Billions of dollars in wind energy developments are coming to Wyoming.
But predicting a time when they could be connected to the electric grid is much more difficult to predict.
That’s because they’ve suffered delays on everything from concerns about migratory patterns of golden bald eagles and antelope to scarring grasslands and destroying historic landmarks.
In at least one case this month, a $500 million wind development — called the Rail Tie Wind Project by Houston-based ConnectGen LLC — was told by a state agency to come up with better financial information on its project before it could move forward.
A homeowner’s group challenged ConnectGen’s ability to come up with the cash to build the wind farm.
The project is now on hold until May when ConnectGen can prove it has the credit and backers to build its pricey project in Albany County, said Kimberly Mazza, a spokeswoman with the Wyoming Department of…
