>which cuts off the pacific northwest, Which is mostly ok, as Eastern Washington and central / eastern Oregon fit the bill both for these state as a whole, plu

>which cuts off the pacific northwest, Which is mostly ok, as Eastern Washington and central / eastern Oregon fit the bill both for these state as a whole, plus could be theoretically exporting their hydro / solar / wind generated power to other parts of the country. Problem is, the rural parts of these states feel ignored by the urban (read: politically powerful) parts of the states, leading to all sorts of pettiness around siting of new wind / solar deployments.