The 2009 Kansas Wind and Renewable Energy Conference was held October 6-7 in Topeka.  Keala Timko and Amy Shoffner attended this conference representing AETF.  The days were full of speakers and breakout sessions of many topics. Governor Parkinson was the opening speaker for both mornings.  Wednesday morning he spoke on "The Future of Renewable Energy in Kansas".  Ten years ago less than 1% of energy was produced by wind and in 2009, there are one thousand megawatts of wind being produced in Kansas.  There are seven new WindFarms in 2009 and 70 windfarms under consideration.  The 2009 legislature passed a form of net metering with potential positive changes to that law in the future.  Twenty billion dollars have been spent in the last few years for road improvement.
    Micahel Eckhart, American Council On Renewable Energy, spoke on the ACORE 20 Gigawatt Study for Kansas.   "Kansas is in the middle of wind, solar and biomass possibilities. Energy is competition for jobs."