Table 6.  U.S. Regional Wind Generating Capacity in Various Cases, 2020
(Gigawatts)

Region

Capacity Limit,
Step 1

AEO99 Reference Case

AEO99 High Renewables Case

Kyoto Protocol 1990-7% Case

ECAR

0.4

0.0

0.3

2.2

ERCOT

1.5

0.2

1.2

4.3

MAAC

0.9

0.0

0.2

4.0

MAPP

7.1

0.7

0.8

7.0

NY

0.3

0.0a

0.2

0.7

NE

0.9

0.3

0.5

2.8

STV

0.2

0.1

0.4

1.6

SPP

2.4

0.0

0.8

10.1

NWP

7.7

0.0a

7.5

8.3

RA

4.0

0.2

7.1

5.6

CNV

2.4

2.1

3.1

5.0

  U.S. Total

27.7

3.6

22.0

51.4

aLess than 0.05 gigawatt.
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
Sources: Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 1999, DOE/EIA-0383(99) (Washington, DC, December 1998), and Impacts of the Kyoto Protocol on U.S. Energy Markets and Economic Activity, SR/OIAF-98-03 (Washington, DC, October 1998).