Wyoming House Bill 259 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on April 7 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-07 - H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

AN ACT relating to public utilities; providing legislative findings; amending reliable and dispatchable energy standards to require the public service commission to establish reliability and transparency requirements; amending low-carbon energy standard requirements to require the use of certain generation facilities as specified; authorizing the public service commission to revoke certificates of convenience and necessity as specified; amending and defining terms related to low-carbon energy standards and requirements; amending the public service commission's authority to revoke certificates for violations as specified; amending standards for the commission to consider during rate cases; amending requirements and procedures for the sale and purchase of otherwise retiring coal-fired generation facilities; amending the definitions, purposes, duties, bonding authority and requirements and general powers of the Wyoming energy authority; amending bonding provisions and requirements pertaining to the Wyoming energy authority; amending general penalties for public utilities; making conforming amendments; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Public utilities-regulatory amendments.

Rep. Dan Zwonitzer [R]

Sen. Dan Dockstader [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-07	House	H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4
2021-03-23	House	No report prior to CoW Cutoff
2021-03-05	House	Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals
2021-03-04	House	Received for Introduction
2021-03-03		Bill Number Assigned

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2021/HB0259
Text	https://www.wyoleg.gov/2021/Introduced/HB0259.pdf
Supplement	https://www.wyoleg.gov/2021/Fiscal/HB0259.pdf