by Kate Galbraith September 8, 2010

This is the first part in a three-part series examining Texas’ $5 billion build-out of transmission lines to support wind power, which is encountering increasing opposition.

Last week, to cheers from a crowded courtroom, commissioners in Denton Countyunanimously passed a resolution opposing the construction of a big new transmission line through their county — even though it would carry clean, renewable wind power. Later today, the company that wants to build the line will file a stack of paperwork refuting some of the objections and asking Texas regulators for permission to proceed anyway.

It’s the latest episode in the marathon More >