Should we be watching for this in WV?
Wyoming's legislature is considering a billhttp://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Introduced/SF0071.pdf that would effectively outlaw renewable energy in the state.
The so-called "Electricity Production Standardhttp://trib.com/news/electricity-production-standard/article_224f2c66-3112-56e3-b757-628e026c0b3e.html" proposes to penalize utilities in Wyoming for generating electricity from solar and wind energy. The bill would allow electric power to be generated using one of six pre-approved sources, including oil, natural gas, nuclear, hydropower and coal, to be used by Wyoming utility companies for electricity generation.
Neither solar nor wind energy are included on the list of allowed fuel sources.
If the bill is passed, utilities in Wyoming would incur a penalty of $10 per megawatt hour whenever they used wind or solar to produce electricity for state customers.
"I don't know how seriously to take it," Rep. Marti Halverson, R-Etna, told the Jackson Hold News & Guidehttp://www.jhnewsandguide.com/news/legislature/bills-could-deter-use-of-renewable-energy/article_d6b11648-ecbb-592e-b229-96248466fdaa.html. "My guess is that it's a little push back to the legislation that is being passed in other states that's saying, 'No coal, no how.'"
The proposed legislation is arguably the most benighted of the half-baked proposals to promote coal energy floated to date in coal-friendly states.
Full story is at:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2017/01/18/wyoming-considers-de-...
Jim Kotcon