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Wyoming Ranchers Hoping Solar Can Lower Costs Say Utilities and the State Stand in Their Way

Inside Climate News · Story and photos by Jake Bolster · last updated
Lower electricity bills could help two Cokeville cattlemen compete and pass their businesses on to their kids, they say, but lawmakers won’t let ranch-scale solar projects feed power to the grid.

Story and photos by Jake Bolster

COKEVILLE, Wyo.—Tim Teichert and Jason Thornock want the sun to help them survive as ranchers in Cokeville, Wyoming. On an overcast May day, the two drove around the one-restaurant town, lamenting high electricity prices and restrictive Wyoming laws that they say have thrown an unnecessary burden onto their broad shoulders.

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