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HB0193 • 2023

Carbon capture energy standards-repeal.

AN ACT relating to public utilities; repealing reliable and dispatchable low-carbon energy standard requirements; repealing conflicting provisions; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; requiring reimbursement to customers for recovered rates from public utilities as specified; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.

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Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Provenza
Last action
2023-01-31
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2023

Plain English Breakdown

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Repealing Carbon Capture Energy Standards

This act removes requirements for public utilities in Wyoming to use reliable and dispatchable low-carbon energy sources.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes the requirement for public utilities to generate electricity from reliable and dispatchable low-carbon sources.
  • Gets rid of rules that conflict with this change.
  • Requires public utilities to refund money collected from customers under the old rules if it was not spent on carbon capture technology before the new law took effect.
  • Tells the Public Service Commission to make new rules based on these changes.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Public utilities in Wyoming
  • Customers of public utilities

Terms To Know

Dispatchable
Electricity that can be turned on or off as needed by the power grid.
Reliable
Electricity that is always available when needed, without interruptions.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass and was never considered for introduction.
  • It's unclear how many public utilities will be affected by the refund requirement.

Bill History

  1. 2023-01-31 House

    H Did not Consider for Introduction

  2. 2023-01-19 House

    H Received for Introduction

  3. 2023-01-18 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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23LSO-0594
2023
STATE OF WYOMING
23LSO-0594
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0193

Carbon capture energy standards-repeal.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Provenza, Larson, JT and Yin and Senator(s) Hutchings and Rothfuss

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to public utilities; repealing reliable and dispatchable low-carbon energy standard requirements; repealing conflicting provisions; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; requiring reimbursement to customers for recovered rates from public utilities as specified; requiring rulemaking; 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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1
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101(a)(intro) and 37
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2
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134(a)(i) and (iv) are amended to read:

37
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1
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101.

Definitions.

(a)

As used in chapters 1, 2, 3, 12
,

and
17
and 18
of this title:

37
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2
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134.

Electric generation facility closures; presumption; commission review.

(a)

As used in this section:

(i)

"Dispatchable" means
as defined in W.S. 37
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18
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101(a)(ii)
a source of electricity that is available for use on demand and that can be dispatched upon request of a power grid operator or that can have its power output adjusted, according to market needs
and includes dispatchability;

(iv)

"Reliable" means
as defined in W.S. 37
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18
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101(a)(iv)
generated electricity that is not subject to intermittent availability
.

Section 2
.

W.S. 37
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1
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101(a)(vi)(N), 37
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18
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101 and 37
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18
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102 are repealed.

Section 3.

Not later than sixty (60) days after the effective date of this act, each public utility that recovered rates from customers under W.S. 37
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18
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102(c)(i) or (iii), as repealed by section 2 of this act, shall refund those rates to customers who paid them, provided that the utility shall not be required to refund rates recovered under W.S. 37
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18
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102(c)(i) and (iii) that the utility had expended for carbon capture, utilization and storage technology before the effective date of this act. Refunds required under this section shall be in a form and manner specified by the public service commission.

Section 4.

The public service commission shall promulgate all rules necessary to implement this act.

Section 5
.

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.

(END)

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