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HB0209 • 2025
Carbon capture mandate-repeal.
AN ACT relating to public utilities; repealing low-carbon energy standard requirements; repealing conflicting provisions; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; requiring rulemaking; 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
- Representative Knapp
- Last action
- 2025-03-03
- Official status
- inactive
- Effective date
- 3/1/2025
Plain English Breakdown
The official source does not provide specific details about the new rules that will be made by the Public Service Commission.
Repealing Carbon Capture Mandates
This act removes requirements for public utilities to use low-carbon energy sources and related rules.
What This Bill Does
- Removes the requirement that public utilities must meet a standard of using low-carbon energy sources.
- Gets rid of conflicting laws and regulations that are no longer needed because of this change.
- Requires the Public Service Commission to make new rules based on these changes.
Who It Names or Affects
- Public utilities in Wyoming
- The Public Service Commission
Terms To Know
- Low-carbon energy standard requirements
- Rules that require public utilities to use less carbon-emitting sources of electricity.
- Public Service Commission
- The agency in Wyoming responsible for regulating public utilities and ensuring they provide reliable service.
Limits and Unknowns
- This bill does not specify what new rules the Public Service Commission will make.
- It is unclear how this change will affect future energy policies in Wyoming.
- Since the bill is marked as inactive, it may not become law and its effects are uncertain.
Amendments
These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.
Plain English: The amendment changes the bill's title to 'Carbon capture mandate-repeal.'
- Changes the bill's catch title from its original wording to 'Carbon capture mandate-repeal.'
- The official text does not provide details about what specific carbon capture mandates are being repealed or how this change affects other parts of the bill.
Bill History
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2025-03-03
Senate
S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4
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2025-02-28
Senate
S No report prior to CoW Cutoff
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2025-02-18
Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals
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2025-02-12
Senate
S Received for Introduction
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2025-02-11
House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-1-1-0-0
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2025-02-10
House
H 3rd Reading:Laid Back
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2025-02-07
House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
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2025-02-06
House
H COW:Passed
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2025-02-05
House
H Placed on General File
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2025-02-05
House
H09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-2-0-0
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2025-01-20
House
H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals
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2025-01-16
House
H Received for Introduction
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2025-01-15
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Bill Number Assigned
Current Bill Text
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25LSO-0502
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0502
ENGROSSED
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HOUSE BILL NO. HB0209
Carbon capture mandate-repeal.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Knapp, Angelos, Clouston, Haroldson, Tarver and Winter and Senator(s) Hicks, Laursen, D, McKeown and Steinmetz
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to public utilities; repealing low-carbon energy standard requirements; repealing conflicting provisions; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; 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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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.
The public service commission shall promulgate all rules necessary to implement this act.
Section 4
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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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