Huge ‘Green Power Express’ Wind Grid Gains Federal Rate Incentives

Wind power is coming of age as the U.S. becomes the global wind leader and probably the biggest source of new jobs in the energy industry. I previously wrote about ITC Holdings’ plans to build a $10 to $12 billion power transmission network to move 12,000 megawatts of electricity from the Dakotas, Minnesota and Iowa to the Chicago area (see here, click on figure to enlarge).