February 6, 2019
Wyoming
Wyoming
Lawmakers won’t increase wind tax
At the Legislature | Gillette News Record | www.gillettenewsrecord.com
At the Legislature | Gillette News Record | www.gillettenewsrecord.com
CHEYENNE – Several proposals that would raise taxes on wind energy in Wyoming have died in the state Legislature.
The bills included one to raise the $1 per megawatt hour tax to $4 per megawatt hour and another to add $4 to the existing tax for a total of $5 per megawatt hour.
A third proposal that would have imposed a five-year escalating tax also died.
The wind tax may still come up again in a different forum. Republican Sen. Cale Case, of Lander, has been a proponent of raising the tax for years and has encouraged an initiative attempt to put the wind tax on the ballot in 2020.
URL to article: https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2019/02/06/lawmakers-wont-increase-wind-tax/