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SF0016 • 2021
New net metering systems.
AN ACT relating to public utilities; amending the governance of net metering systems; providing for a sunset date for the net metering article; and providing for an effective date.
Energy
Inactive
Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.
- Sponsor
- Corporations
- Last action
- 2021-04-01
- Official status
- inactive
- Effective date
- 3/1/2021
Plain English Breakdown
The bill is marked as inactive by the state of Wyoming and was not passed into law, which means it does not have legal effect.
New Net Metering Systems
This act amends how net metering systems are governed in Wyoming and sets a date when these rules will end.
What This Bill Does
- The Public Service Commission must establish an appropriate system to regulate the rates, terms, and conditions of customer-generators by all electric utilities for electricity produced from net metering systems starting July 1, 2022.
- In establishing this system, the commission shall balance the interests of customer-generators with those of electric utilities and ratepayers to ensure safe, adequate, and reliable electricity service at just and reasonable rates.
- The act limits subsidies between regular customers and customer-generators except on a de minimis basis.
- This article is repealed July 1, 2031.
Who It Names or Affects
- Electric utilities
- Customers who generate their own electricity using net metering systems
Terms To Know
- Net Metering Systems
- Systems that allow customers to generate and use their own electricity, often from renewable sources like solar panels.
- Public Service Commission
- A government agency responsible for regulating utilities in Wyoming.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill is marked as inactive by the state of Wyoming and was not passed into law.
- It does not specify how subsidies between customers will be managed beyond stating they should not happen except on a de minimis basis.
Amendments
These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.
Plain English: The amendment changes how net metering systems are governed by altering specific wording in the bill to ensure a fair balance between customer-generators and electric utilities.
- Replaces 'provide' with 'providing' on page 1, line 2.
- Removes lines that start with 'The system shall...' on page 2, lines 9 through 10.
- Modifies the text from 'utility.' to a new statement about ensuring balance between customer-generators and utilities on page 2, lines 11-14.
- The amendment's full impact is not entirely clear without understanding the context of the original bill.
Plain English: The amendment removes the phrase 'ensure it reasonably and equitably' from a sentence in the bill about net metering systems.
- Removes the words 'ensure it reasonably and equitably' from the text.
- This change does not provide additional context on what specific aspects of net metering systems are being balanced, nor does it explain how this removal affects the overall meaning or implementation of the bill's provisions.
Plain English: The amendment adds language to ensure that net metering systems do not allow one group of electricity users to be unfairly paid for by another.
- Adds a new requirement stating that net metering systems must prevent customer-generators from being subsidized by other customers and vice versa, except in very small amounts.
- The amendment does not specify what qualifies as 'de minimis' or how the subsidy prevention will be enforced.
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Standing Committee • Senate Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivi
Adopted
Plain English: The amendment removes certain lines from the bill text, changes dates and references within the text, and deletes some entire sections.
- Removes specific lines and sections from pages 1 and 2 of the bill.
- Changes 'January' to 'April' in line 12 on page 2.
- Replaces '(b)' with '(a)' in line 4 on page 2, and replaces '(c)' with '(b)' in line 17 on page 2.
- The amendment text does not provide context for the removed lines or sections, making it unclear what specific content is being deleted.
- Without seeing the original bill text, it's hard to understand the full impact of these changes.
Bill History
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2021-04-01
House
H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4
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2021-04-01
House
H No report prior to CoW Cutoff
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2021-03-19
House
H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations
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2021-01-29
House
H Received for Introduction
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2021-01-29
Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 16-13-0-1-0
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2021-01-28
Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
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2021-01-27
Senate
S COW:Passed
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2021-01-27
Senate
S Placed on General File
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2021-01-27
Senate
S07 - Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
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2021-01-12
Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations
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2021-01-12
Senate
S Received for Introduction
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2020-12-28
LSO
Bill Number Assigned
Current Bill Text
Read the full stored bill text
21LSO-0219
2021
STATE OF WYOMING
21LSO-0219
ENGROSSED
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SENATE FILE NO. SF0016
New net metering systems.
Sponsored by: Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Interim Committee
A BILL
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AN ACT relating to public utilities; amending the governance of net metering systems; providing for a sunset date for the net metering article; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1.
W.S. 37
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105 is created to read:
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New net metering systems; rates, terms and conditions of use; sunset.
(a)
The public service commission shall conduct public hearings and establish an appropriate system to regulate the rates, terms and conditions of
customer
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generators by all electric utilities for electricity produced from net metering systems first operational on or after July 1, 2022. In establishing and maintaining the system, the commission shall balance the interests of customer
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generators with those of electric utilities and ratepayers to ensure the availability of safe, adequate and reliable electricity service at just and reasonable rates provided that, except on a de minimis basis, other customers are not being subsidized by customer
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generators and customer
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generators are not being subsidized by other customers.
The commission shall establish the system under this subsection by April 1, 2022.
(b)
This article is repealed July 1, 2031.
Section 2.
This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.
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