SF0105 • 2023

Utilities-point of consumption and allocation agreements.

AN ACT relating to public utilities; requiring customer allocation agreements for utility service to a customer in the certificated territory of another utility; authorizing a civil action and recovery for violations; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.

Inactive

Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.

Sponsor: Senator Steinmetz
Last action: 2023-02-07
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2023

Plain English Breakdown

The bill is marked as inactive and did not pass in the current session.

Utility Service Agreements

The bill requires public utilities to have agreements with customers and other utilities before providing service in another utility's territory.

What This Bill Does

Requires public utilities to get customer allocation agreements when serving a customer in another utility’s area.
Allows the affected utility to sue for damages if this agreement is not followed.
Necessitates that utilities create rules about these agreements.

Who It Names or Affects

Public utilities in Wyoming
Customers of public utilities

Terms To Know

Customer allocation agreement: An agreement between a customer and two different utility companies about service provision.
Certificated territory: The specific area where a public utility is allowed to provide services by law.

Limits and Unknowns

This bill did not pass in the current session and is marked as inactive.
It does not specify what happens if utilities do not follow these rules before July 1, 2023.

Bill History

2023-02-07 Senate
S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4
2023-02-06 Senate
S No report prior to CoW Cutoff
2023-01-24 Senate
S07 - Corporations:Do Pass Failed 2-3-0-0-0
2023-01-13 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations
2023-01-12 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2023-01-12 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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23LSO-0602
2023
STATE OF WYOMING
23LSO-0602
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SENATE FILE NO. SF0105

Utilities-point of consumption and allocation agreements.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Steinmetz, Biteman, Dockstader, Driskill, Gierau, Hicks, Kolb, McKeown and Salazar and Representative(s) Bear, Davis, Haroldson, Heiner, Neiman, Strock, Ward and Winter

A BILL

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AN ACT relating to public utilities; requiring customer allocation agreements for utility service to a customer in the certificated territory of another utility; authorizing a civil action and recovery for violations; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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Certificate of convenience and necessity; hearings.

(k)

No public utility shall provide service directly or indirectly to a customer in another public utility's certificated service territory, including by providing service to a point of delivery outside of the other public utility's certificated territory for consumption within the other public utility's certificated territory, without a customer allocation agreement between the customer and both public utilities. Any violation of this subsection shall entitle the aggrieved public utility to recover in a civil action damages for lost income from the unlawful invasion of its certificated service territory, plus all attorney fees and expenses incurred by the aggrieved public utility that enforces its rights under this subsection in a civil action.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2023
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