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SF0094

Study on Wyoming's Electrical Industry and Energy Resources

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In one sentence

This bill proposed that the University of Wyoming conduct a study on the state's electrical industry, including production, taxes, and environmental impacts, and submit a report by December 2008.

What it does

  • Requires the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources to study Wyoming's electrical industry and the surrounding region.
  • Directs the study to review current electrical production capacity and estimate changes due to new technologies or alternate sources like solar, wind, and geothermal.
  • Requires a review of projected needs for future interstate and intrastate electrical generation transmission.
  • Asks for an analysis of economic impacts, including job creation, ad valorem property taxes, regional tax payments, and the potential impact of an electrical generation tax.
  • Requires a review of the possibility of new development and its impacts on land, air, and water quality.
  • Directs a review of the potential impact of eminent domain on electrical generation facility development.
  • Requires an analysis of value added return on new electrical transmission in light of potential electricity exports.
  • Requires the Department of Revenue to provide necessary administrative support for the study.
  • Requires a report to be submitted to the joint minerals, business and economic development and joint revenue interim committees by December 1, 2008.
  • Appropriates $250,000 from the general fund to the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources for the study, with funds expiring on June 30, 2009.

Who it affects

  • The University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources, which would conduct the study.
  • The Wyoming Department of Revenue, which would provide administrative support.
  • Legislative committees, specifically the joint minerals, business and economic development and joint revenue interim committees, which would receive the report.

Limits and unknowns

  • The bill did not pass and was placed on the General File, so it did not become law.
  • The specific findings or conclusions of the study are not included in the bill text.
  • The bill does not specify how the study would be conducted beyond the topics listed.

Plain language

Terms to know

Ad valorem property taxes
Taxes based on the value of the property or assets owned by electrical generation companies.
Eminent domain
The government's power to take private property for public use, often with compensation.
Value added return
The economic benefit or profit gained from new electrical transmission infrastructure within the state.

Official record

Sources

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Official bill pageIntroduced textOfficial digestCurrent bill text

Public statements

Why lawmakers voted

Last checked Aug 8, 11:40 PM

Voted Yes

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker argues the bill is important because it addresses emerging energy resources like coal gasification and wind that are changing traditional industry paradigms.

Public statementFloor statement at 6:00 Watch the statement

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Wyoming roll calls

Recorded votes

3 roll calls

S02 Recommended Amend and Do Pass 4-1-0-0-02008-02-21 · Senate4 yes 1 no
Yes
4
No
1
Absent
0
Excused
0
Conflict
0

Yes 4

Chuck TownsendS01Phil A NicholasS10Rae L JobS12Ray R PetersonS19

No 1

Curtis MeierS03
S03 Recommended Amend and Do Pass 3-2-0-0-02008-02-20 · Senate3 yes 2 no
Yes
3
No
2
Absent
0
Excused
0
Conflict
0

Yes 3

Cale CaseR · S25E. Jayne MocklerS08Tony RossS04

No 2

Austin "Kit" JenningsS28Jim AndersonS02
S Introduced and Referred to S03 28-2-0-0-02008-02-14 · Senate28 yes 2 no
Yes
28
No
2
Absent
0
Excused
0
Conflict
0

Yes 28

Austin "Kit" JenningsS28Bill LandenR · S27Bill Mr. VaseyS11Bruce Burns Jr.S21Cale CaseR · S25Charles ScottR · S30Chuck TownsendS01Drew A PerkinsS29E. Jayne MocklerS08Eli D BeboutS26Gerald E GeisS20Grant C LarsonS17Henry R CoeS18Jim AndersonS02John C SchifferS22John HastertS13Kathryn L SessionsS07Kenneth J DecariaS15Michael J Mr. Von FlaternS24Mike MassieS09Patricia L AullmanS16Phil A NicholasS10Rae L JobS12Ray R PetersonS19Robert D FechtS05Stan CooperS14Tony RossS04Wayne H JohnsonS06

No 2

Curtis MeierS03John J HinesS23

Official activity

Bill history

  1. S Placed on General File; Did Not Consider in CoWSenate
  2. S02 Recommended Amend and Do PassSenate
  3. S Rereferred to S02Senate
  4. S Placed on General FileSenate
  5. S03 Recommended Amend and Do PassSenate
  6. S Introduced and Referred to S03Senate
  7. S Received for IntroductionSenate
  8. Bill Number AssignedLSO