Wind industry tax rates under fire

Published March 12, 2025 2:18pm ET



(The Center Square) – A bill aimed at removing a 2007 tax break from wind energy producers has legislators at odds over the supremacy of coal in West Virginia’s economy.

Senate Bill 439 would clarify that “wind power projects are not pollution control facilities,” which are taxed at salvage value. The clarification would subject them to real property taxes.

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