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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (7925)	4/24/2010 1:08:11 PM
From: Eric	Respond to of 16955

In the U.S., the only area with a lot of hydropower, and also a lot of windpower potential, is the Northwest. Even there, it will require an expensive grid upgrade, if wind becomes more than a few % of the total electricity supply. Yes, Bonneville is working on some big projects that will allow a lot of wind to be integrated into the NW grid. Fortunately we have the most robust "grid" in the United States. A lot of redundancy. The "Feds" did a great job! transmission.bpa.gov transmission.bpa.gov transmission.bpa.gov Current and Proposed Wind Project Interconnection Map transmission.bpa.gov Projected BPA interconnected wind generation transmission.bpa.gov