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Researchers estimate that energy costs will go up for consumers, and jobs could be lost as Republicans gut clean energy programs. In fast-growing areas like the Mountain West, these cuts could severely hurt grid capacity.

SF 111 would’ve made it more expensive for homeowners producing their electricity with rooftop solar by changing how new solar users are compensated for the electricity they put back into the power grid and adding fees.

An effort to ban new large wind or solar projects in Wyoming until 2030 has failed amid large public pushback. Many testified it would put a ‘closed for business’ sign on Wyoming.

Nearby smoke plumes can drop generation substantially, but smoke that blows in from distant blazes appears to have only a "modest" effect.

The investment fund could help tribes unlock tens of millions in federal money and enhance their sovereignty.

A new report shows the nation’s solar workforce grew 6% to nearly 280,000 jobs last year, which is a record high. And a lot of that growth was led by the West.

The plan opens up 31 million acres of public lands to solar development across 11 western states.

More than 10 million U.S. homes sit within three miles of a solar farm. A new national survey looks into how people feel about having these large renewable energy projects as their neighbors.

The $135 million will go towards building and maintaining residential solar installations on a number of reservations.

In celebration of Earth Day, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded over $1 million to nine rural businesses in Wyoming to help them lower energy costs. The money comes from the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), which is funded by the Inflation Reduction Act. The REAP initiative helps agricultural producers and rural small businesses use more renewable energy sources and increase their overall energy efficiency.