The Wyoming House and Senate have passed the nation’s first tax on wind energy and sent the bill to Governor Dave Freudenthal. The Democratic Governor proposed the new tax to the Republican-dominated legislature last month and so is almost certain to sign the bill into law.
The new excise tax of one dollar per megawatt hour will begin in 2012 and will apply to windmills that have been generating electricity for three years or more. Revenues are to be split 60-40 between…
