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CHEYENNE — A proposal in Wyoming to impose the nation’s first state excise tax on wind-energy production is generating debate over how the state should handle the arrival of massive wind farms to its wind-swept plains and plateaus.
Gov. Dave Freudenthal made the wind-energy tax a centerpiece of his legislative agenda, drawing surprise and alarm from some in the state’s fledgling wind industry. The proposal cleared its first hurdle last week when the state House voted to introduce the bill.
