Solar permitting — Converse County, Wyoming

Oil/gas economy, no framework, weak solar interest; 1 small project approved. Permitting: Converse County: CUP/SUP for smaller projects. Wyoming ISC Site Permit for large facilitie. Political environment: Republica…

Permitting process

Local permitting pathway

Converse County: CUP/SUP for smaller projects. Wyoming ISC Site Permit for large facilities.

State policy & grid context

State RPS & clean energy policy

No binding RPS | None | Wyoming has no state-mandated RPS

Battery storage (BESS) P1 State-Default Permitting

No standalone county BESS ordinance confirmed.

Local BESS ordinances & bylaws

• Statewide: No standalone BESS siting statute; solar facility definition (18-5-501(a)(vi)) covers only battery storage land co-located with solar.

County-level battery-storage status, safety requirements, and projects — each linked to a primary source.

Community opposition P1 1 tracked

Organized opposition signals on record for this county — petitions, community groups, and oppositional coverage — each linked to its primary source.

• Petition · Opposition to Wind, Solar, Hydrogen Farm in Converse and Natrona County Wind2026-06-14 · change.org · petition

SitePath maintains the most complete community-opposition dataset available, refreshed continuously from primary sources.

Subscriber intel Subscribers

Researched for this county and available with a subscription:

• 🔒Project track record
• 🔒Developer intelligence
• 🔒Community & board sentiment
• 🔒Governing board

Energy-related meetings & dockets P1

Halo color = sentiment of the relevant agenda excerpt: green positive, yellow neutral, red negative.

• 2026-08-18 Other

  Data Center

  Millar stated that the Dutchman project and proposed amendment are not tied to any data center project.

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• 2026-08-05 Other

  Data Center

  Millar stated that the Dutchman project and proposed amendment are not tied to any data center project.

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• 2026-08-04 Other

  Solar

  UPDATES - DUTCHMAN SOLAR/BRIGHTNIGHT SOLAR FARM PROJECT Donald Millar, Senior Director, Development - BrightNight Power 10.

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State PSC dockets P1

No tracked activity yet — coverage expands weekly.

Sentiment rollup P2

No sentiment rollup yet (requires meeting transcripts to be processed).

Local news P3

• 2026-07-10 BrightNight seeks August 2026 approval to amend Dutchman Renewable Power Project boundary in Converse County, Wyomingcowboystatedaily.com