Title 37, Public Utilities

Apportionment of joint rates. Whenever the public utilities involved shall fail to agree among themselves upon the apportionment or division of any joint rate established by the commission or ordered by the commission substituted for any joint rate found to violate any provision …

Investigation of interstate rates; application for relief. The commission may investigate all existing or proposed interstate rates, where any act under such rate shall or may take place within this state. When such rates are, in the opinion of the commission, unjust, unreasonabl…

Schedules of rates to be filed and available to public; forms prescribed to conform to federal forms. Within a time to be fixed by the commission, every public utility shall file with the commission, and keep open to public inspection as this commission may direct, schedules show…

Contracts to be filed; statements of free or reduced rate service required. Every public utility shall file with the commission copies of contracts, agreements or arrangements to which it may be a party, as the commission may designate. Every public utility shall, whenever requir…

Service to be adequate and safe; regulations to be just and reasonable; unjust discrimination or undue preference as to service prohibited. The service and facilities of every public utility shall be adequate and safe and every service regulation shall be just and reasonable. The…

Interchange and transfer of messages, service and other facilities. (a) Every public utility shall afford all reasonable, proper and equal facilities for the prompt and efficient interchange and transfer of passengers, property, cars loaded or empty, messages, service, or other f…

Safety standards. (a) All instrumentalities, equipment, plant and facilities furnished, employed or used by any public utility, shall in all respects be adequate and efficient, and the construction, operation and use thereof, shall be such as shall prevent injury to property, and…

Rates; less expensive source of supply. In the case of a utility furnishing natural gas, if the utility decreases its cost of natural gas, not less than ninety percent (90%) of the decrease in the cost shall be passed on to the consumer and in addition to other factors allowed by…

Electric utility service agreements. (a) An electric utility may enter into a service agreement as specified in subsection (d) of this section, provided that the terms and conditions of the agreement: (i) Are expected to result in revenue to the utility in an amount that exceeds …

Limitation for recovery of costs associated with electric generation built to replace retiring coal-fired generation facility; exemption. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter: (i) Any electric public utility seeking to retire a coal fired electric generation fa…

Limitation for recovery of costs for replacing electric generation facilities. (a) As used in this section, "retirement" or "retired" means as defined in W.S. 37-2-134(a)(ii). (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter but in addition to W.S. 37-3-117, the rates char…

Apportionment of costs to Wyoming ratepayers. In determining just and reasonable rates under this chapter for an interstate electric public utility where a portion of system costs are apportioned to Wyoming ratepayers, the public service commission shall exclude any system costs …

Limit on natural gas storage; sale of excess; rates; removal of gas for purposes of evading article prohibited. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, no natural gas utility shall include in its rates any charge for any gas maintained in storage in ex…

Commission duty to enforce. (a) The public service commission shall: (i) Review the quantities of gas stored by natural gas utilities and included in the rate base of those utilities; and (ii) Bring those utilities into compliance with W.S. 37-3-201.

Appeals from commission orders; refunds if orders upheld; utility duties. (a) If any natural gas utility contests or appeals any public service commission order pursuant to this article and the order is suspended pending the prosecution of the appeal and the order is upheld in wh…

Prohibition against recovery of cost of stored gas. A natural gas utility shall not be permitted to recover from its customers any cost related to any natural gas in storage upon which the utility was not permitted by the public service commission to earn a rate of return.

Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Wyoming High Voltage Power Lines and Safety Restrictions Act."

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Authorized person" means: (A) An employee of a public utility which produces, transmits or delivers electricity; (B) An employee of a public utility which provides and whose work relates to communication services or state, county or muni…

Activity near overhead line; safety restrictions. (a) Unless danger against contact with high voltage overhead lines has been effectively guarded against as provided by W.S. 37-3-304 a person or business entity, individually or through an agent or employee or as an agent or emplo…

Activity in close proximity to lines; clearance arrangements; procedure; payment; notice. (a) If any person or business entity desires to temporarily carry on any act in closer proximity to any high voltage overhead line than permitted by this act, the person or business entity r…

Indemnification. If a violation of this act results in physical or electrical contact with any high voltage overhead line, the person or business entity violating this act is liable to the public utility for all damages to the facilities and all costs and expenses, including dama…

Exemptions. (a) This act shall not apply to: (i) Construction, reconstruction, operation or maintenance by an authorized person of overhead electrical or communication circuits or conductors and their supporting structures or electrical generating, transmission or distribution sy…

Definitions. (a) As used in this article: (i) "Economic loss" means pecuniary loss, including losses resulting from medical expenses, business interruption, loss of business, property damage loss, replacement services loss, loss due to death and burial costs to the extent recover…

Wildfire mitigation plans; preemption; commission authority; applicability. (a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit the commission's authority to regulate utilities or promulgate rules under other provisions of this title. (b) Wildfire mitigation plans approved by…

Electric utilities; wildfire mitigation plans; contents. (a) Each electric utility shall prepare a wildfire mitigation plan that shall include, at a minimum: (i) A description of the electric utility's service territory and the areas within the service territory or rights- of-way…

Wildfire mitigation plans; commission approval. (a) An electric utility shall apply to the commission for approval of a wildfire mitigation plan. (b) Upon receiving an application for approval of a wildfire mitigation plan, the commission shall, not later than one hundred twenty …

Wildfire mitigation plans; recovery of costs. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, there shall be a presumption in any civil action that the approved wildfire mitigation plan is a reasonable and prudent preparation for, and mitigation of, wildfire risk. (b) An electr…