Question the increase request
By
— Don Thorson, Newcastle
To the Editor:
The western Wyoming power company, Rocky Mountain Power, owned by billionaire Warren Buffet, is asking for a significant rate increase in power for the purpose of raising capital to build more power lines for solar and wind power generated in Wyoming to be sent out of state.
This power is to replace power from coal plants, which were shut down in the Pacific states for the purpose of CO2 reduction. This power will be sold for a profit in those states. Remember, when the state legislature was discussing taxing the generators of this power that a tax would make the projects uneconomic. Now they want the citizens of Wyoming to pay the cost of exporting that power to another state.