Associated Press: New England needs new electricity sources and has some of the highest electricity rates in the nation. Wind is free and abundant along the coastline. And unlike fossil fuels, wind turbines do not produce the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming. All of those factors were behind Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri’s pledge nearly two years ago to bring wind power to a state where there is just one operating wind turbine. His goal was to get 15% of the state’s electrical power from …