Cowboy State Daily: “Wyoming’s Emerging Nuclear Hubs Don't Qualify For ‘Nuclear Communities’ Tax Break”
A state paper in Wyoming discusses RFF research about tax benefits designed to help communities that rely on nuclear-related employment.
“Resources for the Future, a Washington DC-based research institution, reports that the fine print effectively excludes small cities like Gillette and Kemmerer, Wyoming, from qualifying as ‘nuclear energy communities,’ despite both actively courting significant nuclear industry development.
‘Any place that is outside of a metropolitan statistical area will not be eligible for this 10% bonus tax credit, and that includes most of Wyoming,’ said Daniel Raimi, a fellow at Resources for the Future...”
