Posted on 05/19/2015 6:23:59 AM PDT by thackney
Faced with sliding domestic demand for coal, the governor of Wyoming has kept pressing for access to deep-water ports in the Northwest that would allow exports to Asian markets.
Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead met Monday with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee in Olympia and plans to meet Tuesday with Oregon Gov. Kate Brown.
"I wanted to get out here and talk to these two governors," Mead said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.
"If there are practical issues as well that we could help work through — everything from train traffic to train congestion, to issues of coal dust — we want to do our part in any way we can to help address the issues of concern to these two states," Mead said.
(Excerpt) Read more at bnd.com ...
Time for the Western State Governors to build Coal fired power plants on their own initiative and corral the base load market at a price that beats the competition. That should not be too difficult since coal is still by far the cheapest way to generate electricity. What is the Federal government prepared to do, it is about time to find out and make plans accordingly. Is WY going to play West Virginia?
mega-dittos
Thanks Pete, now if a few governors would get interested generating electricity might just get news worthy, instead of the constant “energy prices on the rise”.
I hope to relocate to Cheyenne some day. Maybe soon.
If you like wind, you will love Cheyenne.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.