Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Department of Commerce's glossy business magazine this month gushes "Wind developers find sweet spot in Idaho." Even Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter weighs in, bragging how Idaho has the "raw materials in abundance, with hydropower, geothermal, wind, solar and biomass." Outside this irrepressibly bubbly PR publication, however, the sweet talk is decidedly more bitter as debate over the industry's future dominates the Capitol. On Monday, a House committee spent a second day listening to impassioned testimony on a measure to cancel all new wind development for the next two years. Meanwhile, Idaho Power Co., along with its allies Avista Corp. and Rocky Mountain Power, succeeded in derailing a separate measure to extend a 6 percent sales tax rebate for alternative power developers while negotiations over a compromise continue.