Mark Parkinson

Lt. Governor, State of Kansas

Kansas Energy A Closer Look at Wind for the State

Energy Issues were prominently featured in State of the State Address by Governor Sebelius…

“Our goal is to produce 10 percent of our state’s electricity from wind power by 2010, and 20 percent by 2020. ”

….State of the State Address, Jan. 10, 2007

                                                                                                            

http://rredc.nrel.gov

Certainty Rating of the Wind Resource Estimates for Areas with Class 3 or Higher Wind

Power in the Contiguous United States

KANSAS AS A WIND EXPORTER

FOR IT TO HAPPEN

• Renewal of the Production Tax Credit (PTC)• New wind becomes cheaper than new coal• Congress passes a National RPS• Congress passes a Carbon Tax or Cap and Trade• Interstate transmission system built out

Thank you, Lieutenant Governor Mark Parkinson