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As the rest of the West rushes to meet increasingly ambitious goals to reduce carbon emissions, one state is moving in exactly the opposite direction. It’s Wyoming, which even wants to take on the coal-fired generation that states such as Oregon and Washington are abandoning.
Wyoming residents and businesses enjoy among the lowest rates for electricity because most of the state’s power comes from burning coal, but those cost dynamics are changing quickly, making coal a liability.
Recently, a legislative committee advanced a bill to raise taxes on wind energy while also signaling distaste for rooftop solar and other forms of customer-generated electricity. It seems a perplexing stance in the context of other states in the West that are retiring coal-fired power plants at a rapid clip.
One state still craves coal
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FERC Chair James Danly proposed issuing a section 206 proceeding following blackouts across California last summer in order to determine whether the market needs modification ahead of next summer. I think that there is an urgent need for action in CAISO, he said. Our job is to ensure that rates are just and reasonable. And I think that given the experience in CAISO it is necessary for us to ask the question as to whether or not in our oversight responsibilities, it is necessary to inquire as to the fitness of the tariffs they currently have, he added.