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EnergyPlatform.News(letter)
March 10, 2025
In this week’s edition of energy and environmental policy news across the states: Wyoming’s complementary policy for wind waste and coal mines, the effort to site high-voltage transmission lines, the costs of carbon emissions reduction efforts, At a glance: Louisiana.
Plus: U.S. Rep. Erin Houchin on unleashing American energy independence.
Decommissioned wind turbine blades and towers will be buried at Wyoming open-pit coal mines under a state-led plan recently approved by the federal government.
The arrangement, which provides coal pit companies with needed material to fill the void left by open pit mining, will generate fee revenue for companies that take the blades, and the state of Wyoming will get 25% of that revenue.
Landowners in southeastern Colorado, Oklahoma and New Mexico are contesting efforts by the federal government to establish high-voltage electricity transmission lines on their land.
A new report by the Common Sense Institute (CSI), a nonpartisan think tank, found Colorado’s carbon emission reduction goals will cost ratepayers $108 billion through 2050. The price of electricity will grow at more than three times the rate of inflation, meaning by 2030, households will spend $390 to $504 more each year on electricity.
A snapshot of energy and environmental facts about the state of Louisiana.
For four years, the Trump administration led with an America First energy agenda, prioritizing domestic production, lowering costs for families, and providing a source of economic strength... Unfortunately, the Biden administration reversed course, implementing radical environmental policies that have crippled American energy production, driven up prices, and left us dependent on foreign nations that do not have our best interests at heart.
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