ND Wind Energy Expanding

andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t north-dakotaandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt North Dakotaandamp lt aandamp gt s Wind Energy will be expanding The states leading wind power developer says the company will be adding another one hundred seventy megawatts of generation Next Era Energy resources formerly Florida Power and Light will be expanding its andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t wind-farmandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt wind farmandamp lt aandamp gt s in Barnes and andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t burleigh-county-ndandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt Burleigh Countyandamp lt aandamp gt The companies CEO Mitch Davidson says this is not the end Mitch Davidson NextEra Energy Our expansion to build these facilities we will hire over 2300 employees from ND to build and construct our facilities That is what has happened so far to date in our existing facilities and we continue to do that going forward andamp quot This announcement comes as Governor andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t john-hoevenandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt John Hoevenandamp lt aandamp gt signs three bills extending tax breaks for wind energy production Representative Mike Brandenburg says without this legislation expansion of wind energy would be tough Rep Mike Brandenberg R andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t edgeley-ndandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt Edgeleyandamp lt aandamp gt andamp quot And you just never know when the sun and the moon and the stars oare going to come togetherAnd here we are today and I can remember talking about someday we are going to put up you know 100 megawatts and we started with 30 and 40 megawatts and now we have 130 megawatts and now we are talking about the possibility of a thousand megatts and you are going wow this really cant be true andamp quot Today andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t john-hoevenandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt Governor Hoevenandamp lt aandamp gt also signed a bill authorizing the North Dakota Transmission Authority to use two hundred forty million dollars in financing to build more transmission lines