After several years of debate, a coalition has emerged around the idea of a strong national electric grid, centrally planned and broadly financed, that would promote renewable energy. The group includes giant investor-owned utilities, public power entities, influential elected officials of both parties and state energy officials, and they speak with a single voice.
And they oppose it.
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/alliance-against-a-wind-rich-grid-2/?src=twt&twt=nytenvironment