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Powering Progress
An All-of-the-Above Energy Push
Wyoming has the energy, the ability, and the momentum. What we need now is urgency. To turn potential into power before demand outruns supply.
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Powering Progress is a statewide initiative to meet surging energy need head-on. With data centers, high-tech industries, and electrification driving up demand, Wyoming must expand generation, strengthen infrastructure, and unleash every energy resource we've got. We're championing a clear message: Let energy lead. Wyoming and America's future depends on it.
Wyoming's Energy Outlook
Wyoming's energy future is wired, but the plug is only halfway in. With the arrival of energy hungry data centers, rapid electrification across industries, and record-high utility rates across the nation, our energy demand is skyrocketing. And while Wyoming still enjoys some of the lowest electricity rates across the country (9.15 cents per kilowatt hour) we're not immune. In just five years, Wyoming's energy costs have increased by 12.68%, and demand has started to outpace supply.
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​Add that to a national emergency declaration from the White House, calling America's lack of domestic energy infrastructure a direct threat to economic and national security, and Wyoming's mission becomes crystal clear: We need more power. Now.
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Your Wyoming Chamber of Commerce is sounding the alarm and stepping on the gas. Our state must lead the charge in building a future where energy isn't a bottleneck, it's a launchpad. And this doesn't just avoid blackouts or brownouts. It creates jobs, attracts industry, and ensures we have the energy to power tomorrow's economy.
The Challenge: Rising Demand, Tight Supply
With a flood of new data center development hitting our state, Wyoming's energy demand curve shot way up, and it's not coming down anytime soon. These facilities, along with electric vehicles, smart homes, and growing manufacturing, require massive amount of reliable, affordable power.
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Without immediate action to boost generation capacity, invest in infrastructure, modernize permitting, and innovate with new energy models, we risk hitting a wall. A wall that could stall economic growth, further raise electricity costs, and drive business out of the state.
The Opportunity: All-of-the-Above, Wyoming Style
We are leading the push for and "all-of-the-above" energy strategy that leans on what we do best––energy in all its forms:
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Coal, oil, and natural gas to stabilize the grid
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Wind, solar, and nuclear to build for the future
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Hydrogen and critical minerals to support next-gen technologies
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Modern infrastructure and workforce development to keep Wyoming operational and competitive
A Call to Action: Let Energy Lead
The current administration's recent Declaration of National Emergency on domestic energy production send a message: America's inadequate energy supply and unreliable grid are an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to our economy and national security. The energy emergency is here. It's real. And Wyoming can be on the front line of the solution.
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Wyoming must lead the charge to permit faster, build smarter, and power harder. That means:
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Unlocking development potential on public and private land
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Streamlining federal and state permitting
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Protecting legal industries and accelerating innovation in new industries
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Investing in the infrastructure and workforce to power what's next
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Our state has what the rest of the country needs: energy, expertise, and elbow grease. Now we need the urgency, and policy, and match.
