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Wyoming Energy Authority: $141M invested from energy matching funds, Deloitte projects $1.2B GDP boost over 10 years
Summary
Rob Krieger told the Joint Appropriations Committee WEA has invested $141 million from the state energy matching fund, leveraged $430 million in federal and private match, and that a Deloitte analysis estimates a $1.2 billion increase to Wyoming's gross state product over the next decade; $13.3 million remains in the fund with current asks totaling $22.3 million.
Rob Krieger, executive director of the Wyoming Energy Authority, told the Joint Appropriations Committee that WEA has invested $141,000,000 from the state's energy matching funds and leveraged $430,000,000 in federal and private money on 27 projects across Wyoming.
Krieger said a third‑party economic analysis by Deloitte focused on the next decade and concluded the portfolio of investments is anticipated to increase the state's gross product by about $1,200,000,000 over 10 years. "We limited it to within the next decade," Krieger told the committee, describing the Deloitte review and its ROI timeframe.
The matching fund program began in 2022 with an original $100,000,000 appropriation. Krieger said…
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