Commercial Wind Energy Development in Wyoming:
A Guide for Landowners, 2nd ed.
The updated Commercial Wind Energy Development in Wyoming: A Guide for Landowners, 2nd edition offers insight into ownership/leasing structures, incentives, enforcing existing contracts, and recently passed laws impacting wind energy development. The Guide is provided as a service to the state by the University of Wyoming Ruckelshaus Institute for Environment and Natural Resources, School of Energy Resources, College of Law, and Cooperative Extension Service.
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Contents:
Forward
Chapter One: The Role and Contenxt of Wind Energy
Chapter Two: Stages of Wind Energy Development
Chapter Three: Legal Considerations of Wind Energy Development
Chapter Four: Living with Wind Development
Conclusion
Endnotes
Appendix I: Additional Resources
Appendix II: Wind Energy Rights Act
Additional Information:
Wyoming Anemometer and Meteorological Tower Service Companies
Relevant Wind Energy Legislation/Rules/Regualtions in Wyoming:
Wyoming Wind Energy Rights Act
Wyoming Statutes, Title 1, Chapter 26 “Eminent Domain,” Article 8
Wyoming Statutes, Title 18, Chapter 5, Article 5 “Wind Energy Facilities"
Wyoming Statutes, Title 39, Chapter 22 “Tax upon Production of Electricity from Wind Resources
Wyoming Office of State Lands and Investments (OSLI) Rules and Regulations Board of Land Commissioners. Chapter 6, Wind Energy Leasing
County Level Regulations
Wyoming Anemometer and Meteorological Tower Service Companies
KB Energy
1704 State Hwy 13
HC 64 Box 412
Arlington, WY 82083
(307) 378-3480
http://www.kbenergy.com
Inter-Mountain Labs
555 Absaraka Avenue
Sheridan, Wyoming 82801
(307) 674-7506
http://www.intermountainlabs.com/
County Level Regualtions
Nine Wyoming counties have enacted regulations for wind energy development within a land use plan and/or zoning regulation. Click on the county name to access the regualtions.
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Regulation
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Albany
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Albany County Wind Energy Siting Regulations
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Carbon
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Carbon County Section 5.11 – Wind Energy Overlay-District Regulations (2011)
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Converse
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Wind Energy Siting Regulations (2010)
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Laramie
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The Laramie County Land Use Regulations, Section 2-2-125, Large Wind Energy Systems (2011)
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Lincoln
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Land Use Regulations, Chapter 6: Development Standards, Section 6.31, Wind Power/Wind Energy/Wind Farm
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Natrona
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Zoning Resolution of Natrona County, Chapter VIII, Meteorological Tower and Wind Energy Conversion System Regulations
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Park
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Development Standards and Regulations 2010, Chapter IV: Zoning Standards and Regulations, Section 3, Part a(12): Wind Power (Commercial)
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Platte
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Wind Energy Siting Regulations
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Sweetwater
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Resolution 06-07-PZ-01, Wind Farm Zoning Regulations
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