Many people already have a strong opinion about it

Dan Francisco, a spokesperson of Micron explained that Micron believes it's uniquely positioned to use its expertise in semiconductor manufacturing industry to help dramatically lower costs for development of these technologies. Plus its research and development team is already familiar with led high bay light this type of technology. Francisco indicated that if granted stimulus funding, Micron could act swiftly on the solar and LED projects with the potential of solar lines being production ready in micron facilities by the end of this calendar year.

The LED lighting would be production ready in 2010. But, with hundreds of other proposals from both public and private interests, Micron has a lot of competition for the cash. The Governor's Executive Stimulus Committee would begin sorting through all the applications. Many people already have a strong opinion about it. They'd like to see Micron given the opportunity to rebound from it's recent slump.Well I think solar energy would be great. We have a lot of that in Idaho, a lot of solar.  We have a lot of wind, so alternative types of energy are always good," said Rep. Jim Patrick.

Once the stimulus committee reaches a decision, Otter will review their findings and present an updated budget to the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee. Micron says if it is granted a chunk of the money, it could potentially establish Idaho as a hub of manufacturing for green solar and led high bay light.The shipments of notebook PCs with LED backlights reached 3.7 million in the final quarter of 2008 – a 62% rise on the preceding quarter. 13.4% of notebooks shipped in the closing quarter of the year featured LED backlighting technology, compared with a market share of only 6.3% in the third quarter, according to a recent report.