Wyoming

Quick facts about electricity in Wyoming

Wyoming ranks 36th in the nation in terms of the average price of electricity for homes.
Wyoming is the nation’s largest coal producer, mining more than three times as much as the next highest producer, West Virginia.
Wyoming produced about 40 percent of all coal mined in the United States in 2016, and accounts for about one-third of total U.S. coal reserves.
Wind power has increased rapidly in Wyoming in the last decade and now accounts for about 10 percent of the state's electricity generation.
Because of its robust energy resources and small population, about 60 percent of the electricity Wyoming generates is transmitted to other states.