GE Set for a Pickens Windfall

FPL Group (FPL Quote), the parent of Florida Power & Light, embraced wind power years ago and now ranks as the nation's leading supplier of "clean" energy. The company uses wind to generate one-third of its total power supply, relying on 58 wind farms scattered across 16 different states to meet its needs. While some of those farms serve the crowded West Coast, where demand for clean energy runs high, most of them lie right in the nation's heartland.

Under the Pickens Plan, the U.S. would fully harness that power in the sky.

"That is a fabulous resource for this country," Pickens says. "And you've got it all along the coasts, too ... That's available, if the people want it."