Energy Infrastructure

An American crypto mining company is expected to begin operation late this year. It purchased the facility from Miners One Partners, a British Virgin Islands limited partnership that has a majority of China owners. That worried national security officials since the facility is near a missile base.

Wyoming’s largest electricity provider is proposing to raise rates for the third time in a year. Rocky Mountain Power filed the 14.7 percent request with the Wyoming Public Service Commission (WPSC), which is in charge of regulating public utilities, on Aug. 2. If approved, it’d amount to about $17 extra per month for the average customer.

Studies show the nation’s aging power grid isn’t ready to handle the energy shift from fossil fuels to renewables. The federal government hopes a historic investment will fix that for states and tribes in the Mountain West and beyond.

Federal and state officials dug into a pile of dirt on the Overland Trail Ranch, just southeast of Rawlins, on a recent windy day.They “broke ground” on the TransWest Express Transmission project – which will be a 732-mile line that will transfer renewable electricity across the West. Many say it is a crucial piece of the puzzle for the future renewable energy grid.

There’s no doubt Wyoming is an energy state. With its low population most of the energy produced from fossil fuels and now increasingly from wind are sent…

The energy futures of Wyoming and California are becoming increasingly intertwined. Late last month, California Governor Jerry Brown announced that he’s…