Renewables now cheapest unsubsidized electricity in U.S. (Dec 2016) 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 five 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 sources ” to generate electricity — coal , oil , gas , nuclear , and hydroelectric power , as well as individual net metering .
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 five 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 sources ” to generate electricity — coal , oil , gas , nuclear , and hydroelectric power , as well as individual net metering .