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"Rural electric co-operatives across the country are adding more wind but it is not always the Times's Kate Galbraith . "These rurapl electric utilities sit on top of a gold mine some of the best wind resources in the the Times quotes Jeff the manager of utility programs at the American WindEnergg Association, as saying. Charlotte, N.C.-based Duke Energy DUK) it plans to build the 51-megawatf Kit Carson Windpower Projec ton 6,000 acres near Burlington on Colorado'sx Eastern Plains by the end of 2010. The facility will supplty electricity to rural customersof Tri-State, the state'sz second-largest power supplier, under a 20-yeafr agreement.
"Many electric co-operatives — whic have origins in the New Deal’s rura electrification push — remainh dependent on coal but have come undeer pressure from customers in affluentplaces ... to add more renewabld energy and move awayfrom coal," the Times
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