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Comment by Wade Wilson on October 28, 2008 at 1:10pm

My name is Wade Wilson and I am President of Legacy Energy Group, LLC. Our primary focus at this time is Community Wind and Biomass Power projects. These type projects support local economies with good-paying jobs; landowner fees; and, taxes paid to schools, towns, counties and others.

A community organization such as Cities, Counties, Schools, Economic Development Organizations, Non-Profits or most groups serving the community as a whole may participate in up to 20% ownership of a wind farm with no capital expenditures and they have the OPTION to increase participation by an additional 10% with very little capital outlay. This program helps promote energy independence as well as providing good paying green jobs within the community and provides long term income that stays in the community.

Our program includes all development capital as well as construction funding. If you would like to help promote a community wind project in your community please join our group or contact us for more information. We are currently working on several projects and are more than willing to give references to serious parties.

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Comment by Fred Acree on August 28, 2008 at 7:45am

Matt Pirko,
Waco should be one of the places in central Texas that has a fair amount of wind. My dad had a farm in the Moody area just south of Waco and I remember the wind just seemed to blow there all the time.

There are official wind charts from NOAA's website and I believe I saw a chart on the Texas Farm-Ranch Group's website.

Comment by Fred Acree on August 24, 2008 at 10:25pm

Linda Lee Mann,

You do not say where you reside. Here in Johnson City, TX our electric company is Pedernales Electric Company (PEC). They provide online ample information to customers who want to power there own homes and ranches and sell back the excess.

I don't understand the "no infrastructure" of your local power company. Clue me in? I agree about the expense. The whole "system" to hook into their grid and sell back is costly because the safety and reliability components are expense additions that you must absorb. The only thing they provide is the meter, which remains their property.

Comment by Fred Acree on August 24, 2008 at 10:16pm

We live just outside Johnson City on a small 40 acre retirement ranch. Due to our location in Texas and the many live oak trees, we have not experienced enough wind on a consistant basis to install a 10KW wind generation system.

But, we are considering covering our house 2800 sf roof and workshop 1900 sf roof with solar cells.

Two things: One is the expense of available cells, and the unavailability of flexible cells right now. Two, there is no Texas "tax" credit since Texas has no income tax, and there does not seem to be a Federal tax credit at this time nor one in progress.

Any clues?

Comment by Linda Lee Mann on August 10, 2008 at 11:10am

What happens when the local electrical company doesn't have the infrastructure to support the buy back of power. I have been looking at these for awhile and haven't persued it because of cost and the negativism from the power company.

Comment by Louis Pike McCasland Jr. on August 1, 2008 at 7:38pm

Hello:

Do you have any cost for the equipment and procedures to join in on the local grid?
Years ago I knew some ranchers in West Texas that had wind generators. They produce 12v and the rancher would have many 12v batteries in his garage. The best I can remember there must have been 100 or more batteries. I assume now that all his lights and appliances were 12v.

Lou McCasland

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