Myths vs Facts of Wyoming Wind Energy
Renewable Energy, Wind and Wyoming
Ranchers and Farmers want renewable energy
Wyoming has the energy expertise, let’s make sure the jobs and revenue support Wyomingites
Let’s keep Wyoming an energy resource leader
It’s their land, they can do what they want with it.
Wind and solar help support farm and ranch families for generations to come.
Average of $11 million per year in land lease payments from wind farms to family ranchers and farms.
Let’s keep Wyoming an energy resource leader
Wyoming has the energy expertise, let’s make sure the jobs and revenue support Wyomingites
Let’s keep Wyoming an energy resource leader
Wind and solar are homegrown resources, just like our other energy sources.
Today, Wyoming produces 15 times more energy than it consumes making it the biggest net energy supplier in the US.
Wyoming has the energy expertise, let’s make sure the jobs and revenue support Wyomingites
Wyoming has the energy expertise, let’s make sure the jobs and revenue support Wyomingites
Wyoming has the energy expertise, let’s make sure the jobs and revenue support Wyomingites
More generation = More Revenue | Higher Taxes ≠ More Revenue
Through 2019, wind and solar have invested over $3.4 billion in Wyoming.
Rocky Mountain Power’s Energy Vision 2020 adds an additional 1,150 megawatts of wind, and between new development and upgrades to the transmission system there are already 900 construction workers busy in Wyoming.
Wyoming is one of the leading energy providers in the country.
Projected wind projects will bring in almost $10 billion of investment to Wyoming
Wyoming has the energy expertise, let’s make sure the jobs and revenue support Wyomingites
Wyoming has great wind potential from intense wind that comes through the mountain passes and across the prairie land.
Wyoming is 26th nationally in renewable energy generation as a percent of total state generation , just edging out Utah (27th) and Arizona (28th), but trailing other states in our region, like Idaho (3rd), South Dakota (5th), Montana (9th), North Dakota (12th), and Colorado (17th).
Wyoming is 17th in total wind generation, trailing New Mexico, North Dakota, and Colorado; while South Dakota, Idaho, and Montana are just behind.
Projected wind projects will bring in almost $10 billion of investment to Wyoming
Projected wind projects will bring in almost $10 billion of investment to Wyoming
Projected wind projects will bring in almost $10 billion of investment to Wyoming
- $739 million in property taxes,
- $410 million in sales and use taxes
- $452 million in generation taxes – all which go to support schools, first-responders, infrastructure, and other critical government services.
Wind and Solar provide for our communities and state
Projected wind projects will bring in almost $10 billion of investment to Wyoming
Projected wind projects will bring in almost $10 billion of investment to Wyoming
Wind and solar provide needed revenue to our communities and state budget.
Wind helps to diversity our state economy
Wind projects provide $8 million in tax revenue on average annually to local and state governments.
New transmission lines to support the increase in wind power pass through Carbon and Sweetwater Counties, providing them and surrounding municipalities with over $8 million in impact assistance.