Wyoming Debates Excise Tax for Wind Energy
By Matt Joyce
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A proposal in Wyoming to impose the nation’s first state excise tax on wind energy production is generating debate over how the state should handle the arrival of massive wind farms to its wind-swept plains and plateaus.
Gov. Dave Freudenthal made the wind energy tax a centerpiece of his legislative agenda, drawing surprise and alarm from some in the state’s fledgling wind industry. The proposal cleared its first hurdle Thursday when the state House voted to introduce the bill.
Freudenthal said wind can be a beneficial industry for Wyoming, but doesn’t deserve special treatment.
“It can help keep people in agriculture. It can help people have jobs, and hopefully it can lead to some manufacturing facilities in the state,” he said. “Having said all that, they are not entitled to a free ride. This is the first opportunity that this state has had in my lifetime to actually diversify its tax base.”
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