Issues & Information

• Information from the ERCOT website
• Competitive Renewable Energy Zone (CREZ) information:
• Map of CREZ zones (November 2007)
• Map showing the 25 best wind resource areas (July 2007)
• Close up version showing Gillespie and surrounding counties
• Transmission Line plan maps
• Scenario 2 plan map
• Close up showing the Hill Country
• Public Utilities Commission Wind Transmission Plan Approval
• Hill Country Bat Information
• Pros and Cons of Industrial Wind Farms in Gillespie and Surrounding Counties
• What Have I Done?
  This compelling message appeared in an advertisement run in the October 25, 2007 issue of the Times-Journal newspaper in Wisconsin. It was written by Don Bangart of Chilton, Wisconsin following a 2 hour interview with the landowner in northeast Fond du Lac County. The landowner, who wishes to remain anonymous, approved the text for publication.
• Wind Rights and Wrongs
  Source: The Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
• Wind Maps
• Texas Wind Power Map
  Source: State Energy Conservation Office
• 2004 Texas Wind Class Map
  Source: Alternative Energy Institute, West Texas A&M University
• Texas Wind Energy Classification map
  Source: Texas General Land Office