Wyoming

Developer rPlus Hydro submits application for a final license to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for Seminoe project, a milestone reached only a few pumped storage projects in the last 20 years.

The coal and oil state says that the proposed laws aim to protect its fossil-fuel related revenues, seeking to end sales of electric vehicles by 2035 and net metering by the summer of 2024.

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The Brightfields Energy Siting tool identifies areas in Wyoming where new energy development is unlikely to encounter land-use conflicts.

While the full Integrated Resource Plan has yet to be submitted to regulators, we now know that PacifiCorp is planning no new investments in gas or coal, with plans to retire all coal units by 2040.

The installation represents more capacity than the state has installed to date, with the project’s developer hinting at more to come.

The solar installation will use First Solar Series 6 modules and the research facility will return up to $10 million to the university through energy savings and services.

The proposed legislation is vague, but the state’s utility regulators would be tasked with creating a new program that would be “fair” to all ratepayers.

Also in the brief: Wyoming regulators are critical of Pacificorp’s transition plan and solar and renewable industry leaders have begun an initiative to increase workforce diversity and inclusion throughout the industry.

Even four years of the most pro-coal president in recent memory has done little to change coal’s misfortunes.