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Dan Flitner and his family have been ranching for four gen-erations. Four years ago they

moved from Wyoming to New Mexico to raise organic, grass-fed beef. They now have 75 head of cattle, and 30 quar-ter horses, on a property 35 miles east of Las Vegas, New Mexico. “The property we purchased is off the

power grid,” said Flitner. “We looked at powering the house using a genera-tor and diesel fuel, and even researched the cost of a power line, but renewable energy came out on top and we’re very happy with the decision,” he said. “In fact,” he added, “we’re trying to

improve our energy profile all the time and do more and more things, some new, some traditional.” Flitner described the family’s thought

process behind the design of the electri-cal system. “We designed a big system. We decided to spend extra on it because we want this to be a permanent resi-dence. It’s hard to live out here, and we

didn’t want to be making huge sacrifices in terms of comfort and capability. We have a house, shop and office that all need to function to run the ranch.” “We have two kids and anticipated our

needs becoming greater, not less, while the kids are growing up. We live fairly normally with a TV and a computer. We don’t want for much,” he confided.The system that Flitner and his family

installed is a 2.8kw photovoltaic electri-cal system, purchased through Energy Concepts, Las Vegas, NM, that charges batteries with a generator back-up for stormy days. According to Flitner, the generator probably runs 75 – 100 hours a year. The solar system was installed af-

ter a complete remodel of the 50’s-era ranch house. “We rewired and redid everything. We reinsulated the walls and ceiling, using conventional fiber batting. Then we blew insulation into the ceiling. It’s very tight now. We also replaced all the windows and bought

energy-efficient appliances. Actually, it might have been cheaper in the long run to start from scratch, but I’m glad we didn’t,” he added.In the near term, Flitner described the

family’s future plans to add an out-door furnace for hot water and home heating that can run on wood, solar or propane. “We have a lot of pinon and juniper and lots of sun,” he said. “And in another two or three years, we may add a wind turbine. Our water supply now comes from a traditional wind mill.” The horses are part of the ranch’s operations and Flitner is look-ing at acquiring a wagon for hauling. Flitner’s Internet service comes via satellite, but his telephone is a land line—it’s the only wire that connects to the house.” So it’s all a blend of new and traditional, but there isn’t a deci-sion that we make on the ranch that doesn’t involve power decisions.”Contact: Janet Bridgers, 805 487 2999,

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Congress needs to make extend-ing the renewable energy in-centives a priority. In so doing

they will be in step with the vast major-ity of the American public in acknowl-edging and endorsing wind energy’s many benefits.Wind Energy is Green Power: Ac-

cording to the U.S. Department of Energy and National Renewable En-ergy Laboratory(NREL) Wind Energy Benefits fact sheet www.nrel.gov/docs/fy05osti/37602.pdf, “Wind energy is clean energy that produces no emis-sions, which means it doesn’t contribute to acid rain and snow, global climate change, smog, regional haze, mercury contamination, water withdrawal, and particulate-related health effects.” Wa-ter use is also a critical issue for this country, especially in the Great Plains and the western U.S. NREL estimates that 4,000 Megawatts of wind energy re-sults in 10.51 billion gallons of savings in water withdrawn and 6.31 billion gal-lons of savings in water consumed. An AP article, published January 23rd, re-ports that one nuclear plant in America’s Southeastern region draws 33 million gallons of water a day, with 17 million gallons lost to evaporation in the cooling towers. And fossil/thermal plants don’t operate 100 percent of the time either.Savings on CO2: The American Wind

Energy Association estimated that 31 billion kWh of wind in 2007 would off-set 19 million tons of CO2 emitted vs.

that power being generated from the av-erage U.S. electricity fuel mix according to the U.S. Energy Information Agency. A single 1 MW wind turbine displaces 1,800 tons of CO2 annually. Wind Energy vs. Other U.S. Energy

Subsidies: Every energy technology is supported by the federal government. Wind energy is no exception, nor should it be. Federal energy subsidies in 2003 ranged from $37 billion to $64 billion, according to the National Commission on Energy Policy. Wind energy account-ed for less than 1% of the total. Wind energy enhances national energy inde-pendence and promotes sustainable, ru-ral economic development for America. Wind takes the pressure off natural gas prices, the largest cost in nitrogen fertil-izer. So, no apologies needed for wind energy’s minor subsidies.Wildlife Habitat, Birds and Bats: Wind

projects need not be sited on migratory bird flyways or in fact on large ranches intended for hunting or tourism. The wind industry is paying attention to those issues and is implementing strate-gies to mitigate them. According to a National Wind Coordinating Commit-tee resource document, Avian Collisions with Wind Turbines: A Summary of Ex-isting Studies and Comparisons to Other Sources of Avian Collision Mortality in the United States, “It is estimated that from 100 million to over 1 billion birds are killed annually in the United States due to collisions with human-made

structures, including vehicles, build-ings and windows, power lines, com-munication towers, and wind turbines.” Wind turbines accounted for only 10 to 40 thousand .The issue of wind turbines killing birds or bats, while taken seri-ously by the industry, is very minor and largely diversionary.Wind energy works for rural economic

development while saving precious wa-ter resources. Wind energy makes the U.S. more energy independent. On the C02 issue, a Feb. 4 Dow Jones article, Wall Street Shows Skepticism Over Coal, reports, “Three of Wall Street’s biggest investment banks are set to an-nounce today that they are imposing new environmental standards that will make it harder for companies to get fi-nancing to build coal-fired power plants in the U.S… The banks say they will encourage energy-efficiency and renew-able-energy pushes before backing new coal plants.” Rural America should also embrace the 20-percent Vision that the President mentioned in his State of The Union address a couple of years ago. The U.S. Dept. of Energy and National Re-newable Energy Laboratory report, “20 percent energy from wind will require on the order of 2,750,000 full time em-ployee job years over a 20 year project life.” So, while fossil fuel interests may attack wind energy, as they have ethanol and biofuels, the American people are demanding Congress support wind en-ergy with production incentives. e

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Have you ever seen a wind turbine in motion? Watching the blades as they whisk through the air. The sound of a quiet whisper as the Jacobs’

machine produces alternative energy for your home or business. The knowledge it must have taken to develop such a fascinating machine.When did the wind systems come about? Well, back in

1982, because of manpower requirements and capital re-quirements to enter into wind farm applications, control-ling interest was acquired by Control Data Inc.; Renew-able Energy Ventures Inc. was established in 1983 for the acquisition of land, permits, and planning of wind farms. With the pending acquisition of Winco, an alternator and portable generator manufacturing company located in Le Center, MN, the corporate name of the company was es-tablished as Earth Energy systems Inc. (EESI) to better reflect the nature of the corporation. Jacobs’ products in-cluded all wind related components and Winco was the manufacturing facility and supplier of all generators and lighting standards. Both divisions marketed existing prod-ucts under existing trade names and logo’s as divisions of EESI.From 1980 to 1986 EESI sold approximately 1500 wind

energy plants in the United States and 8 in other countries. It also set up five wind farms, three (3) in California and two (2) in Hawaii. Several factors contributed to the large number of sales in the United States. As mentioned previ-ously, electric costs rose dramatically due to the oil crisis of the 1970’s and the resulting increase in oil and gas pric-es. Also, homeowners, farmers and businessmen received Federal Income Tax credits and sometimes state income tax incentives for purchasing wind energy systems. Also the 1978 Federal Law (PURPA) regulation in the National Energy Act mandated that local electric companies were required to purchase excess electricity generated by wind turbines privately owned. In addition, many people real-ized the long-term benefits of installing an energy system which did not have an adverse impact upon the environ-ment and which used as its energy source a renewable re-source.In late 1985 and early 1986 Control Data decided to di-

vest itself of its wind energy division. It is believed this decision was based upon several factors - falling oil prices, repeal of Federal Income Tax credits for wind energy sys-tems and the internal financial position of Control Data.Wind Turbine Industries Corporation (“WTIC” or “Com-

pany”) was incorporated on May 28, 1986 as a Minnesota corporation. Beginning in 1986 Wind Turbine Industries Corporation, owned and controlled by Archie Pavek, pur-chased all exclusive rights, title and interest in trademarks, patentable rights, trade secrets, technology, tooling, engi-neering and manufacturing drawings and all other docu-mentation on the 10 thru 20kw wind generators, which include the Grid Intertie System and the Hybrid System. Currently due the increase in energy costs the sales in

wind energy has increased dramatically. Also the aware-ness of global warming, and the effect our current energy source has on our environment has greatly influenced the publics views on this type of alternative energy.If you are interested in any other information on the

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Wind energy is growing fast, helping bring across Amer-ica electric price stability,

energy security, jobs, a healthier envi-ronment, and rural economic benefits. Over 5,200 megawatts (MW) of new

wind power generating capacity—a capital investment of over $9 billion--were installed in 2007, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). These new wind projects in-stalled in 2007 account for about 30% of the entire new power-producing capacity added nationally that year, up from less than 1% only five years ago. That rapid growth establishes wind as mainstream option for power generation today. The drivers are strong: proven tech-

nology, attractive cost, vast potential, investor interest, strong demand. The outlook for wind power is bullish, and could be even stronger over the longer

term, depending on how soon and how successfully constraints and obstacles to its growth are rolled back and whether strong, long-term policies are put in place to support its development. Proven technologyModern wind turbines are high-tech,

advanced, efficient machines. Utility-scale turbines feature sophisticated electronic equipment and controls and advanced composite materials that al-low the turbines to reap ever-larger amounts of energy from the winds. Modern utility-scale wind turbines are tall—reaching some 400 feet high to the tip of the blade. The turbines’ comput-ers collect and process over 200 types of data, from wind speeds and oil tempera-ture to voltage dips on the grid. At good windy locations, a single 1.5-megawatt wind turbine (the average size installed in 2005) generates enough to power 500

(that’s five hundred) average American households, year after year.Wind turbines can contribute to overall

grid reliability. Moreover, new stud-ies show that utilities can significantly expand wind power in their portfolios without major adjustments in the plan-ning, operations, or reliability of their systems, even though the output from wind farms can vary with the wind. These studies confirm what has long been the experience in Europe, where Denmark and certain regions of Ger-many and Spain generate 20% or more of their electricity from the wind. Attractive, stable cost The cost of wind power is attractive

principally because it is stable: once a wind farm is built, the cost of the power that it generates is steady because there is no cost of fuel. For a utility, acquiring wind power is therefore similar to lock-

Wind energy: making a difference By the American Wind Energy Association


ing in a long-term, fixed-rate mortgage. More wind power can therefore help stabilize electricity prices.The cost of wind power has come down

by 80% since the first commercial wind turbines were installed in the 1980s. Meanwhile, over the past several years, the cost of fuel used for electricity gen-eration – natural gas in particular, but now even coal—has increased, some-times dramatically. “The wind blowing across the fertile farmland of southeast Washington is one of the cleanest, most affordable sources of electricity avail-able today,” according to Puget Sound Energy, Washington state’s largest en-ergy utility. Utilities seeking to manage fuel cost

are now finding that wind energy can be an attractive option for new genera-tion. Wind energy development can also help cut consumers’ bills by lowering demand for natural gas -- particularly during winter peak demand -- and by extending its supply. More wind power means lower natural gas prices and extended suppliesThe current growth in wind power con-

struction comes at a time when custom-

ers across the country are facing elec-tricity and natural gas rate hikes. And high natural gas prices can hit farming and ranching communities doubly hard since they also make the price of fertil-izer go up. Because every unit of electricity that

is produced by a wind farm is one for which the country does not have to burn natural gas or other resources, using more wind power helps reduce skyrock-eting natural gas prices by reducing the demand for natural gas and extending the nation’s precious natural gas re-sources. Economic development benefits Wind energy creates jobs and economic

opportunity. In the manufacturing sec-tor, for example, six new wind turbine component manufacturing facilities came online in 2007, creating over 775 jobs, including:Trinity Structural Towers (towers):

Clinton, IL Knight & Carver (blades): Howard,

SD Tower Tech (towers): Manitowoc, WI Siemens (blades): Fort Madison, IA Acciona (turbines): West Branch, IA

Composite Technology/DeWind (as-sembly) Round Rock, TXEight additional manufacturing plants

were also announced last year. Addi-tional job creation flows into non-man-ufacturing sectors such as construction, transportation, marketing, financial, and other services. Wind energy also generates revenue

for rural counties and communities, and help farmers and ranchers diver-sify their income and stay on the land. Sherman County, in eastern Oregon, is a “one-crop” county that depends on dry-land wheat farming and ranks last out of the state’s 36 in per capita income. After the 24-MW Klondike wind farm was built, the project generated for the county during its first year of operation: $321,205 in property tax revenues (10% increase), including for schools; an-nual royalty payments to landowners of $2,000-$4,000 for each turbine on their land; 80 to 100 temporary jobs during project construction; and 3 full-time technical positions. Klondike was ex-panded by an additional 75MW in 2005 with the community’s full support.The large 162-MW Colorado Green

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project in rural Prowers County, Colo-rado—an agricultural area that grows mainly alfalfa and has been hit by drought over the past several years-- increased the county’s tax base by 29%, adding annual payments of about $917,000 to the general school fund, $203,000 to the school bond fund, $189,000 to a county medical center. In Texas, the record-breaking thousand megawatts of wind power installed in 2001 in the state provided on an annual basis $11.6 million in property tax pay-ments to local schools and $2.5 million in landowner royalty income, and cre-ated 2,500 wind-related jobs. Minne-sota hosts the 100.5-MW Trimont wind farm, the largest wind project with local farmer ownership in the U.S. Vast resource potential U.S. wind resources are vast—theo-

retically able to meet more than twice total U.S. electricity consumption to-day, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. In order to generate 15% of the country’s electricity (twice what hy-dropower generates today), only 0.6% of the land in the lower 48 states would need to be developed with wind power. Within that area, most existing land use

such as farming and ranching, would continue as it is now, with crops grow-ing up to the foot of the turbines. Tap-ping only a fraction of America’s vast wind resources would easily yield much of the new power that the country will need in the years ahead. Strong demandPublic opinion surveys conducted over

the years at the national and local levels typically show strong backing for re-newable energy and wind power.

By a 7-1 margin, Americans agree that the federal government should extend incentives to encourage greater use of renewable energy technologies, ac-cording to a January 2008 Zogby poll. Such findings consistently confirm ear-lier polls, such as a 2005 University of Nebraska poll, taken in 2005. Ninety percent of respondents agreed the gov-ernment should encourage use of renew-able energy sources, and 84 percent said wind power can be produced and used locally. Bruce Johnson, an Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources ag-ricultural economist, said he has long sensed strong support for alternative energy among rural Nebraskans, but the magnitude of the results surprised him. "This strong response sends a clear sig-nal to our public electric utilities to ac-celerate their efforts to move ahead with wind power," Johnson said. "This tells policy-makers that Nebraskans want this to be part of their future."Obstacles to growth need to be over-come There are constraints that hobble wind

energy’s growth, however, and these are largely regulatory and political—and no less formidable for being man-made rather than imposed by nature or tech-nology. Strategic upgrades to existing lines and

investment in new transmission lines are needed to tap the country’s vast wind energy potential in a big way and ship large amounts of wind power from the windy heartland to market. Removing these transmission constraints would al-low the heartland to export home-grown, inexhaustible, clean wind energy year-round to power-hungry centers in the nation, instead of importing ever-larger amounts of natural gas and other fuels. The largest single constraint for utili-

ty-scale wind power remains the short-term extensions and then expirations of the very effective, but intermittent, fed-eral incentive for wind energy, the pro-duction tax credit. A long-term planning horizon, and in particular a long-term extension of the credit, is needed for businesses to plan for strategic growth in the years ahead and expand their wind energy operations on a large scale. A national renewable electricity stan-

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product that is valued by people all over this country and really the world,” said Art Lee, Co-Chair for United Dairymen of Idaho. “There will always be a need for good, beneficial food and that’s what we as an industry focus on – providing a wholesome product now and for genera-tions to come.” The dairy industry continues to be

a significant factor in Idaho’s over-all economic health. In 2007, on-farm cash receipts from milk produced on Idaho farms amounted to approximately $2.047 billion dollars (based on an aver-age price of $17.80 per hundred pounds produced, up from $11.89 in 2006). In 1970, Idaho’s dairy industry generated $73 million dollars in cash receipts.Idaho is home to a mixture of large

and small dairy farms, both of which contribute to the local economy by supporting local businesses and the community tax base. All but one of Idaho’s dairies is family owned and operated. Fifty-eight percent of Idaho’s dairies have fewer than 500 cows. When a dairy farm spends

money locally, it creates a multiplier effect of more than two-and-a-half times the original dollar spent. Di-rect employment on dairies and in milk and cheese processing plants accounted for 9,260 jobs in southern Idaho. Idaho’s dairy industry supports local businesses. When dairy farmers purchase machinery, trucks, fuel, and more from local companies, they help generate jobs and income for others. In addition, dairies create jobs for people who grow and ship feed for cows, as well as jobs for veterinar-ians, insurance agents, accountants, bankers, and others. Truckers, pack-aging manufacturers and food market-ers complete the cycle by transporting and marketing dairy products. This means additional jobs in the transpor-tation, distribution and retail indus-tries. In fact, more than 22,730 jobs across southern Idaho are attributed to the state’s dairy industry.With so many people involved in the

dairy industry, it only makes sense that Idaho is the 2nd largest milk pro-ducing state in the twelve western U.S. states and ranks 4th in the total U.S. As of December 31, 2007, the state had 646 dairy farm operations; producing 11.498 billion pounds of milk (1.337 billion gallons) from the 511,658 cows milking.Financial contributions to the state

through personal income and taxes from Idaho’s dairy industry can’t be overlooked. Idaho’s dairy farm families accounted for $428 million in personal

income in south central Idaho. With the secondary employment, study estimates show an additional $655.4 million of personal income to the south central Idaho region, totaling over $1 billion that Idaho’s dairy industry contributes to the economy. Dairy farms and dairy manufacturing also generated $26.7 million in tax revenues. Add in the sec-ondary economic activity and the state of Idaho realizes an estimated $67.5 million in tax revenues that is attribut-able to the dairy industry. In terms of milk production: In 1970,

Idaho’s dairy farmers produced 1.4 billion pounds; but in 2007 produced 11.498 billion pounds. The state aver-age for annual milk per cow is 22,472 pounds (2,613 gallons) in 2007, while the state average in 1970 was 9,793 pounds (1,138 gallons). The dairy industry provides signifi-

cant resources to support the research and promotion needed to stabilize and sustain Idaho’s dairy industry to drive demand for Idaho produced dairy prod-ucts, which contributes to the financial stability of rural communities and ben-efits the state’s and region’s economies. At the end of the day, Idaho’s dairy

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Source: The Economic and Fiscal Impacts of the Dairy farming and dairy Product Manufacturing

Industries in South Central Idaho; Dr. Don Holley & John Church, Boise State University, Department of

Business and Economics; Sept. 2006.United Dairymen of Idaho (UDI) is the local plan-

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