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Lawmakers press for transmission, exceptions as Wyoming rolls out Energy Dominance Fund
Summary
Lawmakers and industry debated how to make Wyoming ——energy-dominance—— projects viable: by creating industrial sovereign zones and an Energy Dominance Fund, improving permitting, and resolving power-generation and transmission constraints. The committee asked LSO to draft multiple placeholder bills including utility exceptions and an energy transmission loan program.
The committee heard a two-part statutory overview from LSO on the Energy Dominance package enacted in last session and then spent most of the meeting on how to turn those laws into projects.
LSO staff summarized HB 120, which allows counties to nominate industrial sovereign zones (expedited DEQ permitting, manufacturing sales-tax exemptions and voluntary certification tied to methane intensity standards) and SF 123, which creates an Energy Dominance Fund to receive up to $105 million in excess severance taxes in fiscal 2027 for grants and loans for energy-related projects (with matching requirements and a prohibition on wind and solar projects).
Testimony from industry groups, mining firms and economic-development advocates emphasized urgency. Jason Baeger of US Gold…
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