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September 16, 2009

Gov Seeks Fed Royalty Program Accounting

Gov. Dave Freudenthal has asked the federal Minerals Management Service to let the state conduct an audit of three years of natural gas royalties collected under the controversial federal Royalty-in-Kind program.

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September 2, 2009

Gov Mulls RIK Audit

Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal  is considering an audit of the state’s share of a controversial  federal gas Royalty in Kind program that paid the state $290-million in  fiscal year 2007-08, WyoFile has learned.
According to State Lands and Investments director Lynne Boomgaarden, the governor asked her and Wyoming Department of Audit director Mike Geesey to brief [...]

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June 15, 2009

Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal on Royalty in Kind

(Telephone Interview with WyoFile editor Rone Tempest, June 3,2009)
WyoFile: On October 6, 2005, the then Wyoming Board of Land Commissioners (Gov. Freudenthal; Treasurer Cynthia Lummis; Sec. of State Joseph Meyer; Auditor Max Maxfield and Supt.  Of Public Instruction Jim McBride) voted 4-1 to dedicate its 50 percent share in natural gas royalties on federal [...]

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May 19, 2009

Teton County Tops Party Leaderships, Petersen Heads Dems, Vaughan GOP

When it comes to running for statewide office in Wyoming, hailing from tony Teton County can be a voter turnoff.
Just ask Jackson Hole Democrat Gary Trauner, who was crushed by Cheyenne Republican Cynthia Lummis in the fall race for the state’s sole U.S. House seat.
But if you are looking to lead a Wyoming political party [...]

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November 17, 2008

$100-million GE-Wyoming Coal Project Found Willing, Discreet Partner In Wyoming

The story behind the new $100-million GE-Wyoming coal gasification project goes back to the early 1980s when a then-California-based energy company, Tosco, was trying to extract fuel from massive oil shale deposits outside Grand Junction, Colorado.
The challenge at the time, former Tosco CEO Morton Winston recalled in an interview with WyoFile.com, was to build a [...]

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February 12, 2008

Showdown at Glenrock: Brad Enzi rides to rescue Two Elk Power Plant

After years of construction inactivity and several false starts, some wags in Wyoming’s coal rich Powder River Basin began to refer to the proposed billion dollar Two Elk power plant project 40 miles southeast of  Gillette as “No Elk.”
“It’s kind of like Two Elk and ‘Do you believe in the Tooth Fairy?’ ” said Christy [...]

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