HB0056 • 2026

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.

Inactive

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

Sponsor: Representative Knapp
Last action: 2026-03-04
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2026

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide specific details about the applicability to pre-existing projects, but it is mentioned in the candidate explanation. The official source does include a section that exempts certain existing projects from the act's requirements.

Repealing Carbon Capture Mandates

This act removes requirements for public utilities to use low-carbon energy and ends rules about carbon capture technology.

What This Bill Does

Removes the requirement for public utilities to meet a low-carbon energy standard.
Gets rid of conflicting laws that require or encourage the use of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technology.
Requires the Public Service Commission to make rules to carry out this act.

Who It Names or Affects

Public utilities in Wyoming
The Public Service Commission of Wyoming

Terms To Know

Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technology: A process that captures carbon dioxide from the air or industrial processes and stores it to prevent release into the atmosphere.
Public Service Commission: The government agency responsible for regulating public utilities in Wyoming.

Limits and Unknowns

This bill is no longer moving forward as it has been marked inactive by the Wyoming legislature.
It does not specify what happens to projects that were approved after the effective date of this act.

Bill History

2026-03-04 Senate
S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4
2026-03-02 Senate
S No report prior to CoW Cutoff
2026-02-25 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals
2026-02-23 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2026-02-21 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 56-5-1-0-0
2026-02-20 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2026-02-19 House
H COW:Passed
2026-02-11 House
H Placed on General File
2026-02-11 House
H09 - Minerals:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
2026-02-10 House
H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals 52-10-0-0-0
2026-01-28 House
H Received for Introduction
2026-01-22 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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26LSO-0364
2026
STATE OF WYOMING
26LSO-0364
ENGROSSED
3.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0056

Carbon capture mandate-repeal.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Knapp

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
.

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

Section 4.

(a)

This act shall not apply to:

(i)

All projects for which the public service commission approved the use or study of carbon capture, utilization and storage technology before the effective date of this act;

(ii)

All applications for rate recovery and rate cases submitted by a public utility and approved by the public service commission in which the public service commission approved the use or study of carbon capture, utilization and storage technology before the effective date of this act.

Section 5
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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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