New Transmission Lines to Link Texas Cities With Future Wind Farm Development
It was an imposing task: to connect the remote but windy areas of Texas to the state's power grid with modern, efficient transmission lines that would carry needed wind energy to population centers.
The Texas Legislature took on the task in 2005, passing a law establishing the state's competitive renewable energy zones (CREZ). Seven years later, a dozen companies and hundreds of contractors and subcontractors are close to finishing the work.