THE GREAT PLAINS AND PRAIRIES

The great plains extends form Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada thru all the mid section of the United States. The states are parts of Montana, all North Dakota, and South Dakota, parts of Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, and most of Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and a great part of Texas.

The book mentions that the earliest large-scale wind farms were erected in California, but Texas has far exceeded California's wind power capacity. Late 2007, wind power capacities in place or under construction in Texas alone was greater than the combined equivalent capacities in California, Oregon, and Washington.  Here is a link of the California wind energy.

http://www.energy.ca.gov/wind/overview.html