A wind turbine is raised using a cable and gin pole during a ceremony on Wednesday near Midwest. (Courtesy, Casper College)
Jim Nations, public relations manager for RMOTC, describes basic wind-power concepts to seventh-graders from Midwest School prior to the commissioning of a wind turbine on Wednesday. (Courtesy, Casper College)
Power lines carry electricity from Rocky Mountain Power's Jim Bridger Power Plant north of Rock Springs. The utility is seeking permission for a 13.7 percent rate increase for its Wyoming customers. (Paul Ng/Star-Tribune correspondent)
Roughnecks work on an EnCana natural gas well near Moneta earlier this month. Low prices for natural gas have significantly slowed the industry in Wyoming. (Tim Kupsick/Star-Tribune)
City of Gillette crews remove fallen branches from power lines in the wake of Monday's snow storm. (Kim Phagan-Hansel/Star-Tribune correspondent)
Turbines in the Chevron Global Power Co.'s wind farm, which is still under construction, dot the horizon near Evansville on Monday afternoon. Wind developers are already protesting draft legislation that could tax the generation of wind energy in the state. (Dan Cepeda/Star-Tribune)
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