Report: Wyoming Leads Coal-Burning States With Lowest Power Rates In The U.S.

[rangerrebew]

Report: Wyoming Leads Coal-Burning States With Lowest Power Rates In The U.S.
Wyoming and other coal-friendly energy states have low power rates, with Wyoming ranking as the lowest in the nation. That’s what the American Legislative Exchange Council says in its annual report.


David Madison
April 03, 2025
 
Wyoming residents play less than most Americans for electricity, says a Wednesday report from the American Legislative Exchange Council that declares Wyoming is home to the lowest power bills in the United States.

“As the lowest-cost state for energy consumers in the nation, Wyoming stands out for its excellent affordability, reliability and grid mix ratings,” reports ALEC in the fourth edition of its annual Energy Affordability Report.

“The state does not have a Renewable Portfolio Standard, nor does it participate in cap-and-trade carbon tax schemes that plague high-cost states,” continues the report, which evaluated in cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) data from 2023 compiled by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. It includes residential, commercial, industrial and transportation sectors.


The ALEC report found Wyoming residents pay 8.24 cents per kWh, followed closely by North Dakota (8.42 cents per kWh) and Idaho (8.51 kWh).

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/04/03/wyoming-leads-coal-burning-states-with-lowest-power-rates-in-the-u-s/

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Gee, is their a correlation between cheap sources of energy and cheap power rates?

[Bigun]

Gee, is their a correlation between cheap sources of energy and cheap power rates?

Yeah! Who would ever think that? /S

[roamer_1]

Well sorta...

Montana is a coal burning state too, but by far and away our cheap power comes from Hydroelectric, not coal. I dare say it is the same in all the Rocky Mountain states, to include our sister and neighbor, Wyoming.

[bigheadfred]

Wyoming gets most of its electricity from coal.

[Smokin Joe]

North Dakota gets 58% from coal--and has a 500 year supply of known mineable lignite.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

North Dakota gets 58% from coal--and has a 500 year supply of known mineable lignite.

Coal is the most plentiful and widespread hydrocarbon in the world, packed with potential and kinetic energy, easy enough to transport, can be stored right next to power plants so supplies uninterruptible fuel supply, and cheap.  And it doesn't require geography to place it next to water supply or dams.

What is not to like?

[Smokin Joe]

Coal is the most plentiful and widespread hydrocarbon in the world, packed with potential and kinetic energy, easy enough to transport, can be stored right next to power plants so supplies uninterruptible fuel supply, and cheap.  And it doesn't require geography to place it next to water supply or dams.

What is not to like?

Well, there is fly ash...but even that can be used as a by product.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Well, there is fly ash...but even that can be used as a by product.

Am betting the Chinese use it as fertilizer, along with its traditional human waste fertilizer.

[Smokin Joe]

Am betting the Chinese use it as fertilizer, along with its traditional human waste fertilizer.

We use it to stabilize fine drill solids removed from the drilling mud via centrifuge. It absorbs the remaining fluids in the solids and makes for material that will better support the weight of overlying soil and subsequent layers in landfills (improves bearing strength). (Cuttings are no longer disposed of in pits on the drill site, and haven't been for a couple of decades, now, especially since the advent of multi-well pads.)