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Windy Wyoming debates excise tax for wind energy

Gov. Freudenthal said wind can be a beneficial industry for Wyoming, but doesn’t deserve special treatment.

A proposal in Wyoming to impose the nation’s first state excise tax on wind energy production is generating debate over how the state should handle the arrival of massive wind farms to its wind-swept plains and plateaus.

Gov. Dave Freudenthal made the wind energy tax a centerpiece of his legislative agenda, drawing surprise and alarm from some in the state’s fledgling wind industry. The proposal cleared its first hurdle Thursday when the state House voted to introduce the bill.

By Matt Joyce

Associated Press

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