http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=12525&hed=More+Cash+for+Clean+Energy§or=QAndA&subsector=PolicyMakersAndPundits Wind power supplied 2 percent of the United States’ renewable energy consumption in 2003, according to the Energy Information Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Energy. As a whole, renewable energy made up 6 percent of the nation’s energy use. Wind energy is one of the cheapest, most widespread, and fastest-growing forms of renewable energy. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory projects wind energy costs an average of $0.02 per kilowatt hour this year. Here is the link to the 2 cent per kwh reference. I will find the info on the allocation of the funds witheld from consumer's electric bills to pay for nuclear waste disposal.