Bill Gates-backed TerraPower to build state’s first nuclear power plant Oct. 1, 2022By Samuel GilbertSpecial to the Wyoming TruthKEMMERER, Wyo.—In late 2019, Teri Picerno heard that the Naughton coal power plant outside of Kemmerer would close in the coming years. The news was devastating for the local bar owner and 42-year resident of the small Wyoming coal town.