wind tax

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming lawmakers are discussing whether to end a tax break on new wind energy projects. The Legislature’s Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee voted 6-5 Friday to draft a bill that would eliminate a three-year electricity tax moratorium for new wind projects ...

The Casper Star-Tribune reports the Joint Revenue Committee talked to Montana lawmakers Monday about their state’s electricity taxes.

Rob Godby directs the Center for Energy Economics and Public Policy at the University of Wyoming.

A third proposal that would have imposed a five-year escalating tax also died.

Wyoming already levies a $1 per megawatt hour tax on wind production.

The House Revenue Committee voted down the measure Monday in a 7-2 decision.

Officials warn any big increase could cause the Power Company of Wyoming to suspend development of its Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project.

She says talk about increasing the tax puts the project at risk.

Reorganizing the department of health, how to tax wind energy and what to do with the school trust lands in Grand Teton National Park were on the agenda today in the Legislature.