ICAD Partner MidAmerican Energy First in Wind Farm Ownership

Wind Farms Total Nearly 2,000 Megawatts

A trade group says MidAmerican Energy Co. and subsidiary PacifiCorp rank first among U.S. electric utilities for ownership of wind farms.

The American Wind Energy Association says Des Moines, Iowa-based MidAmerican and its western subsidiary own wind farms with a total of nearly 2,000 megawatts of capacity.

BuzzPortland, Ore.-based PacifiCorp owns nearly half of that power.

PacifiCorp also scored third recently for green power programs recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy, which also named PacifiCorp its Energy Star Partner of 2009.