At potential risk are the 3GW Chokecherry and Sierra Madre (CCSM), the world’s largest wind project, and 840MW Little Medicine Bow, among the biggest projects under development in the country. Pathfinder Renewable Wind Energy has also proposed a 2.1GW project.

“Just about every legislator we’ve met with asks us, ‘You tell us how much we can tax you before we put you out of business,’” Bill Miller, chief executive of the Power Co.