Sounds like Boone Pickens is saying at least part of the reason he’s bailing out of his wind farm plans in Texas has to do with lack of transmission capacity. This is related to what Earthjustice is saying in the lawsuit filed yesterday challenging the Bush administration’s energy corridors. This lawsuit was filed because the Bush designated corridors tend to service coal, not wind or solar. The energy corridors designate where power lines and towers should be placed, as well as pipelines.

See http://www.earthjustice.org/news/press/2009/coal-friendly-bush-energy-corridor-plan-challenged.html

The Bush energy corridors we’re challenging are designated in eleven western states that don’t include Texas. However if the Bush energy corridors are allowed to stand and not modified, we’re likely to see other potential wind energy investors come to the same conclusion as Pickens.

Earthjustice attorney Katie Renshaw is the lead attorney on the case filed yesterday and would be happy to tell you more about the issues involved.

Katie Renshaw can be reached in the Washington DC Earthjustice office at 202-667-4500 ex 220. Thanks