The Midwest could be crisscrossed with a new network of high voltage power lines to move wind-generated power from the windiest spots in the Dakotas, Iowa and Minnesota.
A group of utilities in 11 states, including Pewaukee-based American Transmission Co., is studying three alternatives, each of which would cost at least $23 billion over the next 20 years.
This is an entirely NEW grid. The coal/nuke/gas grid remains in place.
Here's the howler of the entire article:
Key questions remain about the plans to add a renewable power "overlay," most notably, who would payThe author, Tom Content, MUST be kidding.
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Part of the problem is, these guys are NOT kidding.
And here I thought enviromentalists hate transmission lines. They sue everytime one is proposed.
First they build a 5,000 Sq. Ft. "cabin" in the woods complete with every electrical convenience known to man.
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