The costs of wind power are huge. Texas is just now learning it. The generation costs are low but because the source is hundreds of miles from where the majority of people live, the costs to build transmission infrastructure is huge. Texas may have deregulated generation allowing many people to play in the game, but the transmission costs will be born by all Texans. Wind power companies can't compete financially if THEY have to pay for the infrastructure required of their remote location. And as a side note, people don't want wind mills in their back yard anymore than they want drilling rigs and pumps.