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: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 22 2017, @09:22PM
Maybe if we had an actual example where real deal capitalism didn't morph into crony-capitalism, we'd be able to tell the difference.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday January 23 2017, @06:37PM
Oh it always does. To what degree is the bit in question. It's quantum like that. One minute you don't have enough corruption to call it crony-capitalism, the next you do, with no middle ground in between.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.