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STATE OF WYOMING
SENATE FILE NO. SF0101
Low-carbon energy standards-repeal.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Steinmetz, Biteman, Bouchard,
French, Hicks, Hutchings, Ide, Kinskey and McKeown and Representative(s) Angelos, Bear,
Haroldson, Jennings, Knapp, Neiman, Ottman,
Penn, Rodriguez-Williams, Singh, Slagle,
Smith, Strock, Tarver and Ward
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to public utilities; repealing low-carbon
2 energy standard requirements; repealing conflicting
3 provisions; making conforming amendments; specifying
4 applicability; requiring reimbursement to customers for
5 recovered rates from public utilities as specified;
6 requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.
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8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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10 Section 1. W.S. 37-1-101(a)(intro) and 37-2-134(a)(i)
11 and (iv) are amended to read:
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13 37-1-101. Definitions.
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2 (a) As used in chapters 1, 2, 3, 12, and 17 and 18 of
3 this title:
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5 37-2-134. Electric generation facility closures;
6 presumption; commission review.
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8 (a) As used in this section:
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10 (i) "Dispatchable" means as defined in W.S.
11 37-18-101(a)(ii) a source of electricity that is available
12 for use on demand and that can be dispatched upon request
13 of a power grid operator or that can have its power output
14 adjusted, according to market needs and includes
15 dispatchability;
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17 (iv) "Reliable" means as defined in W.S.
18 37-18-101(a)(iv) generated electricity that is not subject
19 to intermittent availability.
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21 Section 2. W.S. 37-1-101(a)(vi)(N), 37-18-101 and
22 37-18-102 are repealed.
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1 Section 3. Not later than sixty (60) days after the
2 effective date of this act, each public utility that
3 recovered rates from customers under W.S. 37-18-102(c)(i)
4 or (iii), as repealed by section 2 of this act, shall
5 refund those rates to customers who paid them, provided
6 that the utility shall not be required to refund rates
7 recovered under W.S. 37-18-102(c)(i) and (iii) that the
8 utility had expended for carbon capture, utilization and
9 storage technology before the effective date of this act.
10 Refunds required under this section shall be in a form and
11 manner specified by the public service commission.
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13 Section 4. The public service commission shall
14 promulgate all rules necessary to implement this act.
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16 Section 5. This act is effective immediately upon
17 completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
18 as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
19 Constitution.
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21 (END)
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 37-1-101, 37-2-134, 37-18-101, 37-18-102