Wyoming

Why is it like this in Wyoming?

Wyoming has some of the cheapest electricity in the Mountain West — about 11.6¢/kWh — driven by coal-fired generation, giving PHEV drivers a solid per-mile cost advantage over gasoline. The practical challenge is infrastructure: Wyoming has roughly 3,100 registered EVs and only 332 public charging ports, one of the worst ratios in the nation. A 2026 legislative effort to eliminate the state's electricity fuel tax on slow chargers should remove one barrier to public charging expansion; home charging in Wyoming, where it's available, is among the best-value propositions in the country.

In the news · Wyoming

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  Energy bills roundup: Cloud seeding, 'energy dominance' fund, carbon capture, EVs

  Wyoming Public Media · Feb 27, 2026

  Wyoming's 2026 legislature included a bipartisan bill to lift the state's electricity fuel tax from slow EV chargers — a policy that had caused hotels and libraries to shut down free charging amenities, illustrating the regulatory barriers to EV adoption in a state with otherwise cheap electricity (~12¢/kWh).

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  The Trump administration has resumed funding EV chargers

  Wyoming Public Media · Aug 27, 2025

  NEVI funding — frozen early in 2025 and then restored — will allow Wyoming to expand EV charging beyond its interstate corridors; Wyoming has ~3,100 EVs and only 332 public charging ports, one of the worst ratios in the nation.

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  Funding for EV charging stations aims to close the gap in underserved areas and ease 'range anxiety'

  Wyoming Public Media · Jan 17, 2025

  Wyoming's NEVI buildout strategy for 2025 focuses on closing charging gaps in rural corridors — critical context for PHEV drivers in Wyoming, where the low electricity rate (~12¢/kWh) makes electric miles cheap but sparse public infrastructure limits their practicality.

Curated coverage of Wyoming's EV/PHEV cost, policy, and infrastructure story. External links open in a new tab.

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