Vail Resorts to switch to wind power (AP)

DENVER - Vail Resorts said it will buy enough wind-generated electricity to replace all the power used by its five ski areas and more than 135 other stores, lodges and offices. Vail said Tuesday it would purchase nearly 152,000 megawatt-hours of wind-generated electricity a year, making it the second-largest corporate purchaser of wind power in the country. It did not immediately disclose the cost. In January, Austin, Texas-based natural food grocer Whole Foods Market Inc. said it would buy 458 ...