Electricity Reliability Standards for Public Utilities
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Bill Summary - 24LSO-0228 Bill No.: SF0022 Effective: Immediately LSO No.: 24LSO-0228 Enrolled Act No.: SEA No. 0025 Chapter No.: 58 Prime Sponsor: Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Interim Committee Catch Title: Public service commission-electricity reliability. Has Report: No Subject: Electricity reliability. Summary/Major Elements: This bill requires the public service commission to establish standards related to electricity reliability and specifies that failing to comply with those standards will subject violators to penalties. The bill provides that the public service commission shall not allow for rate recovery for new or modified facilities that are likely to result in failure to comply with reliability standards. The bill specifies that it does not prevent public utilities from entering into individualized energy contracts or utilizing customer-specific energy portfolios. The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.
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The speaker supports the bill because it adds a provision allowing utilities to make special contracts with customers for less reliable power, ensuring those specific costs and consequences are borne only by the choosing customer rather than others.
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The amendment adds language allowing public utilities to enter into individualized energy contracts and use customer-specific energy portfolios, while also ensuring these activities are not prohibited under existing regulations.
The amendment removes a previous addition made by the Senate standing committee from the bill.
The amendment removes certain language from the bill about electricity reliability standards and adds new wording that allows the Public Service Commission to disallow some investments in resources if those resources do not operate as expected.
The amendment changes how public utilities can include certain types of energy resources in their rate recovery and updates penalties related to electricity reliability standards.