Wind Developers Fear New State Taxes
By Dustin BleizefferCasper Star-Tribune
CASPER - Wind developers are bracing against draft legislation that would impose a tax on the generation of wind energy in the state, claiming that Wyoming is already among the most expensive places to generate wind energy.
“Wyoming is already very high in terms of property tax and sales tax,” said Cheryl Riley, executive director of the industry trade association Wyoming Power Producers Coalition.
Rather than creating a tax specifically on wind energy, lawmakers are considering a tax on all electrical generation, then providing tax credits or exemptions to all other forms of generation but wind. The purpose for this strategy is to fit within the state’s constitution, which prohibits singling out a particular industry for exclusive taxation.
Sen. John Schiffer, R-Kaycee, is chairman of the Senate Revenue Committee. He testified Monday before the state Wind Energy Task Force regarding the draft legislation.
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