Renewables in from the cold?

ONE OF THE HOT TOPICS FOR DEBATE AT THE FORTHCOMING WINDPOWER 08 EVENT IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, WILL BE TRANSMISSION. FOLLOWING TEXAS' LEAD, FOUR STATES POSSESSING THE WEALTHIEST RENEWABLE RESOURCES IN THE WESTERN USA HAVE ENACTED THEIR OWN LAWS TO CREATE RENEWABLE ENERGY ZONES, AND DEFINE THE TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE BUILT TO CONNECT THOSE RESOURCES TO MAIN TRANSMISSION HIGHWAYS. LYN CORUM REVIEWS THE PROGRESS MADE TO DATE IN THESE STATES.