able energy 
systems in the last 30 years or so. What we see is that all of these 
new technologies have come down in price dramatically. We look at wind 
here that in 1980 was 30 cents a kilowatt hour, is down to about 4, 5, 
6, and is projected to continue to go down.
  In my neck of the woods, wind is a huge new growth industry. We are 
putting in North America's largest wind farm in southeast Washington, a 
utility very close to where I live. It is essentially market based in a 
lot of places.
  We see 