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The stunningly high price of coal is largely the consequence of a supply and demand mismatch in the natural gas market.

Lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a bill authorizing regulators to set reimbursement rates for home-generated solar power and requiring them to “prevent subsidization” of small renewable-power installations. Supported unanimously by the Senate Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee, Senate File 16 — New Net Metering Systems represents the third time in 18 months legislators have sought to cut the amount paid to customers who generate more solar electricity than they use. The bill reignited a debate over subsidies, who controls rates, how utilities balance infrastru...

The state Senate Corporations Committee approved a bill that would reform the net metering system for those who use renewable energy to reduce their

Courtesy photo 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 sign...

Dustin Bleizeffer: There is one state that still craves coal Wyoming risks being left behind as the West moves to renewable sources of energy. (Jeff Gearino | The Casper Star-Tribune via AP) In this Nov. 29, 2006, photo, steam rises from the huge boiler units at the coal-fired Jim Bridger Power Plant east of Rock Springs, Wyo. By Dustin Bleizeffer | Writers on the Range   | Dec. 15, 2020, 8:14 p.m. 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 ...