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Wyoming DRAFT State Profile and Data Sheet 10/17/2015 Wyoming DRAFT State Profile and Data Sheet Wyoming Demographic Information: Total Population: 584,153 Growth Rate (since 2001): 1.18% Largest Populated Counties: Laramie 91,738 Natrona 75,450 Campbell 46,133 Sweetwater 43,806 Square Miles: 97,093 College Degree (Bachelors or higher): 24.7% Economic Indicators: Total Civilian Labor Force: 306,928 Current Unemployment: 4.3% State GDP (nominal): 45.43 billion (2014) Latest GDP Growth Estimate: 8.59% % of U.S. GDP: .25% GDP Per Capita: $72,988 Income Per Capita: $28,889 Wyoming CMAQ Funding: EPA Non-Attainment Counties: $8,670,664 Lincoln, Sheridan, Sublette, Sweetwater Wyoming Political Landscape: State Governor: Matt Mead (R) Committees of Note: Registered Voters by Party Afiliation - 2014 Source: http://soswy.state.wy.us Majority Leader—Senate: Eli Bebout (R) Energy Producing States OTHER, 1,229 Majority Leader—House: Rosie Berger (R) Coalition : DEMOCRAT, Eli Bebout (R) S UNAFFILIATED, 38,128 Senate President: Phil Nicholas (R) 20,013 Drew Perkins (R) S House Speaker: Kermit Brown (R) Norine Kasperik (R) H Albert Sommers (R) H U.S. Senators: Energy Resources Council: John Barrasso (R) Mike Enzi (R) Eli Bebout (R) S U.S. Representatives by District: Thomas Lockhart (R) H Cynthia Lummis (R) - At Large Revenue: R. Ray Peterson (R) S Wyoming DoT Transportation Commission: Michael Madden (R) H Clair Anderson of Riverton is the current chairman and K. John Dooley of Laramie is the vice chairman. The five other Wyoming DoT: commissioners are Mike Larson of Lusk, Bruce McCormack of REPUBLICAN, 137,719 Cody, Rick Newton of Buffalo, Bob Ruwart of Wheatland and Interim Director: Bill Panos Todd Seeton of Jackson. Administrator: Tom Loftin Wyoming Legislative Landscape: Wyoming extended fuel taxes on Alternative Fuels including 1 AFV Bill Proposed in 2015: CNG and LNG (0.24¢) in February. The rate continuance is HB-9—AN ACT relating to fuel tax; providing for taxation of alternative fuel as specified; effective as of July 1, 2015 via -HB 9. providing exemptions; providing for collection and distribution of the tax; requiring a decal Six Wyoming lawmakers took a two-week tour of Asia’s for electric vehicles; requiring reporting as specified; providing rulemaking authority; providing definitions; and providing for an effective date. Pacific Rim intended to expand the State’s energy and manufacturing interests abroad. 1 AFV Bill Passed in 2014: The Senate Minerals, Business and Economic Development HB-69—Set tax rates for CNG per GGE of 5.66 lbs. or 126.67 cubic feet, and LNG at DGE rate Committee voted 5-0 to recommend House Bill 53 intended based on 6.06 lbs. entice energy companies to build gas-to-liquids plants in Wyoming's Action Plan for Energy, Environment, and Economy: Wyoming. The legislation would allow the state to buy natural gas and then contract with a plant to convert it into Communications Director: Renny MacKay more expensive products, such as oil or diesel. The Governor’s Energy Plan includes an initiative for the utilization of natural Coal producers in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin are gas in high horsepower applications including mine haul trucks, railroads, long reporting record losses and one producer, Alpha Natural haul trucking operations, oil and gas drilling operations and other heavy duty Resources recently declared bankruptcy. engines. Governor’s Energy Strategy Advisor: State Legislators with a Stake: (Have introduced AFV bills) Rob Hurless Lloyd Larsen *R+ H Michael Von Flatern *R+ S Michael Madden (R) H R. Ray Peterson (R) S Wyoming Transportation Profile: 2011 Wyoming Public Road Length (28,416 miles): Interstate Highways: 913 Collectors: 10,114 Arterials: 3,647 Local: 13,741 Fueling Stations: Wyoming Total U.S. Gasoline: 347 156,065 (2.16%) CNG/LNG: (Public stations in Blue) 12/0 1,672 (3.35%) Diesel 337 Wyoming Freight Statistics (Trucking—2012): Value ($M) Within State From Other To Other Domestic: $14,018 77.68% $5,591 15.38% $12,519 66.24% Import: $0 0% $0 0% $571 32.35% Export: $2 100% $136 50.76% $0 0% Weight (kt) Within State From Other To Other Domestic: 30,927 33.10% 14,028 2.48% 10,864 51.14% Import: 0 0% 0 0% 173 9.27% Export: .004 100% 91 15.51% 0 0% Wyoming Vehicles and Markets: Offers Incentives for NGVs / Stations: Energy Equivalency Excise Tax: DGE and GGE Definitions: Weight Limit Exemptions for NGVs: Yes Yes Yes No AFV Incentives: Infrastructure Loans AFV Use in Government: Acquisition Requirements Market Potential: Wyoming Truck Registrations 2013 Wyoming Motor Fuel Use* - 2013 Natural Gas Vehicles in Wyoming Truck Other Light, Tractors, 10,425 Special Fuels, Pickups, 55 501 345,840,580 Sport Utilities, Gasoline/Gasohol, Trucks, 411 188,285 5,023,846,244 Vans, 40,054 *Gallons (special fuels includes diesel and other fuels) Pickups, 521,570 total vehicles 282,305 606,000 Class 3-8 Truck Sales in the United States in 2013—Wyoming registered 10,425 truck tractors in 2013 2011 Natural Gas Vehicles in Wyoming—466 2011 Natural Gas Consumption—Vehicle Fuel—162 (Thousand GEG) Wyoming Energy Production: Wyoming’s Energy Production Facts: Wyoming produced 39% of all coal mined in the United States in 2012. In 2012, 34 states received coal from Wyoming mines, with 9 states, including Wyoming, obtaining more than 90% of their domestic coal from Wyoming. Wyoming accounted for 7.4% of U.S. marketed natural gas production in 2013. In 2013, almost 89% of net electricity generation in Wyoming came from coal and about 10% came from renewable energy resources, primarily wind. Wyoming had the third lowest average electricity price of any state in 2013. .
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