energy

Old plants, new ideas: Who might buy a retired coal power unit?

November 19, 2019 by Dustin Bleizeffer 4 Comments

Backers of Wyoming’s efforts to find second lives for aging coal plants describe several profitable scenarios. But how does their vision for coal power stack up in a quickly shifting power market?

The Wyoming PSC’s uncomfortable moment in the spotlight

November 19, 2019 by Andrew Graham 2 Comments

With few options to slow coal’s decline, lawmakers turn to a lever that in better days may have been anathema to free-market Republicans: the regulators.

Chasing coal-plant longevity, bills open door to deregulation

November 19, 2019 by Angus M. Thuermer Jr. 1 Comment

Wyoming Lawmakers eye measures meant to prop up coal, but some observers say they could upend the entire electric utility system. Power suppliers are expected to fight the proposed legislation.

The great coal transition, an economist’s perspective

Opinion

November 19, 2019 by Jason Shogren 2 Comments

Economies change, writes guest columnist Jason Shogren. But when that happens, the question is whether to rip off the metaphorical Band-Aid, or take the time to gently trim away the tape from the skin.

Gov. backs EQC as scrutiny of board mounts… again

November 12, 2019 by Andrew Graham 1 Comment

How does an Environmental Quality Council legal scrape relate to an old coal-bed methane fight? Some of the players, including Mark Gordon, are familiar.

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