In May 2001, the Indian Mesa wind farm began operating in Pecos County, West Texas, with 125 turbines and a total installed capacity of 82.5 MW. The project sits on a mesa where the uses of the land include grazing livestock, primarily sheep, and hunting, and the project does not limit these uses. According to the US Government Accountability Office (GAO), the project paid about $930,000 in local school district taxes in 2003. The details appear in report GAO-04-756, published in September 2004, which summarises visits to nine wind power projects in five states.
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