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HOUSTON, July 20 (Reuters) - Texas electric regulators voted on Friday
to designate eight zones as the best sites for construction of new
power lines to serve more than 20,000 megawatts of proposed wind
generation, an agency spokesman said.
After evaluating the potential for wind-generation in about 25
areas in the state, the Texas Public Utility Commission agreed to
designate eight areas as "Competitive Renewable Energy Zones." or CREZ
zones, said PUC spokesman Terry Hadley.
"It's a really good day for wind industry in Texas - for economic
development and for air quality," said Susan Williams Sloan of the
American Wind Energy Association, a trade group for the wind industry.
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