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Inside Wyoming's Mission Control For Largest Fleet Of Wind Turbines In The West
PacifiCorp owns 1,032 turbines in the U.S. Northwest and is the most by any rate-regulated power company in the western half of America. It's all controlled from its "mission control center" in Casper, Wyoming.
Pat MaioFebruary 04, 2024

$230 Million Wind Farm Near Glenrock Could Bring 200 Jobs, Power 44,000 Homes
Virginia-based energy giant AES Corp. says its $230 million Settler wind farm near Glenrock, Wyoming, could bring 200 jobs at the peak of construction and produce enough electricity to power 44,000 homes.
Pat MaioFebruary 02, 2024

Wyoming Wants To Use $10 Million In Biden Tax Credits To Access Oil
The Wyoming Legislature will consider a proposal this month to use $10 million from a Biden Administration tax credit for enhanced oil recovery.
Pat MaioFebruary 01, 2024

Canadian Company To Go After Millions Of Pounds Of Wyoming Uranium
A rush to open uranium mines in Wyoming has Nuclear Fuels looking across the Kaycee countryside for deposits that could access millions of pounds of uranium as the state and nation rush to roll out new nuclear plants.
Pat MaioJanuary 31, 2024

Wyoming Mining Industries Headed For Showdown Over Property Rights
A Cheyenne legislator has sponsored a bill that could give Wyoming surface rights owners the ability to halt some minerals extraction on their land for any reason. "It would have a very significant change in the mining industry," the Wyoming Mining Association said.
Pat MaioJanuary 31, 2024

Biden Ban On Gas Exports Another Hit For Wyoming’s Oil And Gas Industries
A Biden administration ban on liquid natural gas exports announced Friday is just another hit from federal agencies aimed at ending oil and gas in the U.S. and Wyoming.
Pat MaioJanuary 29, 2024

Why Are There People Driving Electric Vehicles In Gillette, Wyoming?
One electric vehicle driver in Gillette says he gets “a lot of crap” for driving an EV. But he tells them he knows where his electricity comes from, and it’s coal. “I’m not from California and I don’t have my head stuck in the sand.”
Renée JeanJanuary 27, 2024

As Wyoming Coal Creek Mine Nears Closing, Locals Want To Build Industrial Park
With the closure of Arch Resources Inc.’s Coal Creek mine south of Gillette, local and Wyoming officials want to turn part of it into an industrial park.
Pat MaioJanuary 24, 2024

Potential Wyoming EV Charging Station Owners Say Investment In Them Too Shaky
As WYDOT is again planning to build out a statewide EV charging network across I-80, I-25 and I-90, potential station owners across the state say the plan is too shaky to invest in.
Pat MaioJanuary 22, 2024

Gillette’s Atlas Carbon Pioneers Making Wyoming Coal Profitable Without Burning It
Nearly a decade after setting up shop in Gillette to make Wyoming coal profitable doing something other than burning it, Atlas Carbon is building a new plant and tripling production.
Pat MaioJanuary 21, 2024

Uranium Prices Explode As Wyoming Uranium Miners Rush To Cash In
Uranium prices have exploded by 165% over the last year, and 15% just in the last week, which has caused a new rush for Wyoming Uranium miners to cash in. New uranium mines are opening up and expanding.
Pat MaioJanuary 19, 2024

Wyoming Oil And Gas Stand To Lose $900M, 3,000 Jobs Under BLM Plan
In comments protesting the controversial Rock Springs Resource Management Plan for 3.6 million acres in southwest Wyoming, the state’s oil and gas industries say they could lose $900 million and 3,000 jobs under the federal plan.
Pat MaioJanuary 18, 2024

Struggling Wyoming Coal Processing Company Merges With Colorado Firm
Gillette-based Clean Coal Technologies Inc., a coal processing technology company that has struggled for years to find a footing in a teetering coal market, has a new financial lifeline. If successful, the company's process for treating coal could boost Wyoming's struggling industry.
Pat MaioJanuary 16, 2024

Canada Energy Giant Wants To Build One Of Wyoming’s Largest Solar Farms
Despite sub-zero temperatures and snowfall blanketing Laramie County, a Canadian energy company wants to build a sprawling solar power farm that they say could power Wyoming industry. The proposed 771-megawatt solar power facility could generate enough electricity to light up more than 771,000 homes.
Pat MaioJanuary 15, 2024

$50 Million Effort On To Pump Wyoming’s Hidden Oil And Gas
A who’s who of U.S. energy companies are putting up half of a $50 million partnership with the University of Wyoming to pump the hidden oil and gas in Wyoming’s mature oil fields.
Pat MaioJanuary 12, 2024

Wyoming EV Network Not Dead As State Looks For Businesses To Run Charging Stations
Since being put on life support last spring, the State of Wyoming is again looking for private businesses to operate a network of new EV charging stations funded by $24 million in federal taxpayer money.
Pat MaioJanuary 11, 2024

Wyoming Uranium About To Boom As US Prices Rise
The uranium industry is riding a red-hot market. Miners want to reopen production lines throughout Wyoming, and perhaps hire hundreds to keep up with demand.
Pat MaioJanuary 10, 2024

Asphalt May Be A New Market For Struggling Wyoming Coal Industry
The state and Peabody Energy Corp. are among those investing millions of dollars into a demonstration project to show Wyoming coal can be made into asphalt for roads and parking lots.
Pat MaioJanuary 09, 2024

Rocky Mountain Power Customers To Get $9 Million Rebate On Overpaid Costs
Wyoming Public Service Commission approved an 11th-hour settlement Tuesday that will refund $9 million in overpayments to Rocky Mountain Power customers, lowering a rate hike for the first six months of 2024 from 8.3% to 5.5%.
Renée JeanDecember 20, 2023

Hageman, Lummis Bash Biden For Committing To Ending Coal By 2035
Harriet Hageman, Cynthia Lummis and Gov. Mark Gordon are all bashing President Joe Biden this week for doubling down on his message to end America’s coal industry by 2035.
Leo WolfsonDecember 06, 2023

$1.1 Million Wyoming Home Is So Energy Efficient It Costs Nothing To Power
A new model home near Lander lists for $1.1 million and is so energy efficient and self-sufficient it costs nothing to power, making it a model of what a modern net-zero house can be.
Renée JeanDecember 02, 2023

Kemmerer Nuclear Plant Might Be Powered By Wyoming Uranium
TerraPower and Uranium Energy Corp announced Thursday an agreement that may mean Wyoming uranium could power a planned nuclear plant in Kemmerer.
Renée JeanDecember 01, 2023

Laid-Off Wyoming Coal Miners Angry, Hurt To Lose Jobs They Love
Some of the 19 Wyoming coal miners laid off by the Black Butte mine this week say they’re angry and hurt to lose jobs they love, and that the company misled them to believe they had job security.
Leo WolfsonNovember 30, 2023

Wyoming Coal Mine Says Federal Roadblocks Forced Layoff Of 15% Of Workforce
Black Butte Coal Co. near Rock Springs, Wyoming, says continuing Biden administration roadblocks of a planned mine expansion has forced it to lay off 19 people this week, about 15% of its workforce.
Leo WolfsonNovember 30, 2023