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The Christian Science Monitor reports on legislation proposed by Republican law-makers in Wyoming:
The bill would require utilities to use "eligible resources" to meet 95 percent of Wyoming's electricity needs in 2018, and all of its electricity needs in 2019.
Those "eligible resources" are defined solely as coal, hydroelectric, natural gas, nuclear, oil, and individual net metering.
The latter would encompass houses (and businesses?) with solar, wind or co-generation equipment. Utility-scale generation, however, could face a $10/MWh penalty.
The article notes that
Wyoming is the nation's largest coal producer [...] nearly 90 percent of the electricity generated in Wyoming came from coal in September 2016, the most recent month with available data.
A PDF of the bill, SF0071, is available on the Wyoming legislature's Web site.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 22 2017, @06:26PM
That is capitalism, but you've just got your blinders on, so of course it's impossible for you to see.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday January 23 2017, @06:54PM
No, sweety, that is what happens to capitalism if you don't hang corrupt officials by the neck until dead, dead, dead. It can be done properly, it just rarely is.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.