Lobbyists for utility companies looking to preserve the status quo paid the lawmakers to do it. Isn't that obvious?
Same reason direct-to-consumer sales of Teslas are banned in Michigan.
It's the American free market at work!
Same reason direct-to-consumer sales of Teslas are banned in Michigan.
It's the American free market at work!
That's an unlikely theory. If it is the Wyoming utilities that want to favor coal over renewables they don't need legislation to do that. They can simply decline to buy from renewable sources, which would accomplish their goal without any bad publicity or political controversy.
If you want to point a finger at lobbyists, point it at the coal industry.