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On March 2, 2009, Mesa announced that it was proceeding with the first phase of the project, but had put off work on the later phases, and canceled 120 of 197 wind leases. In July 2009, Pickens delayed the project, but did not cancel it, citing the lack of transmission capacity to the site and a poor
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