Republican legislators in Wyoming have introduced a bill that would forbid utilities from using wind or solar sources for their electricity by 2019, effectively banning large-scale renewable energy in the state. The bill’s nine sponsors — two senators and seven representatives — count among their number climate change deniers and denizens of the state’s top coal-producing counties. Image
Republican legislators in Wyoming have introduced a bill that would forbid utilities from using wind or solar sources for their electricity by 2019, effectively banning large-scale renewable energy in the state. The bill’s nine sponsors — two senators and seven representatives — count among their number climate change deniers and denizens of the state’s top coal-producing counties. The bill would require utilities to use “eligible resources” to generate electricity — coal, oil, gas, nuclear, and hydroelectric power, as well as individual net metering.