Competition success magazine use full for civil services students published this article page no 36 if we dont have power lines were not going to get nuclear plants. were not going to get coal-fired plants. were not going to get anything. ours is an export state. there is not enough internal demand for electricity to justify the construction of a plant. freudenthal added wyoming was waiting to see if the larger economy is ready for some nuclear power plants. two years ago his administration created the wyoming infrastructure authority to work on getting power lines constructed. that may help remove the bug stalling the launch of wyomings first nuclear reactor as well as exploiting the states most valuable renewable energy source wind. weve got five or six areas that are world-class wind resources. we have people who want to build the turbines but they have got to have access to the power grid. and i think the same is true in terms of whether it is a nuclear power plant a coal-fired plant or this new combined-cycle plant where you can convert coal to gas. ultimately the marketplace will decide which way theyre going to go. but no matter which one they do i know my chances of getting it in wyoming are greater if i have figured out our power line routes. freudenthal is popular can think on his cowboy-boot clad feet and can be decisive. and he is working on the power line routes not just dreaming about what could be done. we have some hopeful things he explained. we have been working with california on the frontier line. and what is the frontier line? u.s. secretary of energy announced in a press release a year ago this proposal exhibits the boldness and innovation the west is traditionally known for as well as the multi-state cooperation and big-picture thinking required to make regional markets thrive competition success review.
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