[mountainethos]

Right, and places like Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Montana are not included in the Midwest. The point isn't that the wind belt region makes up exactly 1/5 of the population, but that there are many people there that shouldn't be dismissed because they aren't in the most densely populated cities.

[throwaway7645]

Oklahoma is definitely included in this RTO's footprint as is Kansas and parts of Montana.