Impact of wind development on local economies

Author: Godby, Rob; and Coupal, Roger | Economics, Wyoming

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Overall Impacts

Minor to moderate construction impacts on employment pool and temporary housing stock

Degree of imported labor.
Depends on size/location of project.
Scheduled time of construction.

Permanent workforce small [~10 for 100-MW, 14-16 for 200-MW facility]

Majority (>50%) imported (minor population growth).
Salaries at or above State average.

Direct property tax benefits to state and county small relative to other energy resources or industries (depend on age of farm, etc).

Amount of tax revenues low on an enterprise basis.
Level of taxation high on a per job basis.
Depreciation affects current tax assessments.

May be present and future indirect impacts to property values and resource/environmental values.

Difficult to value.
Remediation costs.

Dr. Rob Godby, Chair, UW Department of Economics and Finance
Dr. Roger Coupal, Head, UW Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics

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