORO — Muted anger and a rustle of frustration moseyed through the Twin Lakes Community Activity Center in Jacksboro Wednesday night.
Around 75 area landowners attended an open house sponsored by billionaire T. Boone Pickens’ company Mesa Power in an effort to learn more about the company’s right-of-way project that will run a water pipeline and electric transmission lines through the heart of several North Texas counties.
The project aims to transport water from the Ogallala Aquifer .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Wind energy: another ethanol&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 10:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Re: &#8220;Pickens plans huge wind farm – He may build privately owned lines to bring power from Panhandle,&#8221; last Thursday Business.
People are beginning to wake up to the fact that ethanol may not be the answer to our energy problems and may indeed create more problems than it solves.
I am sure if there were no long-lasting negatives associated with wind turbines, T. Boone Pickens might even build them on his own property. Shouldn&#8217;t we have .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Land proposal to be discussed; Pickens’ company to hold meetings in Jacksboro, Holliday</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 11:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Billionaire T. Boone Pickens may face a tough crowd this week in North Texas.
Officials with Pickens’ company Mesa Power will be in two local cities to hold informational sessions about the company’s plans to build a water pipeline and electricity transmission lines from the Panhandle to the Dallas-Fort Worth area, cutting through several area counties.
Open house meetings with the company are scheduled for today in Jacksboro and Thursday in Holliday.
Archer County Judge Gary Beesinger said .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Landowners give thumbs down to Mesa water, power project</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 10:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHILDRESS &#8212; A controversial project pushing drinking water and green electricity from the Panhandle to the Metroplex drew few supporters from a crowd of more than 150 landowners in its path.
Residents living or owning property near the 250-mile route from Roberts County to west of Fort Worth peppered state legislators with questions and criticisms Friday morning.
&#8220;Those of you who would wish us to support this Mesa project, raise your hands,&#8221; Lubbock Republican Sen. Robert Duncan .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Water, wind plan catches flak; Landowners want lawmakers to oppose Pickens, district</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 10:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHILDRESS &#8212; It was an unhappy group of about 120 people who met Friday to tell legislators they want something done.
&#8220;You know how we feel &#8212; act on that,&#8221; said Liz Shipp, a resident of the southeast Panhandle where T. Boone Pickens&#8217; Mesa Power and a water district want to get a right of way to send water and wind energy to larger cities in the state.
But Mesa representatives asked for patience.
&#8220;Give our land contract .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Opposition high for projects; West Texas lawmakers, landowners leery of Pickens’ plan to get rights of way</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 10:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHILDRESS, Texas — Nearly all of some 175 landowners raised their hands during a meeting here Friday when a West Texas lawmaker asked how many wanted legislators to oppose billionaire T. Boone Pickens’ efforts to obtain rights of way for water pipeline and electricity transmission lines.
The lines would also pass through parts of Archer, Hardeman, Jack, Wichita and Wilbarger counties. A similar meeting has been scheduled Thursday in Holliday.
One landowner shouted “Do it,” during the .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Pickens betting the wind farm on tax credit extension</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 10:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maverick oilman T. Boone Pickens&#8217; plan for a mammoth wind farm in the Texas Panhandle is a &#36;2 billion bet that Congress will extend a tax credit crucial to the industry.
Pickens&#8217; company, Mesa Power, is purchasing hundreds of wind turbines from General Electric Co. to create the Pampa Wind Project, which is expected to eventually cover 400,000 acres and generate enough power for more than 1.3 million homes.
&#8220;We are making Pampa the wind capital of .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Billionaire begins to obtain easements</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 13:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[LUBBOCK &#8212; Cecil Martin is none too pleased at the prospect of losing part of his home in the Texas Panhandle to make way for billionaire T. Boone Pickens&#8217; water and wind energy projects.
Depending on the precise location of the outer most marker of the easement being sought by Pickens&#8217; projects, the 68-year-old Martin said, he&#8217;d have one less room in his Gray County home.
&#8220;They&#8217;ll either get the kitchen or the front porch,&#8221; he said. .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Ballinger ISD eyes wind power to lower costs</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scot Goen is banking that the wind will blow &#8212; and that it will blow enough to turn the 72-foot blades of a 180-foot-tall wind turbine enough to cut the Ballinger Independent School District&#8217;s monthly electric bill at least in half.
Goen, the district&#8217;s superintendent, said his school system of 1,000 students is proceeding with plans to erect a turbine on land the district owns near the high school just northwest of town.
It just makes good .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Texas wind: Boone Pickens&#39; big, big bet</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 17:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oilman T. Boone Pickens’ love affair with wind isn’t brand new—he’s been touting the idea of “peak-free” energy since he decided to build America’s biggest wind farm in Texas. What’s different is the way he’s going about it.
Mesa Power, Mr. Pickens’ new energy firm, placed a huge turbine order with GE Thursday, the first step toward the eventual 4 gigawatt wind farm. What’s striking is that he’s plowing ahead on the project even though federal .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Pickens-led water, power project stirs concerns</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 12:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Miles of rolling grassland and mesquite surround Kenneth Horton&#8217;s hilltop home, carpeting a view that reaches beyond the Red River on a clear day and into stars tossed like sand across the inky, rural night.
He can tour pioneer dugouts and American Indian sites tucked throughout the few thousand acres of ranchland near Quanah his family has held for more than a century. For the past 25 years, he&#8217;s opened the land to hunters from the .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>County appraisal district tax statements mailed</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 11:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[With tax statements in the mail and expected to hit mailboxes of property owners across Cooke County soon, some &#8212; if not all &#8212; taxpayers are wondering if they&#8217;re paying too much.
With national and regional media coverage on a slumping housing market, rising instances of foreclosures and a hike in the price of everything from gasoline to groceries, why would a property owner see his tax bill go up this year?
Better question, according to northwestern .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Pickens sends landowners letters</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Energy tycoon plans to build water/electricity pipeline through North Texas  
A select number of property owners from Childress to Jacksboro learned this week that T. Boone Pickens would like to do a little business with them.
The man who has made billions in gas, oil and hedge funds has an ambitious plan to build a combination water pipeline and electric transmission line from Roberts County in the Panhandle to the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Landowners along .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Lawsuit brought against Taylor County Commissioners Court for tax abatements</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two area wind energy opponents filed a lawsuit Monday against the Taylor County Commissioners Court for granting what the plaintiffs say are illegal tax abatements to wind farms developed within the county.
According to the lawsuit, wind energy equipment is not eligible for tax abatements under the state tax code.
In 2004 and 2006, Taylor County commissioners granted five tax abatements potentially worth &#36;5 million to &#36;10 million to three companies that have built farms of wind .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Wind farm proposed for NW Parker County</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Winds of change are blowing.
Fuel prices are soaring, so that makes everything associated with renewable energy a hot-button topic.
And, potentially profitable.
So when a wind farm was proposed for Northwest Parker County offering royalties and bonuses similar to those being paid by gas producers, many locals took notice.
However, one resident who attended an informational meeting at Poolville, hosted by international conglomerate PPM Energy, hopes the company takes their windmills elsewhere.
Tom Butt, a retiree with a small .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Low emissions, but critics claim other environmental concerns</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Install some wind turbines, generate energy with almost no emissions and everyone&#8217;s happy. It&#8217;s easier said than done.
Two wind farms, part of a &#36;2 billion project, have been proposed near Hebbronville, just east of Laredo. Corpus Christi-based American Shoreline and its partner, San Diego, Calif.-based Eviva Spinnaker, plan to develop the 800-megawatt wind project. 
It calls for 400 turbines about 350 feet tall spread out over 35,000 acres in Jim Hogg, Webb and Zapata counties. .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Man injured after fall inside wind turbine</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 29-year-old contractor for Global Windpower Services fell 50 to 60 feet inside the shaft of a wind turbine on Wednesday, breaking ribs and a leg, rescue officials said.
His fall was broken by a metal deck about 12 feet above the ground, according to Lt. Greg Goettsch, spokesman for the Abilene Fire Department. The man was conscious when rescuers arrived.
The accident happened off U.S. 277, about two and one-half miles south of Farm Road 89 .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Wind generation farm getting closer to reality</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[MUENSTER — A logo of a wolf howling at the moon amid a silhouette of the familiar trident-shape of a wind generator tower marks the entrance to the site of the most activity the northwest part of Cooke County has seen in some time.
And within a month or so, anyone from within miles of the project will be able to see what’s going up in what real estate agents have promoted as the Hill Country .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Big oil to big wind: Texas veteran sets up &#36;10bn clean energy project</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[T Boone Pickens is famous for thinking big. He founded his Texan oil company, Mesa Petroleum, in 1956 with just &#36;2,500 (£1,200) in the bank. After a string of audacious takeovers he turned it into an independent empire that challenged the big oil companies, and today he is worth &#36;3bn.
Now this straight-talking Southerner is launching the biggest and most audacious project of his career. This month he will make the first down payment on 500 .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Solar and wind duking it out in high-powered battle</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the old Aesop fable, wind and sun battle over which is the stronger. The wind blows hard, but the sun shines hot. They both do their best to get a traveler to remove his jacket.
In the fable, sun wins. But in real-life policy questions over solar power and wind energy &#8212; over which provides the more cost-effective source of clean energy &#8212; it appears that wind has sun on the ropes. At least for .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>&#39;Windfarm warrior&#39; back behind bars</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wind farm warrior Roy Johnson, 67, has landed himself back behind the bars of the Eastland County Jail. Johnson was arrested by an Eastland County Deputy Tuesday after a warrant for his arrest was issued.
“No new charges have been filed against Mr. Johnson,” Eastland County Sheriff Wayne Bradford said. “There was concern for Johnson’s safety and the safety of others involved in the case. So, the warrants from last week’s arrest were reissued. This time, .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Abatement debate: Industry asks for review of opinion on tax breaks for wind developments</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Texas attorney general is looking at tax breaks for wind farms, and early signs are he doesn&#8217;t think the law allows them.
&#8220;Fixtures and improvements owned by the wind turbine company as personal property would not be &#8216;real property&#8217; that may be the subject of a tax-abatement agreement,&#8221; according to a legal opinion issued by Attorney General Greg Abbott on Jan. 29.
The wind industry wants a another chance.
&#8220;We have asked the attorney general to review .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Man arrested in windfarm dispute</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man was arrested Saturday by Eastland County Sheriff’s Department following a series of incidents that occurred on two separate occasions last week at Silver Star I, a wind farm located in Eastland and Erath Counties and operated by major energy producer BP America, Inc.
Eastland County Sheriff Wayne Bradford said Eastland County resident Roy Johnson, 67, was arrested on three charges and released following a night in jail and posting bond.
The event that led to .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Wind farms can befuddle radar</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q. Why does the Doppler radar on KTXS always pick up the wind farm?
&#8211; Abilene
A. Let&#8217;s ask the weather guy. Damon Lane, KTXS-TV&#8217;s chief meteorologist, explained it to me.
&#8220;Radar is actually an acronym that means &#8216;radio detection and ranging.&#8217; A radar impulse leaves KTXS and begins to travel through the atmosphere at a constant angle. When the beam leaves the radar, it begins to &#8216;listen&#8217; for things to bump into.
&#8220;If it does &#8216;bump&#8217; or &#8216;bounce&#8217; .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Texas sees higher costs to reap wind power</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The price tag to build new power lines to bring plentiful wind power to Texas&#8217; biggest cities could range from &#36;3 billion to &#36;9 billion, the state&#8217;s electric grid operator said in a report filed with regulators on Wednesday.
Following legislation passed in 2005, the Texas Public Utility Commission began working to speed up construction of high-voltage transmission lines to tap into abundant supplies of renewable power.
Texas leads the nation by far in the number of .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Wind power transmission lines could cost &#36;5.75 billion</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which operates the state power grid, estimates that building enough transmission lines to handle growth in West Texas wind power could cost as much as &#36;5.75 billion.
The council filed a study with the Public Utility Commission on Wednesday with four scenarios of wind growth and the transmission equipment to handle it.
ERCOT&#8217;s proposed plans range from &#36;2.95 billion to &#36;5.75 billion, depending on the amount of wind power expected.
The PUC .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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