All Posts Tagged With: "Platte County"

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Landowners in SE Wyoming Get Lowdown
on Niobrara Play

One of the seminar’s speakers, Attorney Matt Romsa, said one question he’s been asked several times in the last eight months is what happens if a landowner doesn’t sign an oil and gas lease? “You’re obviously not obligated to sign a lease,” he said. But that has consequences …

12Nov2010 | admin | 15 comments | Continued
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State Nets Record O&G Lease Sale Amidst
Talk of New Play

The quarterly lease sale that took place in Cheyenne this week shattered the previous record of $30 million set in 2008. The highest bids came on leases in Converse, Goshen and Platte counties in the eastern and southeastern region of the state.

14May2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyoming: New Wrinkle in Eminent Domain?

Platte County rancher Bob Whitton likens the power of eminent domain to brandishing a gun in an argument. “The threat is there without having to use it,” said Whitton, chairman of the Renewable Energy Alliance of Landowners, or REAL. Wyoming leaders are once again rethinking the power of eminent domain in the midst of a modest boom in wind energy.

22Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Taxes and Transmission Issues Threaten
State’s Wind Energy Development

Laviolette, who also oversees wind development projects in other states as well as Wyoming, cited taxes as a major drawback to building wind farms in Wyoming. He said in other states, wind developers do not have to pay property or sales tax on their farms, which makes it cheaper to construct facilities, despite the fact that the wind quality in Wyoming is higher.

15Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Waste to Energy Plant a Possibility in Guernsey Area

American Renewable Energy Associates (AREA) is currently working in conjunction with other groups and businesses to explore the possibility of a waste to energy power plant.

23Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Landowners Speak Out Against Gateway West
Transmission Project

Among the many landowners who spoke against aspects of the project during Monday’s meeting was Bob Whitton (right), Chairman of the Renewable Energy Alliance of Landowners.

16Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wind Energy in Platte County:
Landowners’ Perspective

As plans for wind energy development in Platte County and Southeast Wyoming continue, landowners still maintain a vital role in the process of finding the best way to establish wind farms and transmission lines in the area.

1Jul2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued