[CU 1413 / October 26, 2009]
Key to Long-Haul Transmission May Be Solving 'Financial Knot'
PacifiCorp's Gateway Energy Project, which proposes connecting wind energy in Wyoming with markets in the Northwest and Southwest, has yet to attract the interest of power developers. PacifiCorp and Idaho Power--its partner in the Gateway West segment--will continue to develop the line but only to serve their native loads. The lack of a financing model for long-haul wind is also an issue with other transmission projects in the West, and could dampen renewable energy development in distant, but energy-rich Montana and Wyoming.
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