Let's interrupt the series of 3 ( 1, 2, 3, for those with counting issues) stories about Pickens' latest plan to make oodles of (more) cash off his Natural Gas and Wind holdings (one of which I had tried to respond to, but unfortunately it appear this site has comment moderation on, and my comment has not been approved yet)with some real news.

A month ago, NYS Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced that an official investigation has been opened with regards to the tactics used by First Wind/UPC Wind and Noble Environmental Power in getting their turbines placed in New York.

In the interest of keeping things in one blog entry rather than trying to use volume to rationalize a position, here's a New York Times story on it.