Don Nickles: “If the Senator will require the Texas utility code section 39.904, goals for renewable energy is 2,000 megawatts of…”

“If the Senator will require the Texas utility code section 39.904, goals for renewable energy is 2,000 megawatts of generating capacity. I mention this because capacity is one thing, to generate electricity is another. For wind, you need three times the facilities to actually generate because they don't operate 24 hours a day. The wind does not always blow. Capacity is less intrusive and less expensive. And factually, the amount of megawatts produced equals right now 2.6 percent of the Texas generating capacity and less than 2 percent anticipated by the year 2009. I heard my colleague say this is modeled after Texas. But it is not modeled after Texas. It did not follow Texas in any way, shape, or form. That is an editorial comment.”