Wyo. Stat. § 37-15-104 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 15 / Section 37-15-104
§ 37-15-104. Services not regulated by this title
Status: repealed

(a) Except for contributions to the universal service fund required pursuant to W.S. 37-15-501 and the assessment levied pursuant to W.S. 37-2-106 through 37-2-109 , telecommunications service does not include, and the provisions of this title do not apply to:

(i) One-way transmission of radio or television signals for broadcast purposes, including the one-way transmission of video programming by a cable television or other system as well as subscriber interaction which is required for the selection of video programming;

(ii) Home and business and coinless, or coin operated public or semipublic telephone terminal equipment, and the use, location and charges for the use of such equipment;

(iii) Any billing and collection services;

(iv) Any inside wire and premise cable installation and maintenance;

(v) Directory services, except as provided in W.S. 37-12-130 ;

(vi) Telecommunications services using radio spectrum, cellular, or other wireless technology except as set forth in subparagraphs (A), (B) and (C) of this paragraph:

(A) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 96, § 2, eff. July 1, 2015.

(B) To the extent permitted in accordance with the requirements set forth in federal law, consideration and determination of an application for designation as a federal eligible telecommunications carrier;

(C) Determinations of eligibility for and amount of distribution of state universal service funds by the commission for supported services in accordance with W.S. 37-15-502 .

(vii) Video dial tone and multimedia services;

(viii) Private telecommunications networks, which for the purposes of this act shall mean a system for the provision of telecommunications service by a person or entity for the sole and exclusive use of the person or entity and not for resale directly or indirectly;

(ix) Nonvoice data services not operated by a company providing local exchange service;

(x) Networks established by a person other than the local exchange company providing essential telecommunications services within the local exchange area to provide access to interexchange carrier services;

(xi) Except as provided in this paragraph, direct inward dial services and other services needed by answering services and paging services. To the extent not preempted by federal law or regulation the commission shall regulate direct inward dial services and other services needed by answering services and paging services as noncompetitive services in any local exchange area until there are at least two (2) telecommunications companies effectively offering direct inward dial and other needed services to the answering services and paging services serving that local exchange area;

(xii) Remote meter reading; and

(xiii) Any other telecommunications service that is not regulated by this title.

(b) In addition to subsection (a) of this section, telecommunications service does not include, and the provisions of this title do not apply to telecommunications services provided by the department of enterprise technology to private health care providers under W.S. 9-2-2906(j) .
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-302 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-302
§ 37-9-302. Fireguards; penalty
Status: in_force

(a) Any railroad corporation failing to comply with the provisions of W.S. 37-9-301 shall be liable to pay a penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each and every mile, or fractional mile, of any strips of land it neglects to treat as directed by the department of transportation upon either side of the line of its road in this state, in each and every year as stated, the penalty to be collected in any proper action in any court of competent jurisdiction, in the name of the state of Wyoming, and when collected it shall be paid into the school fund of the county where the cause of action accrued. The action shall be brought within one (1) year after the violation of W.S. 37-9-301 occurs.

(b) The penalty imposed under subsection (a) of this section applies to any railroad corporation failing to comply with W.S. 37-9-311 .
Wyo. Stat. § 37-15-404 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 15 / Section 37-15-404
§ 37-15-404. Protection of telecommunications consumers
Status: in_force

(a) No telecommunications company shall unreasonably discriminate as to customers in prices, terms or conditions of service, or in connection to or with other telecommunications companies. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any telecommunications company from:

(i) Providing volume or other price discounts based on reasonable, nonpredatory business practices;

(ii) Passing through any state, municipal or local taxes to the customers in the area where the tax is levied; or

(iii) Furnishing free or reduced price service to its current or pensioned employees and dependent members of their families, as defined in the applicable price schedules on file with the commission.

(b) The commission shall not give unreasonably discriminatory or preferential treatment in its regulation of any telecommunications company.

(c) A telecommunications company providing a noncompetitive telecommunications service shall not discontinue providing the service without the commission's approval.

(d) A telecommunications company shall not:

(i) Fail to disclose in a timely and uniform manner information necessary for the design of equipment and services that will meet the specifications of interconnection;

(ii) Fail or refuse to provide a service or product in accordance with the telecommunications company's tariffs, price lists or contracts and within the commission's applicable rules and orders.

(e) The commission may adopt rules and regulations to provide for:

(i) The interconnection of telecommunications companies' networks at nondiscriminatory and reasonable rates, terms and conditions;

(ii) The effective and efficient interoperability of telecommunications companies' networks;

(iii) The unbundling of services into reasonable basic network features;

(iv) The administration and allocation of phone numbers to the extent technically and economically feasible;

(v) Telephone number portability to the full extent technically feasible; and

(vi) The resale and sharing of services and functions at reasonable and nondiscriminatory rates.

(f) No telecommunications company shall engage in anti-competitive behavior, including, but not limited to, discrimination in favor of its affiliates.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-304 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-304
§ 37-9-304. Fences and cattle guards; generally
Status: in_force

(a) All railway corporations, owning or operating a line of railway within the state, shall construct, maintain and keep in repair on each side of the track thereof, a sufficient fence which meets or exceeds department of transportation fencing standards, so connected with suitable cattle guards at all public road crossings as to prevent stock from getting on the railroad track of the corporation. The fence shall be constructed within nine (9) months after the completion of any railroad track or any part thereof; provided, that railway corporations shall not be required to construct and maintain a fence within the boundaries of any incorporated city or town.

(b) Any corporation failing to comply with this section is subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) for each day during which a violation continues. Each county in which there is a failure to comply with this section shall constitute a separate violation. This penalty shall be prosecuted and collected pursuant to the provisions of W.S. 37-9-302 .

(c) No fine shall be assessed under subsection (b) of this section against a corporation that has on file with the department of transportation an approved plan for fence construction, reconstruction and maintenance so long as the corporation is in full compliance with the terms and conditions of the approved plan.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-216 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-216
§ 37-2-216. Venue
Status: in_force

All provisions of the law of this state relating to venue shall apply to proceedings under this act, and in addition any action at law or in equity to enforce the provisions of this act, or of any order of the commission, or to prevent any proposed violation thereof, may be commenced in the district court in and for the county in which the principal office of the commission is located or in the county where the principal office in the state of the public utility is located.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-13-120 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 13 / Section 37-13-120
§ 37-13-120. Failure to pay installments; sale of property; return of sale; certificate of sale
Status: in_force

(a) The failure to pay any installment including interest when due shall cause all other installments and the interest thereon to become due and payable and the governing body shall, within thirty (30) days from the date of default, by general ordinance providing for the sale of the property, proceed against the property for the collection of the total amount due including interest plus five percent (5%) additional on unpaid principal and interest as penalties and costs of collection.

(b) The governing body shall cause notice of sales for delinquent assessments and make the sales thereof in the same manner as is provided for sales of property by a treasurer of a city or town for delinquent assessments as provided in W.S. 15-6-410 .

(c) The governing body shall make a return of sale in the same manner as is provided in W.S. 15-6-411 .

(d) The governing body shall make out such a certificate and deliver the same as provided in W.S. 15-6-412 and said certificate and the lien thereof shall have the same validity and effect as provided therein.

(e) The governing body shall be custodian of such certificates, may sell and transfer any such certificate and generally may act with the same powers and authority as provided in W.S. 15-6-412(b) .
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-402 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-402
§ 37-9-402. Establishment of depots; prosecution; notice to railroad
Status: in_force

Whenever it shall come to the knowledge of the district attorney for any county in this state, or whenever complaint shall be made to such officer by any citizen or citizens thereof, that any railroad corporation or company doing business and running trains in or through such county is neglecting or refusing to provide a suitable depot or stopping place as provided by W.S. 37-9-401 , or violating any of the provisions thereof, it shall be the duty of the district attorney to make a personal examination of the conditions complained of and if he finds that such railroad corporation or company has not provided a suitable depot or stopping place for the convenience of any town or city, and is not stopping all trains doing local business thereat, he shall at once prepare and cause the sheriff of his county to serve a written notice on any officer or agent of such railroad corporation or company to be found in said county to the effect that such violation exists in the vicinity of a certain town or city, naming it, and notifying said company that unless remedied within thirty (30) days from the date of the service of said notice, and in strict compliance with W.S. 37-9-401 , proceedings against said derelict company will be commenced in the district court of such county to compel such compliance, and also to enforce the penalty provided for in W.S. 37-9-403 .
Wyo. Stat. § 37-13-131 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 13 / Section 37-13-131
§ 37-13-131. Conversion costs and service connections
Status: in_force

(a) The public utility performing the conversion shall, at the expense of the property owner, convert to underground all electric and communication service facilities located upon any lot or parcel of land within the improvement district and not within the easement for distribution, sometimes referred to as “service drops” or “drop wires.” This shall include the digging and backfilling of a trench upon the lot or parcel unless the owner executes and files a written objection with the clerk of the governing body not later than the date set for hearing objections to the improvement district assessment as provided by law. Failure to file the written objection shall be taken as a consent and grant of easement to the utility and shall be construed as express authority to the public utility and their respective officers, agents and employees to enter upon the lot or parcel for such purpose, and through failure to object, any right of protest or objection in respect of the doing of such work shall be waived. If an owner does file the written objection, he shall be responsible for providing a trench in accordance with applicable rules, regulations or tariffs from the owner's service entrance to a point designated by the public utility and for backfilling the trench following installation of the underground service by the public utility involved.

(b) If conversion costs for the service facilities located upon any lot or parcel of land and not within the easement for distribution are included in tariffs, rules or regulations filed with or promulgated by the public service commission, the conversion costs shall be the costs included in the costs and feasibility report, and the property owner shall be obligated for that amount.

(c) In any event the cost of any work done by the public utility shall be included in the assessment to be levied upon the lot or parcel. If a written objection is filed as above provided, the owner involved is obligated for and the public utility involved is entitled to payment for the actual cost for the work accomplished upon the owner's property by the public utility.

(d) The owner shall, at his expense, make all necessary changes in the service entrance equipment to accept underground service.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-13-116 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 13 / Section 37-13-116
§ 37-13-116. Notice of public hearing on proposed assessments
Status: in_force

Notice of a public hearing on the proposed assessment resolution shall be given. At least twenty (20) days before the date fixed for the hearing, the notice shall be published one (1) time in a newspaper in which the first notice of hearing was published. Notice shall also be mailed to each owner of real property whose property will be assessed for part of the cost of the improvement at the last known address of the owner as shown on the last completed real property assessment rolls of the county wherein the affected property is located. In addition, a copy of the notice shall be addressed and mailed to “owner” at the street number of each piece of property affected by the assessment. Each notice shall state that at the specified time and place the governing body will hold a hearing upon the proposed assessments and that the owner of any property to be assessed pursuant to the resolution will be heard on the question of whether his property will be benefited by the proposed improvement to the amount of the proposed assessment against his property and whether the amount assessed against his property constitutes more than his proper proportional share of the total cost of the improvement. The notice shall further state that the owner or owners of any property assessed must file a written objection pursuant to section 37-303 [ § 37-13-131 ] of the statutes if the owner or owners wish to do the trenching and backfilling on their own property outside of utility easements and thereby not be obligated to pay the public utility therefor, if such is permitted by the district and public utility tariff. The notice shall further state where a copy of the proposed resolution levying the assessments against all real property in the district is on file for public inspection, and that subject to such changes and corrections as may be made by the governing body, it is proposed to adopt the resolution at the conclusion of the hearing. The published notice shall describe the boundaries or area of the district with sufficient particularity to permit each owner of real property therein to ascertain that his property lies in the district. The mailed notice may refer to the district by name and date of creation and shall state the amount of the assessment proposed to be levied against the real property of the person to whom the notice is mailed. In the absence of fraud, the failure to mail any notice does not invalidate any assessment or any proceeding under this chapter.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-110 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-110
§ 37-7-110. Oath and bond of commissioners; quorum; majority rule; term of office
Status: in_force

Before entering upon their duties, such commissioners shall take and subscribe an oath to support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of Wyoming, to faithfully and impartially discharge their duties as such commissioners and to render a true account of their doings to the court by which they are appointed whenever required by law or the order of the court, and shall execute a bond running to the clerk of said court and his successors in office as obligees, to be filed with said clerk for the benefit of the parties interested, in an amount to be fixed by the court or presiding judge, and with sureties to be approved by the court or presiding judge, conditioned for the faithful discharge of their duties as such commissioners and the faithful accounting of all moneys which shall come into their hands as such commissioners. A majority shall constitute a quorum and a concurrence of a majority in any matter within their duties shall be sufficient to its determination. The commissioners appointed shall hold their office until the first Tuesday in the second succeeding December following the date of order organizing such district and until their respective successors are qualified.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-16-103 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 16 / Section 37-16-103
§ 37-16-103. Calculation requirements
Status: in_force

(a) Consistent with other provisions of this chapter, the net energy measurement shall be calculated in the following manner:

(i) The electric utility shall measure the net electricity produced or consumed during the billing period, in accordance with normal metering practices;

(ii) If the electricity supplied by the electric utility exceeds the electricity generated by the customer generator, the customer-generator shall be billed for the appropriate customer charges for that month, in accordance with W.S. 37-16-102 ;

(iii) If the electricity supplied by the customer-generator exceeds that supplied by the electric utility, the customer-generator shall be credited or compensated for the excess kilowatt-hours generated during the month with the kilowatt-hour credit or compensation appearing on the bill for the following month for all metered locations of customer-generators supplied by the electric utility.

(b) At the beginning of each calendar year, any remaining unused kilowatt-hour credit accumulated during the previous year shall be sold to the electric utility, at the electric utility's filed avoided cost.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-13-108 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 13 / Section 37-13-108
§ 37-13-108. Resolution declaring intention to create district
Status: in_force

(a) On the filing with the clerk of any governing body of the cost and feasibility report by the public utility, and after considering the same, the governing body may, at any regular or special meeting, pass a resolution declaring its intention to create a local improvement district. The resolution shall state:

(i) That the costs and expenses of the proposed district will be levied and assessed upon the abutting, adjoining, and adjacent lots and land along or upon which improvements are to be made, and upon lots and land benefited by the improvements and included in the improvement district created;

(ii) The contribution of the governing body, if any;

(iii) That it is the intention of the governing body to make the improvement which will promote public convenience, necessity and welfare;

(iv) The area and boundaries of the proposed improvement district;

(v) The character of the proposed improvement;

(vi) The estimated total cost of the improvement; and

(vii) That the governing body will hold a hearing on the proposed improvements at which time it will consider protests filed with the governing body against the proposed improvements.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-12-118 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 12 / Section 37-12-118
§ 37-12-118. Electricity; penalty
Status: in_force

Any person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this act, shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than thirty (30) days or more than ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-202 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-202
§ 37-7-202. Bonds issued only when authorized by district court; hearing and notice; interest rate; conditions of sale
Status: in_force

Power districts organized pursuant to petitions stating that the bonds to be issued by the district for the purpose of raising money shall be a lien only upon the power plant, distribution system and other property used in the manufacture or distribution of electrical energy, and upon the revenues from electrical energy so developed or distributed, may issue bonds only when so authorized by the district court having jurisdiction thereof, and the bonds shall not be offered for sale to the public generally unless the court shall so provide in its order. Commissioners of a district desiring to issue bonds, shall first present to the court a full showing of the necessity and proposed conditions of the bonds, and, after giving such notice as the court may require to all parties interested, the court shall hear the petition and make orders fixing the terms and conditions of bond issue as shall to the court seem proper. Bonds shall not be sold at less than ninety percent (90%) of their par value.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-203 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-203
§ 37-2-203. Separate hearings; hearings to be open; representation by attorney; reports, investigations
Status: in_force

(a) When complaint is made of more than one matter or thing the commission may order separate hearings thereon and may hear and determine the several matters complained of separately and at such times as it may prescribe. All hearings conducted by the commission or commissioner shall be open to the public. In any hearing, proceeding or investigation conducted by the commission or commissioner, any party may be heard in person or by attorney.

(b) Within a time to be fixed by the commission, every public utility under the jurisdiction of this commission shall file an annual report with the commission, verified by the oath of the president, treasurer or general manager or receiver, if any, of such public utility, or by the person required to file the same. The verification shall be made by said official holding office, at the time of the filing of said report, and, if not made upon the knowledge of the person verifying the same, shall set forth the source of his information and the grounds of his beliefs as to any matters not stated to be verified upon his knowledge. The commission shall prescribe the form of such reports and the character of the information to be contained therein, and may from time to time make such changes and such additions in regard to form and contents thereof as it may deem proper and each year shall furnish a blank form for such annual reports to every such public utility. Such report shall also cover the period, and be filed at the time prescribed by the commission. The contents of such report and the form thereof shall conform in the case of interstate public utilities as nearly as may be to that required of interstate public utilities under the act of congress entitled “An act to regulate commerce”, approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven [1887], and the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto. The originals of said reports subscribed and sworn to as prescribed by law, shall be filed in the office of the commission. The commission may require, by order of any public utility or person, specific answers to questions upon which the commission may need information. If any public utility shall fail to make and file its annual report within the time ordered, or the time extended by the commission, it shall be subject to the penalty as provided for under W.S. 37-12-204 .

(c) The commission shall, within its jurisdiction, have power, in its discretion, to prescribe uniform methods of keeping accounts, records and books, to be observed by all public utilities operating within the state. It may also in its discretion prescribe by order, forms of accounts, records and memoranda to be kept by such public utilities. Notice of alterations by the commission in the required method or form of keeping a system of accounts shall be given to such public utility by the commission at least six (6) months before the same shall take effect. Any other and additional forms of accounts, records and memoranda kept by such public utility shall be subject to examination by the commission. The system of accounts, established by the commission and the forms of accounts, records and memoranda prescribed by it shall in the case of interstate public utilities conform as nearly as may be to those prescribed by the surface transportation board under the act of congress, entitled “An act to regulate commerce”, and the acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto.

(d) Every public utility shall report to the commission, under rules and regulations prescribed by the commission and harmonizing insofar as practicable with those of the surface transportation board, and of any other department of this state, every accident occurring upon the property of any public utility or directly or indirectly arising from or connected with the maintenance or operation of the plant, equipment, appliances, apparatus, property or facilities of such public utility resulting in loss of life or injury to person or property; provided, that whenever any accident occasions the loss of life or limb to any person, such public utility shall straightway advise the commission of the fact by the speediest available means of communication.

(e) The commission shall investigate the cause of all such accidents resulting in loss of life or injury to persons or property, as in the judgment of the commission requires investigation by it, and the commission shall have power to make such order with respect thereto, as it may deem just and reasonable.

(f) Nothing in this act in relation to service regulation or in relation to reports or the methods of keeping accounts, records or books shall apply to any common carrier engaged in interstate commerce; provided, that, the department of transportation may, upon proper notice, require any common carrier to furnish to the department of transportation copies of any reports as it may designate which any common carrier may have filed with the surface transportation board.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-403 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-403
§ 37-2-403. Consumer advocate; administrator and staff
Status: in_force

The administrative head of the division shall be an administrator appointed by the governor with senate confirmation. The administrator shall employ and supervise personnel as authorized by legislative appropriation. Except as provided in W.S. 37-2-404 the employees of the office of consumer advocate shall not be supervised or directed by the commission.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-901 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-901
§ 37-9-901. City and county authority to acquire and lease railroad lines and to receive grants and loans
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, cities, towns or counties within the state acting either singly or jointly pursuant to the Wyoming Joint Powers Act are authorized to:

(i) Purchase, own, improve, rehabilitate, maintain, repair or replace railroad lines;

(ii) Lease or let any portion of the railroad lines referred to in paragraph (a)(i) of this section to any private person, company, corporation or carrier upon terms and conditions and for either a fixed fee or a fee based on a percentage of the revenue collected from the railroad operation as determined by the governing body or bodies; and

(iii) Apply for and accept grants, loans or loan guarantees as authorized by law to carry out the provisions of this article.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-6-104 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 6 / Section 37-6-104
§ 37-6-104. Disposal of applications
Status: in_force

All applications for the issuance, assumption or guarantee of securities shall be disposed of promptly, and within thirty (30) days after petition is filed with the commission unless it is necessary, for good cause, to continue same for a longer period. Whenever such application is continued beyond thirty (30) days after the time it is filed the commission shall enter an order making such continuance and stating fully the facts necessitating same.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-601 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-601
§ 37-9-601. Contractor's bond
Status: in_force

Whenever any railroad company shall contract with any person, persons or corporation for the construction of its railroad or any part thereof, the company shall take from the person, persons, or corporation with whom a contract is made, a good and sufficient bond, in some guarantee or surety company authorized to do business in this state, conditioned that the contractor or contractors shall pay or cause to be paid all laborers, mechanics, materialmen, ranchmen, farmers, merchants, and other persons who supply the contractor or contractors, or any of his or their subcontractors, with labor, work, material, ranch or farm products, provisions, goods or supplies of any kind, all just debts incurred therefor in carrying on the work, which bond shall be filed by the company in the office of the county clerk in the county where the principal work of the contractor shall be carried on; and if any railroad company shall fail to take a bond, the railroad company shall be liable to the persons herein mentioned to the full extent of all debts so contracted by the contractor, or contractors, or any of his or their subcontractors. Any contractor or contractors may take a similar bond from each of his or their subcontractors to secure the payment of all debts of the kind above mentioned, incurred by him, and file the same as above provided. All persons mentioned in this section to whom any debt of the kind above mentioned shall be due from any contractor or subcontractor shall severally have a right of action upon any bond covering the debt taken as herein provided for the recovery of the full amount of the debt, and a certified copy of the bond shall be received as evidence in any action; provided, however, that in order that the right of action upon the bonds may exist, the person or parties herein granted the right shall comply with either of the following conditions, to-wit: First, an action in a court of competent jurisdiction, in the county where the bond is filed shall be commenced within ninety (90) days after the last item of indebtedness shall have accrued; or second, an itemized statement of the indebtedness duly verified shall within ninety (90) days after the last item of the indebtedness shall have accrued be filed in the office of the county clerk of the proper county; and an action shall be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction of the county within three (3) months after the filing of the statement. In case an action is commenced upon the bond of a contractor, the contractor may give notice thereof to the subcontractor liable for the claim, and in a case the result of the action shall be binding upon the subcontractor, and his sureties, and in any case when a contractor has paid a claim for which a subcontractor is liable, the contractor shall bring action against the subcontractor and his sureties within sixty (60) days after the payment of the claim.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-5-503 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 5 / Section 37-5-503
§ 37-5-503. Purposes; report
Status: in_force

(a) The authority is created to:

(i) Diversify and expand the Wyoming economy through improvements in the state's electric and energy transmission infrastructure and facilitate Wyoming's production, development and transmission of energy and associated natural resources by planning, financing, constructing, developing, acquiring, maintaining and operating electric, energy export and energy transmission facilities, advanced technology facilities for natural resources associated with energy, carbon dioxide capture and transportation infrastructure, distribution facilities and related supporting infrastructure and undivided or other interests therein;

(ii) Consolidate energy staff and functions existing in the state energy program and take actions to administer the state energy program, including:

(A) Seek federal grants and loans;

(B) Seek to participate in applicable federal programs; and

(C) In accordance with applicable federal program guidelines, administer federally funded state energy programs.

(iii) Assist with obtaining financing and funding for energy projects through the use or combination of bonding authority, grants, loans and private and institutional investors, and assist with the creation of new financing products;

(iv) Provide assistance with permitting, siting and other regulatory requirements;

(v) Develop and administer programs providing education on energy resources and emerging technologies including tours, academic programs and communication plans;

(vi) Engage with international and domestic stakeholders on potential market opportunities, energy projects and technology development that will increase the value of Wyoming energy and associated natural resources;

(vii) In consultation with the joint minerals, business and economic development interim committee and the governor, develop, administer, update and communicate the Wyoming energy strategy;

(viii) Plan, finance, construct, develop, acquire, maintain and operate a pipeline or other transportation and distribution systems within or outside the state of Wyoming to facilitate the production, transportation, distribution and delivery of associated natural resources that are produced or developed in this state, including energy and associated natural resources received as royalties in kind pursuant to mineral leases by the state, its agencies and political subdivisions.

(ix) Support efforts to use natural resources associated with energy for other applications and products including the use of coal for nonfuel products;

(x) Support efforts to maintain and expand the rare earth minerals industry, the critical materials industry, the trona industry and other mineral industries in Wyoming and to maintain and expand the production of products and materials using rare earth minerals, critical materials, trona and other minerals;

(xi) Support efforts to maintain and expand the mineral industry and the oil and gas industry in Wyoming through the development, construction and operation of mineral processing and concentration facilities and through constructing and facilitating the construction of oil and gas refineries and the expansion of existing oil and gas refineries in Wyoming.

(b) In order to provide for the financing, construction, development, maintenance and operation of energy transmission facilities, pipeline and other transportation and distribution systems, the authority may own, lease or rent facilities, structures and properties, both incidental and necessary, constructed in accordance with this article and article 6 of this chapter, to facilitate the production, development, transportation, distribution and delivery of energy and associated natural resources.

(c) Energy transmission facilities and related supporting infrastructure may include all facilities, structures and properties incidental and necessary or useful in the production, development, transportation, transmission and delivery of energy. Pipeline and other transportation or distribution systems may be inclusive of pipelines, ports, pumps, storage and all other facilities, structures and properties incidental and necessary or useful in the production, development, transportation, distribution and delivery of natural resources associated with energy to points of sale, consumption or to the points of distribution for consumption.

(d) The authority shall establish and collect fees and prepare a schedule of fees, rentals and other charges for the use of the facilities of the authority, including capacity that the authority procures, as the board may determine.

(e) The authority may borrow funds for the execution of the purposes of the authority, and mortgage and pledge any leases granted, assigned or subleased by the authority.

(f) Except as provided in this section, the authority shall not exercise any of the rights or powers granted to it in this section if private persons, firms or corporations are performing the acts, constructing or have constructed the facilities or are providing the services contemplated by the authority.

(g) Prior to exercising any rights or powers granted to it in this section except for activities related to the administration of pipeline capacity contracted with an entity operating under the jurisdiction of the federal energy regulatory commission or a successor agency, the authority shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in Wyoming, and in a newspaper in the area where the authority contemplates providing facilities or services, in the manner prescribed by law, a notice describing the acts, facilities or services contemplated by the authority. Private persons, firms or corporations wishing to perform the acts, construct the facilities or provide the services described in the notice shall have ninety (90) days from the date of last publication of the notice within which to notify the authority of their intention to perform the acts, construct the facilities or provide the services described in the notice. A person or entity giving notice to the authority shall include an anticipated timeline for completion of the acts, construction or services. In the absence of notification by a private person, firm or corporation, or if a person, firm or corporation, having given notice of intention to perform the acts, construct the facilities or provide the services contemplated by the authority, fails to commence the same within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of last publication, the authority may proceed to perform the acts, construct the facilities or provide the services for which notice was given. A private person, firm or corporation that has made necessary applications to acquire any federal, state, local or private permits, certificates or other authorizations necessary to perform the acts, construct the facilities or provide the services included in the authority's notice within the time required is deemed to have commenced the same. When a private person, firm or corporation has given notice of intent to perform or is performing the acts, constructing the facilities or providing the services that the authority contemplated, the authority may conduct hearings or meetings with the person, firm or corporation to assess progress toward completion of the intended acts to be performed, the facilities to be constructed or the services to be provided. If it appears to the authority that progress or completion of any or all of the intended acts may be delayed for one (1) year or more, the authority may proceed to perform the acts, construct the facilities or provide the services originally contemplated.

(h) The authority may acquire, purchase, hold, use, lease, license, sell, transfer and dispose of an undivided or other interest in or the right to capacity in any pipeline system within or outside the state of Wyoming in order to facilitate the production, transportation, distribution or delivery of associated natural resources that are produced or developed in this state. The provisions of subsection (g) of this section shall not apply to the authority in exercising any power pursuant to this subsection.

(j) Before any appropriation is made to the authority, the authority shall submit its budget for review as provided by W.S. 9-2-1010 through 9-2-1014 . Any appropriation to the authority shall be expended only for administrative purposes, which shall include planning and research.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-13-124 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 13 / Section 37-13-124
§ 37-13-124. Property bid in by city, town or county to be held in trust; trust discharged by payment of assessment
Status: in_force

When any property is bid in by or stricken off to any city, town or county the property shall be held in trust by the city, town or county for the fund of the improvement district for which the assessment was levied to the extent of the unpaid assessment for which the property was sold, with penalty, and all accrued interest and interest owed in the future. However, the city, town or county may after receiving a deed pay the fund the amount of the delinquent assessment for which the property was sold, any penalties owed, and all accrued interest and interest to the time of the next call for bonds issued against the assessment fund at the rate provided, and thereupon take and hold the property discharged of the trust.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-5-506 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 5 / Section 37-5-506
§ 37-5-506. Use of net revenues
Status: in_force

(a) The authority, acting alone or in cooperation with any agency of the state of Wyoming, may use and employ any net revenues derived from a system or facility authorized in this article and from any other source, after providing for all costs of maintenance and operation of the system or facility and after making the required principal and interest payments on any revenue bonds issued hereunder and any other payments provided in any resolution authorizing the issuance and sale of revenue bonds and obligations, to extend and improve the system or facility as the authority may determine to be warranted by any need for additional intrastate transportation or energy transmission facilities.

(b) Revenues derived from the issuance of bonds for the purpose of purchasing pipeline capacity as authorized under W.S. 37-5-505(k) shall be used for such purchases and to make principal and interest payments on such bonds as provided by the authority in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the revenue bonds.

(c) If the authority determines that no need for additional transportation or energy transmission facilities exists and after the administrative expenses of the authority are paid, net revenues derived under this article shall be paid to the state treasurer for credit to the state general fund.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-3-305 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3 / Section 37-3-305
§ 37-3-305. Indemnification
Status: in_force

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 damages to third parties, incurred by the public utility as a result of the contact.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-212 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-212
§ 37-7-212. Authority of district court concerning bonds; bonds to comply with federal laws; power system; state property
Status: in_force

The district court having jurisdiction over said power district shall have general, full, and complete authority to authorize the issuance of such revenue bonds, to make such order and decree from time to time as may be necessary to provide for the raising and accumulation of sufficient revenue and funds for the payment of all principal and interest on said bonds, as same becomes due and payable and after any order or decree shall have been made by any district court of this state authorizing the issuance of any revenue bonds under this act, such district court shall retain jurisdiction until all of said bonds and the principal and interest thereon shall have been paid in full, to appoint a receiver on the application or petition of the owner or owners of said bonds or any of them, to collect the rates due said power district for services furnished and to conserve the same and apply the same to the payment of said bonded indebtedness, principal and interest, under the orders of such court; and in all such matters the court shall be deemed to have general jurisdiction to do any and all things necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this act and to so provide that the principal and interest on bonds issued hereunder shall be paid in full out of the revenue from the system or power plant or plants. It is the intent of this act, and there is hereby granted to the district court such complete and full jurisdiction and powers over such proceedings and bond issues that the district court in authorizing the issuance of any such bonds may provide therein such terms and conditions as will fully comply with any federal law or laws of the United States of America relating thereto, and particularly with the statute or statutes relating to public works so-called and revenue bonds to be issued for such purposes as well as with any federal law or laws appertaining to the reconstruction finance corporation and its powers. Any such power system or plant, electric light plant, power plant, power lines, transmission lines, distributing system, or other property shall be the property of the state of Wyoming and under its authority and control for the benefit of the users of the electric power developed or distributed thereby.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-105 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-105
§ 37-7-105. Nonresident landowners to be specified on affidavit with petition; notice by mail; personal service to establish jurisdiction
Status: in_force

If any of the persons owning or entitled to possession of land in said district are nonresidents of the county or counties in which the proposed district lies, the petition shall be accompanied by an affidavit giving the names and post-office address of each such nonresident, if such are known, and if unknown shall state that, upon diligent inquiry their names or post-office addresses (whichever may be the fact) cannot be ascertained. The clerk of the court shall mail a copy of the notice aforesaid to each of said nonresident owners whose post-office address is known, within six (6) days after the first publication of the same. The certificate of the clerk of the court, or other public officer, or the affidavit of any other person who knows the facts, affixed to a copy of said notice, shall be sufficient evidence of the posting, serving, mailing or publication thereof. Personal service of said notice on (or service by leaving at the last usual place of abode of) all persons owning or entitled to possession of lands or interest in lands within said district, shall give the court complete jurisdiction, without posting, publication or mailing of said notice.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-12-212 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 12 / Section 37-12-212
§ 37-12-212. Additional penalties
Status: in_force

Every public utility, all officers and agents of any public utility, and every person shall obey, observe and comply with every provision of this act and with every order made by the commission under authority of this act and duly served in accordance with its provisions so long as the same shall be and remain in force. Any public utility or its officers or agents, and any other persons, who shall knowingly and willfully violate any of the provisions of this act is punishable as a misdemeanor or felony, or who fails, omits or neglects to obey, observe or comply with any order or any direction or requirement of the commission, shall (in addition to liability to the party aggrieved for all damages sustained by reason of such violation) forfeit to the state not to exceed the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each and every violation, or in case of a violation which is punishable as a misdemeanor or felony, not to exceed the maximum sum fixed as a fine therefor, which shall be recovered in an action at law to the use of the state upon the complaint of the commission appearing by its attorney or the attorney general; but no such action shall be maintained unless brought within two (2) years after the date of such violation; nor shall such an action be maintained in the case of a person who has already been convicted for the same violation of this act, and recovery by civil action brought in accordance with this section shall not be a bar to any criminal prosecution for the same violation of this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-312 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-312
§ 37-9-312. Immediate or urgent fence repairs
Status: in_force

(a) After notification to the railroad and the department of transportation by the landowner concerning any damaged fence or a fence in disrepair, the landowner shall have the right to be reimbursed by the railroad for the reasonable and customary costs for such repairs, provided:

(i) The landowner gives the railroad specific information concerning the location of the damage;

(ii) Following the notice by the landowner, the railroad fails to commit that it will make the repairs within three (3) business days of the initial notice by the landowner or fails to complete the repairs within five (5) business days or within a mutually agreed upon time from the date of the initial notice by the landowner; and

(iii) The need for repair is of an immediate or urgent nature as determined by the landowner and the department of transportation.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed as a prohibition against a railroad immediately repairing the fence, the adjacent landowner and the railroad mutually agreeing to other terms for such repairs, or to an adjacent landowner making such repairs at his own expense.

(c) Repairs made by a landowner pursuant to this section shall not be deemed to create any continuing duty or any landowner liability.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-15-101 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 15 / Section 37-15-101
§ 37-15-101. Short title; sunset
Status: repealed

(a) This chapter shall be known as the “Wyoming Telecommunications Act.”

(b) This chapter is repealed effective July 1, 2025.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-3-116 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3 / Section 37-3-116
§ 37-3-116. Electric utility service agreements
Status: in_force

(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 the expected cost to serve the customer's projected electric usage;

(ii) Shall not result in obligating other customers for any utility investments or any direct, indirect or reasonably assigned costs related to the utility's service to the customer under the agreement. For purposes of this paragraph, investments and costs include known or reasonably ascertainable expenses for power supply, electric transmission and distribution and administrative, general, financial and other costs related to the agreement;

(iii) Provide benefits to other customers without imposing additional current or future costs.

(b) An electric utility shall retain for its owners any profits or losses that result from entering into an agreement with a customer pursuant to this section.

(c) Regulated utilities entering into agreements under this section shall report to the commission at least once every three (3) years as to the impacts on other rate payers.

(d) This section shall only apply to service agreements:

(i) Between an electric utility and a customer with projected electric usage greater than five (5) megawatts;

(ii) For services provided under a tariff approved by the commission consistent with its authority under W.S. 37-2-121 .
Wyo. Stat. § 37-10-102 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 10 / Section 37-10-102
§ 37-10-102. Power to close or establish crossings; establishing priority for hazardous crossing locations
Status: in_force

(a) The transportation commission shall have the power and authority to close or establish crossings at grade of public highways as specified, or separations over or under the track or tracks of any railroad corporation or street railway corporation in the state of Wyoming.

(b) Upon application to the commission from the duly authorized agents of the cities, counties or other governmental entities or the affected railroad for participation under the terms of this act or upon its own motion when the public interest clearly indicates action should be taken, the commission shall consider the need from the evidence presented, availed or adduced and shall establish a priority rating from the applications or evidence before the commission, assigning priority first to the most hazardous railroad crossing locations, giving proper weight to increased rail traffic and to the traffic volume over such crossing with due consideration being given for school buses and dangerous commodities. If the commission determines there is a need for grade crossing protection, then they shall determine the type of crossing protection required, including whether the crossing is to be made at grade or a grade separation structure. If the crossing be at grade, the commission shall determine the kind and type of grade crossing protection signals and devices required. If the crossing is to be a grade separation structure, the commission shall determine the kind and type of grade separation structure.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-17-105 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 17 / Section 37-17-105
§ 37-17-105. Return to public service commission rate regulation
Status: in_force

(a) The board of directors of a cooperative electric utility shall hold an election on the question of returning to retail rate regulation at the next annual meeting after receiving a petition requesting the same, signed by at least five percent (5%) of the total member owners, or upon the board's own motion.

(b) A vote on returning to rate regulation shall take place only during a cooperative electric utility's annual meeting or by mail ballots returned prior to and counted at the annual meeting. Notification of a vote on the resolution shall be provided to the member owners at least thirty (30) days prior to the annual meeting.

(c) Upon an affirmative vote of a majority of the member owners voting on the resolution in person or by mail ballot, the election results shall be filed with the commission. On the date of filing, the cooperative shall return to retail rate regulation by the commission.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-5-502 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 5 / Section 37-5-502
§ 37-5-502. Wyoming energy authority
Status: in_force

(a) Commencing July 1, 2020, there is created the Wyoming energy authority, which is a body politic and corporate operating as an instrumentality of the state of Wyoming, with authority to adopt an official seal and to sue and be sued.

(b) The authority shall be governed by a board composed of seven (7) voting members appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. Except as provided in this subsection, all voting members shall be appointed for four (4) year terms. The governor shall appoint four (4) initial voting board members to a term of four (4) years and shall appoint the remaining three (3) initial voting board members to a term of two (2) years. The governor may remove any member as provided in W.S. 9-1-202 . Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the governor in accordance with W.S. 28-12-101 . The members shall elect from the membership a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary. A majority of the persons appointed and serving as members shall be qualified voters of the state of Wyoming. At least two (2) members of the board shall have special knowledge, education or experience in the field of energy or natural resource development, transmission, generation, transportation, financing or marketing, or a field related to industrial or municipal energy consumption. At least two (2) other members of the board shall have special knowledge, education or experience in the field of natural gas or oil production, transportation, marketing or industrial consumption. Members of the board may receive the same per diem, expenses and travel allowance as members of the legislature under W.S. 28-5-101 while in attendance at meetings of the board and while performing their duties as members of the board.

(c) The following persons shall serve as ex officio, nonvoting members of the board:

(i) A member of the Wyoming enhanced oil recovery institute selected by the director of the enhanced oil recovery institute;

(ii) The chief executive officer of the Wyoming business council or a designee;

(iii) The governor or a designee from his office;

(iv) The supervisor of the Wyoming oil and gas conservation commission or a designee;

(v) The director of the University of Wyoming school of energy resources or, if there is no director, a member of the school of energy resources selected by the University of Wyoming energy resources council, or a designee.

(d) The board shall meet not less than two (2) times each year with representatives of the University of Wyoming school of energy resources and the enhanced oil recovery institute to conduct its business and to consider energy related issues and the state of the energy industry in Wyoming.

(e) Any agency, board, commission, department or institution of the state and the governing authorities of political subdivisions may make surveys, reports and investigations, and may furnish records and information and other assistance and advice as the authority may require.

(f) Appointments and terms under this section shall be as provided in W.S. 28-12-101 through 28-12-103 .

(g) The authority is subject to the requirements of:

(i) W.S. 16-3-101 through 16-3-105 ;

(ii) W.S. 16-4-201 through 16-4-205 ;

(iii) W.S. 16-4-401 through 16-4-408 .
Wyo. Stat. § 37-6-102 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 6 / Section 37-6-102
§ 37-6-102. Application for authorization regarding securities; approval or disapproval
Status: in_force

Such public utility shall, by written petition, filed with the commission and setting forth the pertinent facts involved, make application to the commission for an order authorizing the proposed issue, assumption or guarantee of securities, and the application of the proceeds therefrom for the purposes specified. The commission shall, after such hearing and upon such notice as the commission may prescribe, enter its written order approving the petition and authorizing the proposed securities transactions, unless the commission shall find: that such transactions are inconsistent with the public interest; or that the purpose or purposes thereof are not permitted by this act; or that the aggregate amount of the securities outstanding and proposed to be outstanding would exceed the fair value of the properties and business of the public utility.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-18-101 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 18 / Section 37-18-101
§ 37-18-101. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this article:

(i) “ Carbon capture, utilization and storage technology ” means technology that has the principal purpose of capturing, reusing, storing, sequestering or using carbon dioxide emissions to prevent carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere whether constructed integral or adjacent to a coal fired generation facility;

(ii) “ Dispatchable ” means 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;

(iii) “ Low-carbon ” means electricity that is generated while using carbon capture, utilization and storage technology that produces carbon emissions not greater than six hundred fifty (650) pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt hour of generated electricity averaged over one (1) calendar year;

(iv) “ Reliable ” means generated electricity that is not subject to intermittent availability.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-902 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-902
§ 37-9-902. Limitations of authority
Status: in_force

(a) The actions authorized in W.S. 37-9-901 may be taken only if a rail carrier has:

(i) Abandoned or filed an application to abandon railroad lines with the proper regulatory authority; or

(ii) Taken action leading to potential abandonment of railroad lines as required by the proper regulatory authority.

(b) No city, town or county acting either singly or jointly may operate a railroad or provide railroad services.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a city, town or county acting either singly or jointly shall not purchase railroad lines at a price greater than the net salvage value or fair market value of the railroad lines as determined by the proper regulatory authority. This subsection does not prohibit a city, town or county acting either singly or jointly from negotiating a settlement of the net salvage value or fair market value of the railroad lines.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-102 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-102
§ 37-2-102. Quorum; meetings; investigations and hearings by single commissioner
Status: in_force

A majority of the commission shall constitute a quorum to transact business and for the performance of any duty or for the exercise of any powers of the commission and may hold meetings of the commission at any time or place within the state. A majority of the commission shall consist of two (2) of the three (3) members, including the chairman, that constitute the commission in the normal course of business. Any investigation, inquiry or hearing which the commission has power to hold may be held by or before any commissioner, or an employee of the commission acting in the capacity of a hearing officer, when an order is entered in the records of the office of the commission to that effect, and such an investigation, inquiry or hearing when approved and confirmed by the commission shall be the investigation, inquiry or hearing of the commission, but no finding or order of the commission shall be effective without the concurrence of a majority of the commission.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-12-128 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 12 / Section 37-12-128
§ 37-12-128. Failure to yield telephone for reporting emergencies; pretext that emergency exists
Status: in_force

Any person who asks for or requests the use of a party line or a public pay telephone on the pretext that an emergency exists, knowing that no emergency in fact exists, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-103 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-103
§ 37-7-103. Time and place of hearing on petition; notice
Status: in_force

On such petition being filed the court or judge thereof shall make an order fixing the time and place of the hearing thereon and ordering notice; thereupon the clerk of said county, for the county in which the proceedings are instituted, shall cause twenty (20) days notice of the filing of such petition to be given.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-12-117 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 12 / Section 37-12-117
§ 37-12-117. Electricity; alteration or destruction of electric meter
Status: in_force

Any person who willfully injures, alters or by any instrument, device or contrivance in any manner interferes with or obstructs the action or operation of any meter for measuring electricity or the amount or quantity of electricity passing through it without the knowledge and consent of the person or corporation owning said meter, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided in section 4 hereof [ § 37-12-118 ].
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-116 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-116
§ 37-2-116. Ordering production of records
Status: in_force

The commission, by order, may require any public utility or any officer or agent thereof to produce within the state at such time and place as it may designate, any accounts, records, memoranda, books or papers kept in any office or place without or within the state, or in its discretion may in lieu of originals order the production of verified copies thereof in order that an examination thereof insofar as they relate to intrastate business, may be made by the commission or by any person under its direction.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-13-117 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 13 / Section 37-13-117
§ 37-13-117. Public hearing on proposed assessment resolution; corrections
Status: in_force

(a) At the time and place specified in the assessment hearing notice, the governing body shall hear all arguments relating to the benefits accruing to any tract, lot or parcel of land therein and the amounts proposed to be assessed against any tract, lot or parcel. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time to a fixed future time and place. After the hearing has been concluded and all persons desiring to be heard have been heard, the governing body shall consider the arguments presented and shall make the corrections in the assessment list as may be considered just and equitable. The corrections may eliminate, increase, or decrease the amount of the assessment proposed to be levied against any piece of property. However, no increase of any proposed assessment shall be valid unless the owner of the property is given notice and an opportunity to be heard.

(b) After the corrections have been made, the governing body shall make a specific finding that no proposed assessment on the corrected assessment list exceeds the benefit to be derived from the improvement by the piece of property to be assessed and that no piece of property listed will bear more than its proper proportionate share of the cost of the improvement.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-12-120 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 12 / Section 37-12-120
§ 37-12-120. Interference with or injury to electric utility poles or wires; affixing posters to telegraph, telephone and electric utility poles prohibited; penalties
Status: in_force

(a) Whoever maliciously or mischievously takes down, removes, interferes with, obstructs or injures any electric utility pole or wire, or any part thereof, or any appurtenance or apparatus connected therewith, or severs or breaks or obstructs any such wire or apparatus or appurtenance is guilty of a malicious trespass.

(b) Whoever affixes any poster, placard, sign, or notice of any kind, to any telegraph, telephone or electric utility pole or wire, or any part thereof, or any appurtenance or apparatus connected thereto is guilty of malicious trespass.

(c) Any person convicted of a malicious trespass as defined in this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-222 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-222
§ 37-2-222. Undercharges for electricity and gas; collection permitted; restrictions
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever a public utility supplying gas, natural gas or electricity has undercharged any customer as the result of a meter or metering inaccuracy or other continuing problem under its control, the utility may only bill the customer for the amount of the unmetered gas or electricity rendered in the one hundred eighty-three (183) days immediately prior to the date the utility remedies the meter inaccuracy. The maximum portion of the undercharge for unmetered gas or electricity rendered that may be recovered from the customer in any billing month shall be determined by dividing the amount of the undercharge by twelve (12) and the quotient is the maximum portion of the undercharge that the utility may, subject to subsection (c) of this section, recover from the customer in any billing month, in addition to either regular monthly charges of any type or regular level payment amounts billed in accordance with an agreement between the customer and the utility. Subject to subsection (c) of this section, the time period over which the undercharge may be collected shall be twelve (12) consecutive months.

(b) No utility shall recover any interest charge, service charge or fee, whether or not a percentage is utilized for its computation, for billings made pursuant to this section.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the customer from paying an undercharge or any portion thereof in a time shorter than that stated in this section. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a gas, natural gas or electric utility from collecting an undercharge or any portion thereof in a time longer than that stated in this section.

(d) A gas, natural gas or electric utility may not collect any amount otherwise permitted to be collected under this section unless the utility, in the first bill the purpose of which is to collect the amount for unmetered gas or electric service, states the entire amount that it seeks to collect.

(e) No gas, natural gas or electric utility required to follow this section in order to collect an undercharge from a customer may shut off the service of the customer except for safety reasons, except in the event of a request by the customer and except to enforce a shut-off provision in its filed tariffs with the commission that is triggered by nonpayment by a customer of a lawfully owing past due amount.

(f) This section does not apply to any act that is an offense under W.S. 37-12-111 through 37-12-118 , or where a physical act of a customer or its agent causes inaccurate or no recording of the meter reading or inaccurate or no measurement of the gas or electricity rendered.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-1-101 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 1 / Section 37-1-101
§ 37-1-101. Definitions
Status: repealed

(a) As used in chapters 1, 2, 3, 12, 17 and 18 of this title:

(i) “Commission” means public service commission of Wyoming, which is created and established by this chapter;

(ii) “Commissioner” means any one of the members of the Wyoming public service commission;

(iii) “Municipality” when used in this chapter shall mean and include any town, village, city, county or other political subdivision of this state;

(iv) “Municipal council” means and includes the city council, common council, board of aldermen, the board of selectmen, the board of trustees, the city commission or any other governing body of any political subdivision of the state;

(v) “Person” means and includes individuals, associations of individuals, firms, partnerships, companies, corporations, their lessees, trustees, or receivers, appointed by any court whatsoever in the singular number, as well as the plural;

(vi) “ Public utility ” means and includes every person that owns, operates, leases, controls or has power to operate, lease or control:

(A) Repealed by Laws 2012, ch. 84, § 104, eff. July 1, 2012.

(B) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 181, § 3.

(C) Any plant, property or facility for the generation, transmission, distribution, sale or furnishing to or for the public of electricity for light, heat or power, including any conduits, ducts or other devices, materials, apparatus or property for containing, holding or carrying conductors used or to be used for the transmission of electricity for light, heat or power;

(D) Any plant, property or facility for the manufacture, distribution, sale or furnishing to or for the public of natural or manufactured gas for lights, heat or power;

(E) Any plant, property or facility for the supply, storage, distribution or furnishing to or for the public of water for manufacturing, municipal, agriculture or domestic uses, except and excluding any such plant, property or facility owned by a municipality;

(F) Repealed by Laws 2012, ch. 84, § 104, eff. July 1, 2012.

(G) Any plant, property or equipment for the transportation or conveyance to or for the public of oil or gas by pipeline, or any plant, property, or equipment, used for the purpose of transporting, selling or furnishing natural gas to any consumer or consumers within the state of Wyoming for industrial, commercial or residential use, except any such plant, property or equipment used for any of the following purposes is exempted from this and all other provisions of this chapter to the extent of such use:

(I) For the transportation or sale of natural gas within or between oil and gas fields or potential oil and gas fields for residential, commercial, industrial or other use reasonably necessary in the exploration, development or operation of the field;

(II) For drilling, producing, repressuring, or other oil or gas field operations;

(III) For operation of natural gas processing plants;

(IV) For the sale of natural gas by the producer to a consumer for use in industrial or commercial plants or establishments of any kind or nature.

(H) None of the provisions of this chapter shall apply to:

(I) Interstate commerce except when a regulatory field has not been preempted by the United States government;

(II) To public utilities owned and operated by a municipality of the state of Wyoming or owned and operated by a joint powers entity formed pursuant to the Wyoming Joint Powers Act, W.S. 16-1-102 through 16-1-110 , and comprised of two (2) or more municipalities, except as to that portion of a municipality owned and operated public utility or joint powers entity owned and operated public utility, if any, as may extend services outside the corporate limits of a municipality and except that if any municipal or joint powers utility owns an undivided interest in a facility for the production of electricity which is also partly owned by an agency subject to the jurisdiction of the public service commission, the sale of electricity in excess of the participating municipalities' or joint powers entities' need is subject to this act;

(III) To farmers' mutual telephone associations having no capital stock and furnishing service to members of associations only and without tolls, except as provided in W.S. 37-2-205 ;

(IV) To mutual water companies or associations having no capital stock and furnishing water service to members of companies or associations only, and without charges other than assessments of members to reimburse companies or associations for expenses incurred in their establishment or operation;

(V) To any person who is not otherwise affiliated with a utility, that owns, leases, controls or has power to lease or control any plant, property or facility which, in a transaction approved or authorized by the commission, is leased to one (1) or more public utilities, and is to be operated by the lessee or lessees for the generation, transmission, distribution, sale or furnishing to or for the public of electricity for light, heat, power or other utility purposes;

(VI) To the generation, transmission or distribution of electricity, or to the manufacture or distribution of gas, or to the furnishing or distribution of water, nor to the production, delivery or furnishing of steam or any other substance, by a producer or other person, for the sole use of a producer or other person, or for the use of tenants of a producer or other person and not for sale to others. Such exemptions shall not apply to metered or other direct sales of a utility commodity by a producer or other person to his tenants;

(VII) The retail sale of compressed natural gas for use as motor vehicle fuel by a person that is not otherwise regulated under this title;

(VIII) Metered and other direct sales of water by a person to his tenants when the metered or other direct sales are solely for purposes of allocating usage among tenants and includes no additional fees or charges;

(IX) Metered and other direct sales of water by a person operating a water system that:

(1) Has less than fifteen (15) potential service connections;

(2) Is not owned, controlled or otherwise affiliated with a water utility or any other utility that provides water service;

(3) Is not a centralized water supply system associated with a subdivision; and

(4) Is not located within the established service territory of a water utility or the corporate limits of a municipality.

(X) The retail sale of electricity for charging electric vehicles by a person that is not otherwise regulated under this title.

(J) The term “public utility” shall mean and include two (2) or more public utilities rendering joint service;

(K) Any person furnishing coal, water or other raw materials to an electric power company shall not by this fact alone be designated as a public utility;

(M) The provisions of W.S. 37-6-101 through 37-6-106 , relating to the issuance and sale of securities shall not apply to:

(I) Any gas pipeline corporation making direct sales to Wyoming consumers in interstate commerce and not for resale;

(II) Any cooperative electrical generation and transmission association operating in interstate commerce whose rates are not regulated by the Wyoming public service commission.

(N) The provisions of W.S. 37-18-101 and 37-18-102 shall not apply to any public utility owned or operated by a municipality or any cooperative electrical generation and transmission association operating in interstate commerce whose rates are not regulated by the Wyoming public service commission.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-1-103 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 1 / Section 37-1-103
§ 37-1-103. Assessment of interstate public utilities generally
Status: in_force

(a) The public service commission of Wyoming is hereby authorized and empowered to collect for the actual costs incurred by the commission for necessary and reasonable services, investigations and other actions concerning the construction, operation, maintenance, safety and environment of interstate utilities and their facilities within Wyoming. This act [section] shall not apply to motor carriers or any services, investigations or other actions authorized by the statutes for intrastate utilities.

(b) The billing by the commission shall be directed to the involved interstate utility or utilities at intervals of no less than thirty (30) days as determined by the commission and shall detail and show the basis for the charges and all direct and allocated charges. Payment shall be made by the interstate public utility no later than thirty (30) days after receipt of the billing. Only those charges which are necessary and reasonable need be paid and if charges not necessary and reasonable are paid under protest, they may be recovered in a court of competent jurisdiction in any action commenced against the public service commission of Wyoming within thirty (30) days after payment under protest and any amount recovered shall be paid out of the public service commission account.

(c) The funds collected shall be immediately remitted to the state treasurer for deposit in the public service commission account. The commission may immediately upon deposit expend such monies for payment of its costs incurred concerning interstate utilities, subject to the warrant of the state auditor, upon submission of properly executed vouchers authorized by the commission in the same manner as other funds are disbursed subject to other provisions of law.

(d) Any interstate utility which violates or fails to comply with any provision of this act shall be subject to a penalty of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for each and every offense.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-3-301 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3 / Section 37-3-301
§ 37-3-301. Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Wyoming High Voltage Power Lines and Safety Restrictions Act.”
Wyo. Stat. § 37-13-132 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 13 / Section 37-13-132
§ 37-13-132. Notice of disconnection
Status: in_force

If the owner of any lot or parcel of land fails to make necessary changes in the service entrance equipment or fails to provide the trench in a timely manner, at the time the converted facilities are ready for connection to his property, the electric or communication service may be disconnected and removed and all overhead electric or communication facilities providing service to any building, structure or improvement located upon the lot or parcel may be disconnected. Written notice of disconnection shall be given at least ten (10) days prior to disconnection by leaving a copy of the notice at the principal building, structure or improvement located upon the lot or parcel.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-702 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-702
§ 37-9-702. Chattel mortgage laws not to apply
Status: repealed

Statutes relating to the filing, recording, interpretation, or validity of chattel mortgages shall not affect the recording, interpretation, or validity of contracts of the character hereinbefore named, but the same shall be controlled by the provisions of this act alone. And the contracts hereinbefore named shall not be affected by the provisions of chapter 40, Session Laws of 1895 [repealed].
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-206 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-206
§ 37-7-206. System to remain subject to mortgage lien; proceedings to compel performance of official duties; forced sale not authorized
Status: in_force

Such system so purchased, constructed, improved, enlarged, extended or repaired shall remain subject to said statutory mortgage lien until payment in full of the principal of and interest upon said bonds. Any holder of any of said bonds or of any of the coupons representing interest accrued thereon, may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, protect and enforce said statutory mortgage lien, and may, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, enforce and compel performance of all duties of the officials of the borrower, including the fixing of sufficient rates, the collection of revenues, the proper segregation of the revenues of the system, and the proper application thereof. Provided, however, that said statutory mortgage lien shall not be construed to give any such bond or coupon holder authority to compel the sale of such system or any part thereof.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-1101 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-1101
§ 37-9-1101. Injury or death of persons unlawfully riding on railroads; immunities
Status: in_force

Except in cases of attractive nuisance, no person owning, operating, loading or unloading a railroad car or train shall be liable for any damages for the accidental death or injury of a person occurring while the person was riding the railroad car or train in violation of W.S. 37-12-104 , or while the person was boarding or unboarding from the railroad car or train without the consent of the owner or operator of the railroad car or train.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-15-103 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 15 / Section 37-15-103
§ 37-15-103. Definitions
Status: repealed

(a) As used in this chapter:

(i) “Affiliated telecommunications companies” means telecommunications companies:

(A) In which five percent (5%) or more of the voting stock is controlled or owned, directly or indirectly, by a common principal; or

(B) Whose management and policies are found by the commission, after notice and opportunity for hearing, to be controlled by a common principal.

(ii) “Commission” means the public service commission of Wyoming;

(iii) “Competitive telecommunications services” means those services found by the legislature or the commission to be competitive in accordance with W.S. 37-15-202 ;

(iv) “ Essential telecommunications service ” means a customer's access to service that is necessary for the origination or termination, or both, of two-way, switched telecommunications for both residential and business service within a local exchange area. Essential telecommunications services are limited to:

(A) Access to interexchange services provided by interexchange telecommunications companies;

(B) Single line flat-rate or single line measured residence or business voice service;

(C) Transmission service and facilities necessary for the connection between the end user's or customer's premises and local network switching facility including the necessary signaling service used by customers to access essential telecommunications services;

(D) Services necessary to connect 911 emergency services to the local network;

(E) Switched access, which for the purposes of this chapter shall mean the switching and transport necessary to connect an interexchange telecommunications company with the local exchange central office for the purpose of originating or terminating, or both, the interexchange telecommunications company's switched telecommunications service.

(v) “Interexchange telecommunications company” means a person providing telecommunications service to connect end users located in different local exchange areas, but excluding companies which also provide noncompetitive local exchange services;

(vi) Repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 142, § 2.

(vii) “Local exchange area” means a geographic territorial unit established by the commission for providing telecommunications services;

(viii) “Local exchange service” means the provision of essential telecommunications service within a local exchange area;

(ix) “Noncompetitive telecommunications services” means those services which have not been found by the legislature or the commission to be competitive in accordance with W.S. 37-15-202 ;

(x) “Price” means any rate or charge set and published in accordance with this chapter and collected by the telecommunications company for any telecommunications service offered by it to the public or other telecommunications companies;

(xi) “Telecommunications company” means a person engaged in the furnishing of telecommunications service within this state;

(xii) “Telecommunications service” means the offering or transmitting for hire of telecommunications by means of telecommunications facilities using wire, radio, lightwave or other means;

(xiii) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 96, § 2, eff. July 1, 2015.

(xiv) “Universal service” means the general availability of essential telecommunications service at an affordable and reasonable price;

(xv) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 96, § 2, eff. July 1, 2015.

(xvi) “ Supported services ” means the services or functionalities which shall be supported by the state universal service fund pursuant to W.S. 37-15-502 , as described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph:

(A) The services designated for support are:

(I) Voice grade access to the public switched network. “ Voice grade access ” is defined as a functionality that enables a user of telecommunications services to transmit voice communications, including signaling the network that the caller wishes to place a call, and to receive voice communications, including receiving a signal indicating there is an incoming call;

(II) Local usage. “ Local usage ” means an amount of minutes of use of exchange service, prescribed by the commission, provided free of charge to end users;

(III) Dual tone multi-frequency signaling or its functional equivalent. “ Dual tone multi-frequency ” is a method of signaling that facilitates the transportation of signaling through the network, shortening call set-up time;

(IV) Single-party service or its functional equivalent. “ Single-party service ” is telecommunications service that permits users to have exclusive use of a wireline subscriber loop or access line for each call placed, or, in the case of wireless telecommunications carriers, which use spectrum shared among users to provide service, a dedicated message path for the length of a user's particular transmission;

(V) Access to emergency services. “ Access to emergency services ” includes access to services, such as 911 and enhanced 911, provided by local governments or other public safety organizations. 911 is defined as a service that permits a telecommunications user, by dialing the three-digit code “911,” to call emergency services through a public safety answering point operated by the local government. “Enhanced 911” is defined as 911 service that includes the ability to provide automatic numbering information, which enables the public safety answering point to call back if the call is disconnected, and automatic location information, which permits emergency service providers to identify the geographic location of the calling party. “ Access to emergency services ” includes access to 911 and enhanced 911 services in accordance with applicable governing authority;

(VI) Access to operator services. “ Access to operator services ” is defined as access to any automatic or live assistance to a consumer to arrange for billing or completion, or both, of a telephone call;

(VII) Access to interexchange service. “ Access to interexchange service ” is defined as the use of the loop, as well as that portion of the switch that is paid for by the end user, or the functional equivalent of these network elements in the case of a wireless carrier, necessary to access an interexchange carrier's network;

(VIII) Access to directory assistance. “ Access to directory assistance ” is defined as access to a service that includes, but is not limited to, making available to customers, upon request, information contained in directory listings; and

(IX) Toll limitation for qualifying low-income consumers.

(B) The commission may grant a company additional time to complete the network upgrades needed to provide single-party service, access to enhanced 911 service, or toll limitation. If such petition is granted, the otherwise eligible company will be permitted to receive universal service support for the duration of the period designated by the commission. The commission shall grant such a request only upon a finding that exceptional circumstances prevent an otherwise eligible company from providing single-party service, access to enhanced 911 service or toll limitation. The period should extend only as long as the commission finds that exceptional circumstances exist and shall not extend beyond the time that the commission deems necessary for that company to complete network upgrades. An otherwise eligible company that is incapable of offering one (1) or more of these three (3) specific supported services must demonstrate to the commission that exceptional circumstances exist with respect to each service for which the carrier desires a grant of additional time to complete network upgrades.

(xvii) “ Landline carrier ” means a telecommunications company providing local exchange service, or its functional equivalent, to retail end users by means primarily of its own fiber, copper, electric lines or coaxial cable facilities.

(b) Repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 142, § 2.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-12-130 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 12 / Section 37-12-130
§ 37-12-130. Failure to yield telephone for reporting emergencies; notice in telephone directories
Status: in_force

Every telephone directory published after the effective date of this act and which is distributed to the members of the general public of this state shall contain, in a prominent place, a notice which explains the offenses provided in this act. The provisions of this section shall not apply to those directories distributed solely for public advertising purposes, commonly known as classified directories.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-3-110 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3 / Section 37-3-110
§ 37-3-110. Schedules of rates to be filed and available to public; forms prescribed to conform to federal forms
Status: in_force

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 showing all rates for every service rendered or to be rendered by it. The commission may determine and prescribe the form of the schedules required by this act to be filed with the commission and kept open to public inspection and all changes therein, and change the form from time to time if it shall be found expedient; provided, however, that in respect to public utilities subject to act of congress to regulate commerce and any amendments thereof, the commission shall have such form or forms prescribed by it conform to any similar form prescribed by the surface transportation board.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-120 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-120
§ 37-2-120. Order in case of violation; public hearing required for change in rate or service
Status: in_force

Whenever, after investigation in accordance with the provisions of this act, the commission shall be of the opinion that any provisions or requirements of this act, or any order of the commission is being, has been, or is about to be violated, it may make and enter of record an order in the premises, specifying the actual or proposed acts or omissions to act which constitute such real or proposed violations, and require that such violations be discontinued or rectified, or both, or that it be prevented. No order, however, shall be made by the commission which requires the change of any rate or service, facility or service regulation except as otherwise specifically provided, unless or until all parties are afforded an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-12-104 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 12 / Section 37-12-104
§ 37-12-104. Unlawful riding on railroad trains
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, without the consent of those operating the same, to ride on any part of any railroad car or train.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-5-606 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 5 / Section 37-5-606
§ 37-5-606. State pledge not to impair bondholder's rights and remedies
Status: in_force

The state pledges to the holders of any bonds issued under this article that the state will not limit or alter the rights vested in the authority to fulfill the terms of agreements made with the holders, or in any way impair the rights and remedies of the holders until the bonds together with the interest, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of the holders are fully met and discharged. The authority is authorized to include this pledge of the state in any agreement with the holders of the bonds.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-131 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-131
§ 37-2-131. Supplemental safety jurisdiction of commission
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall have regulatory safety jurisdiction over any “intrastate gas pipeline facility” as defined under the Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement, and Safety Act of 2006, 49 U.S.C. § 60101, et seq., as amended, for the sole purpose of implementing the safety standards and practices of the federal act to such intrastate gas pipeline facility. This jurisdiction shall not apply to an “intrastate gas pipeline facility” which is otherwise subject to federal regulatory jurisdiction for safety purposes. The commission is authorized under this section to implement such safety standards and practices only to the extent the secretary of transportation is so authorized under the Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement, and Safety Act of 2006. The commission's jurisdiction under this section shall only apply where the secretary of transportation has delegated, or otherwise authorized, the state of Wyoming to act on his behalf, and the state of Wyoming has formally accepted the delegation or other authorization prior to the exercise of the jurisdiction by the commission.

(b) The commission shall have safety jurisdiction over any new or existing electrical lines used by the owner to transmit electricity which is generated by the owner for resale, and which are located upon property not exclusively controlled by the owner of the line for the purpose of enforcement of the safety requirements of the National Electrical Safety Code and those safety standards adopted by the commission. This section shall not apply to any incorporated or chartered city or town established under Wyoming law or joint powers board created under the Wyoming Joint Powers Act.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-13-113 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 13 / Section 37-13-113
§ 37-13-113. Proposed assessment list
Status: in_force

After the resolution creating the district is adopted, the governing body shall cause an assessment list to be prepared detailing the total cost to be assessed, the specific properties assessed, and the amount of assessment on each piece of property. The total cost of the improvement shall include the cost of construction as determined from the costs and feasibility report, legal and fiscal fees and costs, the cost of publication of notices and all other costs properly incident to the construction of the improvement and the financing thereof.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-4-104 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 4 / Section 37-4-104
§ 37-4-104. Effect on Uniform Commercial Code and other laws
Status: in_force

Unless displaced by the specific provisions of this act, the Uniform Commercial Code and other applicable laws remain in full force and effect and supplement the provisions of this act.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-131 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-131
§ 37-7-131. Bonds not adversely affected by change in assessment
Status: in_force

No bonds or other money obligations issued by any power district shall be adversely affected by any subsequent change in assessment of benefits.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-13-134 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 13 / Section 37-13-134
§ 37-13-134. Reinstallation of overhead facilities not permitted
Status: in_force

Once removed, no overhead electric or communication facilities shall be installed in a local improvement district for conversion of overhead electric and communication facilities.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-503 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-503
§ 37-9-503. Assumption of risk
Status: in_force

Any employee of any such person or corporation so operating such railroad shall not be deemed to have assumed any risk incident to his employment when such risk arises by reason of the negligence of his employer or of any person in the service of such employer.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-110 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-110
§ 37-2-110. Secretary and other employees
Status: repealed

(a) The commission is authorized to employ a secretary and such other persons as may be necessary to enable it to perform the duties imposed upon it by this act and to designate the duties of such employees.

(b) Repealed by Laws 2003, ch. 172, § 2.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-115 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-115
§ 37-2-115. Examination of records of intrastate business of utilities; authority generally
Status: in_force

The commission, or upon order of the commission, any commissioner, or any person or persons employed by the commission, shall upon demand have the right, insofar as applies to intrastate business, to inspect or examine the books, papers, accounts, documents, plant, property and facilities of any public utility operating in Wyoming, and to examine under oath any officer, agent or employee of such public utility in relation to its business and affairs; provided, that any person other than one (1) of the commissioners shall produce when so requested his authority to make inspections or examinations under the hand of a commissioner or of the secretary and under the seal of the commission.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-13-135 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 13 / Section 37-13-135
§ 37-13-135. No limitation of public service commission's jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this chapter shall vest any jurisdiction over public utilities in the governing bodies. The public service commission of Wyoming shall retain all jurisdiction now or hereafter conferred upon it by law and no new jurisdiction shall be conferred upon this commission by virtue of this law.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-3-306 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3 / Section 37-3-306
§ 37-3-306. Exemptions
Status: in_force

(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 systems or communication systems;

(ii) Any person lawfully occupying the land on which the high voltage overhead line is located and engaging in the regular and ordinary functions and activities of farming, ranching or other agricultural functions and activities.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-12-304 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 12 / Section 37-12-304
§ 37-12-304. Notification centers; formation; duties
Status: repealed

(a) All operators shall join the notification center and shall participate in the notification center providing for mutual receipt of notification of excavation activities in a specified area and pay their share of the cost for the service provided.

(b) The notification center shall:

(i) File with the county clerk the statewide toll-free telephone number;

(ii) Repealed by Laws 2003, ch. 59, § 2.

(iii) Maintain adequate records documenting compliance with the requirements of this act, including the following:

(A) Records of all telephone calls and other notifications received electronically;

(B) Records of all location requests which shall be retained for fifty (50) months and can be printed through use of a unique file numbering system developed by the notification center;

(C) Written records related to all complaints and responses alleging noncompliance with this act.

(iv) Provide the service at a minimum during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays;

(v) For calls received after normal business hours for the notification center, provide a recording for callers which explains emergency notification and excavation procedures;

(vi) Provide a timely method for notifying participating members of the information received regarding proposed excavation activities. The method of notification shall be determined by each notification system;

(vii) Upon request, provide to excavators giving notice of an intent to engage in an excavation activity the names of participating operators of underground facilities to whom the notice will be transmitted;

(viii) Repealed by Laws 2003, ch. 59, § 2.

(ix) Offer an excavation safety training program;

(x) Upon request, provide to any person preparing or designing architectural or engineering design drawings that call for excavation the names and contact information of operators of underground facilities within the proposed excavation area;

(xi) Provide a monthly report to the Wyoming attorney general on recent complaints alleging noncompliance with this act, including the contact information of any person or entity alleged to be in noncompliance with this act.

(c) Repealed by Laws 2003, ch. 59, § 2.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-408 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-408
§ 37-9-408. Sale of tickets; unused tickets redeemable; sale of unused ticket by purchaser
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the owner or owners of railroads, or other public conveyances, to provide for the redemption of the whole or any parts, or coupons of any ticket or tickets, as they may have sold, as the purchaser for any reason has not used and does not desire to use, at a rate which shall be equal to the difference between the price paid for the whole ticket and the cost of a ticket between the points for which the proportion of said ticket was actually used; and the sale by any person of the unused portion of any ticket otherwise than by the presentation of the same for redemption, as provided for in this section, shall be deemed to be a violation of the provisions of this act, and shall be punished as hereinbefore provided; provided, that this act shall not apply to the sale of first-class tickets; and provided, that this act shall not prohibit any person who has purchased a regular first-class ticket from any agent authorized by this act with the bona fide intention of traveling upon the same the whole distance between the points named in the said ticket, from selling the unused part of the same to any other person, if such person travels upon the same, unless said tickets shall be special contract tickets and the local fare to the point to which said ticket may be used shall equal the price paid for such special contract ticket.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-5-604 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 5 / Section 37-5-604
§ 37-5-604. Exemptions from taxation
Status: in_force

The exercise of the powers granted by this article constitutes the performance of an essential governmental function. Any bonds issued under this article and the income therefrom shall be free from taxation of every kind by the state, municipalities and political subdivisions of the state.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-12-401 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 12 / Section 37-12-401
§ 37-12-401. Definitions
Status: repealed

(a) As used in this article:

(i) “Bypassing” means the act of attaching, connecting or in any manner affixing any wire, cord, socket, motor, pipe or other instrument, device or contrivance to the utility supply system or any part thereof in such a manner as to transmit, supply or use any utility service without passing through an authorized meter or other device provided for measuring, registering, determining or limiting the amount of electricity, gas, steam or water consumed;

(ii) “Customer” means the person responsible for payment for utility services and includes employees and agents of the customer;

(iii) “Tampering” means the act of damaging, altering, adjusting or in any manner interfering with or obstructing the action or operation of any meter or other device provided for measuring, registering, determining or limiting the amount of electricity, gas, steam or water consumed;

(iv) “Unauthorized metering” means the act of removing, moving, installing, connecting, reconnecting or disconnecting any meter or metering device for utility service by a person other than an authorized contractor, employee or agent of the utility;

(v) “Utility” means any pipeline corporation, gas corporation, electrical corporation, water corporation, irrigation system, cooperative association, nonprofit corporation, nonprofit association, municipality or person operating in whole or in part for the purpose of supplying electricity, gas, steam or nonagricultural water, or any combination thereof, to the public or to any person;

(vi) “Utility service” means the provision of electricity, gas, steam, water or any other service or commodity furnished by the utility for compensation;

(vii) “Utility supply system” means all wires, conduits, pipes, cords, sockets, motors, meters, instruments, pumps and any other material and equipment the utility uses to provide utility services;

(viii) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 186, § 2, eff. July 1, 2019.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-114 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-114
§ 37-2-114. Authority to confer with other state and federal commissions; expenses
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may confer in person, by attending conventions or otherwise, with the members of railroad or other public utility commissions of other states and with the surface transportation board on any matters relating to public utilities, and shall be allowed actual traveling expenses when engaged in such work.

(b) In regulating the transmission of electricity:

(i) The commission may meet in conjunction with public utility commissions of other states as it determines necessary or convenient to develop common sets of fact finding for regulation of the transmission of electricity in the region. Any common set of facts developed under this paragraph shall only be developed under a docketed commission proceeding with opportunity for participation by the public in compliance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act and commission rules;

(ii) The commission may meet jointly with public utility commissions of other states to conduct hearings on the regulation of the transmission of electricity. The commission shall act independently in entering any order as a result of such hearings;

(iii) Subject to W.S. 37-2-122 , the commission may consider regional effects of its orders upon the utility and may consider requirements imposed upon the utility by the laws of other states within the region or the orders of other commissions within the region.

(c) As used in subsection (b) of this section, “ region ” includes any state with a border contiguous to Wyoming and the states of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon and Washington.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-217 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-217
§ 37-2-217. Jurisdiction
Status: in_force

All provisions of the laws of this state prescribing the duties and jurisdiction of the courts thereof shall apply to this act, and in addition it shall be the duty of the district court of the county in which the commission has its principal office to entertain and determine all actions commenced under the provisions of this act, or of any order of the commission by mandamus, or by injunctions, or by any other appropriate remedy.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-3-107 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3 / Section 37-3-107
§ 37-3-107. Rates for joint service by public utilities
Status: in_force

When joint service is participated in by two or more public utilities the commission after hearing on complaint or on its own motion without complaint, may ascertain, determine, and fix for such services just and reasonable rates, which shall be charged, enforced, collected and observed by such public utilities.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-13-125 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 13 / Section 37-13-125
§ 37-13-125. Sale of property held in trust; notice
Status: in_force

(a) After the period of redemption has expired and a deed has been issued to a city, town or county, it may sell the property at public auction to the highest bidder for cash. No bid may be accepted for less than the amount set forth in the deed plus accrued interest to date of sale computed on the assessment for which the property was sold from the date of the execution of the deed and all delinquent assessments and taxes against the property with accrued interest, penalties, costs and other charges. The city, town or county shall pay into the fund for which the property was held in trust an amount necessary to fully discharge the assessment for which the property was sold, together with all interest and penalties.

(b) Any sale shall be conducted only after notice has been given, describing the property and stating that the treasurer will on the day specified sell the property at the front door of the building in which the governing body holds its sessions, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The notice shall be published at least five (5) times in a daily newspaper published within the district or if there is none, at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the district. The sale cannot be less than fifteen (15) days after the date of the last publication of the notice.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-1-104 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 1 / Section 37-1-104
§ 37-1-104. Reorganization of public utility; definition; approval
Status: in_force

(a) No reorganization of a public utility shall take place without prior approval by the public service commission. The commission shall not approve any proposed reorganization if the commission finds, after public notice and opportunity for public hearing, that the reorganization will adversely affect the utility's ability to serve the public.

(b) For purposes of this section, “ reorganization ” means any transaction which, regardless of the means by which it is accomplished, results in a change in the majority ownership interest or control of a public utility, or the majority ownership interest or control of any entity which owns a majority interest in or controls a public utility. “Reorganization” as used in this section shall not include a mortgage or pledge transaction entered into to secure a bona fide borrowing by the party granting the mortgage or making the pledge.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-13-119 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 13 / Section 37-13-119
§ 37-13-119. Payment of assessment
Status: in_force

The amount of the assessment is due and collectible without demand within thirty (30) days after the final publication of the assessment resolution and if it is not paid within such time it shall commence to bear interest at a rate fixed by the governing body. The published resolution shall specify the date when interest will commence, the rate of interest, and the period of years over which installment payments may be made. If not paid within the thirty (30) days allowed, it will be conclusively presumed that the owner exercises the right to pay the amount due in equal annual installments bearing interest at the rate specified in the resolution and extending over the period of years not exceeding ten (10) specified in the resolution. The first installment shall become due one (1) year from the date when interest commenced and one (1) installment shall become due on the same day of the same month annually thereafter.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-5-607 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 5 / Section 37-5-607
§ 37-5-607. Powers; duties; limitations
Status: in_force

(a) The authority has the powers granted by W.S. 37-5-501 through 37-5-509 as necessary to carry out the purposes of this article, including the power to hire technical consultants, financial advisors and legal advisors and specifically including the powers granted by W.S. 37-5-504(a)(ii) . In addition to the powers otherwise granted to the authority, the authority shall have the power to:

(i) Enter into loan or other agreements with respect to one (1) or more projects, energy transmission infrastructure, energy export facilities, pipelines or systems upon terms and conditions the authority considers advisable;

(ii) Make and execute agreements, contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient in the exercise of its powers and functions, including contracts with any individual, firm, corporation, governmental agency or other entity.

(b) The authority may assess and collect fees that are nonrefundable from applicants seeking to obtain authority financing of an energy transmission infrastructure project, energy export facility, pipeline, system or other project in total amounts not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00), which shall be credited to the state general fund.

(c) The authority shall maintain such records and accounts of revenues and expenditures as required by the director of the state department of audit. The director of the state department of audit or his designee shall conduct an annual financial and legal compliance audit of the accounts of the authority and file copies of the audit with the governor and the legislature.

(d) The authority shall require that any project owner receiving a loan under this article shall maintain records and accounts relating to the receipt and disbursements of loan proceeds, transportation costs and information on energy and associated natural resource sales and deliveries and make the records available to the state auditor for inspection.

(e) The sole recourse of any party contracting with the authority shall be against the authority, and there shall be no cause of action against the state, or any county, municipality or other political subdivision of the state.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-3-117 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3 / Section 37-3-117
§ 37-3-117. Limitation for recovery of costs associated with electric generation built to replace retiring coal-fired generation facility; exemption
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter:

(i) Any electric public utility seeking to retire a coal fired electric generation facility shall first make a good faith effort to sell the facility for continued use as a coal fired electric generation facility;

(ii) The rates charged by an electric public utility, other than a cooperative electric utility, shall not include any recovery of or earnings on the capital costs associated with new electric generation facilities built, in whole or in part, to replace the electricity generated from one (1) or more coal fired electric generating facilities located in Wyoming and retired on or after January 1, 2022, unless the commission has determined that the public utility that owned the retired coal fired electric generation facility made a good faith effort to sell the facility to another person prior to its retirement and that the public utility did not refuse a reasonable offer to purchase the facility or the commission determines that, if a reasonable offer was received, the sale was not completed for a reason beyond the reasonable control of the public utility.

(b) In determining whether the public utility made a good faith effort to sell the retired coal fired electric generation facility under this section the commission shall consider:

(i) Whether the public utility provided sufficient time prior to the facility's retirement for potential purchasers to evaluate purchasing the facility;

(ii) Whether the public utility used reasonable efforts to make potential purchasers aware of the opportunity to purchase the facility;

(iii) Whether the public utility reasonably evaluated any offers received by the public utility for the purchase of the facility; and

(iv) Any other factor deemed appropriate by the commission.

(c) In determining whether an offer to purchase a coal fired electric generation facility under this section was reasonable the commission shall consider:

(i) Whether accepting the offer to purchase the retired facility would have reduced costs to the public utility's customers as compared to retiring the facility;

(ii) Whether accepting the offer to purchase the retired facility would have reduced risks to the public utility's customers as compared to retiring the facility including any diminished environmental remediation risks; and

(iii) Whether accepting the offer to purchase the retired facility would have been in the public interest.

(d) Upon application by a public utility, the commission may approve procedures for the solicitation and review of offers to purchase an otherwise retiring electric generation facility in advance of a proposed retirement. If the public utility follows the procedures approved by the commission to solicit and review offers to purchase an otherwise retiring electric generation facility under this subsection, there shall be no limitation under this section for recovery of costs or earnings associated with electric generation built to replace a retired coal fired electric generation facility.

(e) Any agreement between a public utility and another person for the sale of an otherwise retiring coal fired electric generation facility shall not be effective until approved by the commission. In reviewing the agreement the commission shall consider:

(i) Whether the proposed purchaser has, or has contracted for, financial, technical and managerial abilities sufficient to reasonably operate and maintain the facility;

(ii) Whether the proposed purchaser has, or has contracted for, financial, technical and managerial abilities sufficient to reasonably decommission and retire the facility if and to the extent the facility is decommissioned and retired;

(iii) Whether the proposed purchaser has, or has contracted for, financial, technical and managerial abilities sufficient to reasonably satisfy any environmental obligations associated with the operation, maintenance or potential retirement of the facility;

(iv) If the coal fired electric generation facility is comprised of one (1) or more generation units at a larger power plant where the public utility will continue to own and operate one (1) or more generation units, whether the proposed purchaser and the public utility have made reasonable contractual arrangements for the sharing of the costs associated with any joint or common facilities at the plant;

(v) Whether the proposed purchaser has agreed to reasonable terms and conditions for environmental remediation;

(vi) Whether the proposed purchase agreement contains a provision allowing the public utility, with commission approval, to revoke the sale in the event the purchaser is unable to timely obtain all necessary local, state and federal permits;

(vii) Whether the proposed purchase agreement contains a provision to allow the public utility, with commission approval, to revoke the sale in the event the purchaser is unable to timely enter into any necessary operational and labor agreements;

(viii) Whether the proposed purchaser has agreed in the purchase agreement to obtain commission approval prior to transferring, in whole or in part, the facility to any other person so that the commission may ensure that the proposed new purchaser and the new purchase agreement meet the requirements of this section; and

(ix) Any other factor deemed appropriate by the commission.

(f) The requirements of this section shall not apply to an electric public utility that replaces a coal-fired electric generation facility with an advanced nuclear reactor that is operated in the state of Wyoming in accordance with W.S. 35-11-2101 .
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-205-1 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-205-1
§ 37-2-205-1. Nonsitus certificate of public convenience and necessity
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section and unless otherwise waived by the commission, no public utility shall begin construction or complete the purchase of a line or plant, or of any extension of a line or material addition to a plant, outside the state of Wyoming without having first obtained from the commission a nonsitus certificate of public convenience and necessity determining that the present or future need for the nonsitus resource is prudent and in the public interest.

(b) A certificate shall only be required under this section if:

(i) The nonsitus resource is intended by the public utility to be a capital investment in a plant on which return is earned in Wyoming; and

(ii) The capital investment in the nonsitus resource exceeds one percent (1%) of the total capital investment in the plant on which return is earned, that is assigned or allocated to Wyoming customers, based on the public utility's most recent general rate case determination.

(c) No public utility shall include a capital investment in a nonsitus resource in rates charged to Wyoming customers without having first obtained from the commission a nonsitus certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to this section.

(d) Unless otherwise determined by the commission, issuance of a nonsitus certificate of public convenience and necessity shall not confer the right to recover a specific amount of the costs of the nonsitus resource in rates charged to Wyoming customers. Actual costs of the capital investment may be considered by the commission in a separate rate case determination.

(e) As used in this section:

(i) “ Nonsitus resource ” means construction or complete the purchase of a line or plant, or of any extension of a line or material addition to a plant, outside the state of Wyoming;

(ii) “Public utility” shall not include any cooperative electric utility as defined in W.S. 37-17-101(a)(i) that is exempt from public service commission retail rate regulation.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-117 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-117
§ 37-2-117. Commission may initiate investigation
Status: in_force

Whenever the commission shall believe that an investigation of any act or omission to act, accomplished or proposed, or an investigation of any rate, service, facility or service regulation of any public utility should be made in order to secure compliance with the provisions of this act and orders of the commission, it may of its own motion summarily investigate the same.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-403 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-403
§ 37-9-403. Establishment of depots; penalty
Status: in_force

If, after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the service of the notice hereinbefore specified, the said railroad corporation or company still neglects or refuses to comply with the term of such notice and with the provisions of W.S. 37-9-401 , it shall, on conviction, be fined in the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each day of such delinquency after the expiration of such thirty (30) days notice, up to, and including the day and date on which judgment may be rendered, and also for costs of suit, recoverable by an action in the district court of such county to be brought by the district attorney thereof, and all fines collected under this statute shall be covered into the treasury of the county in which such action is brought. It shall also be the duty of the district attorney aforesaid to promptly institute mandamus proceedings against such derelict railroad corporation or company in the district court to enforce the provisions of W.S. 37-9-401 through 37-9-403 .
Wyo. Stat. § 37-13-114 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 13 / Section 37-13-114
§ 37-13-114. Proposed assessment resolution
Status: in_force

After the preparation of the proposed assessment list, the governing body shall cause to be prepared for adoption at the assessment hearing a resolution incorporating the proposed assessment list and declaring what share, if any, of the total cost is payable from voluntary contributions or governmental sources other than the imposition of assessments.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-1201 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-1201
§ 37-9-1201. Emergency preparedness plan
Status: in_force

(a) Each rail common carrier having annual carrier operating revenues in excess of ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00), which transports a hazardous material or hazardous waste (as defined by Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 171.8 , as may be revised and amended), shall adopt an emergency preparedness plan within sixty (60) days of the effective date of this act or the date of the rail common carrier's first transport of such materials within the state of Wyoming. The plan shall include as a minimum, the following:

(i) Notification procedures for advising the appropriate fire department or district or other public agency having the responsibility for responding to any emergency occurring in the area of any condition involving a release or threatened release of a hazardous material or hazardous waste where there is a reasonable belief that the actual or threatened release poses a significant present or potential harm to persons, property or the environment;

(ii) Procedures for mitigation of any such release or threatened release to minimize any potential harm or damage to persons, property or the environment; and

(iii) Training procedures to instruct railroad personnel on the actions to take in the event of any condition involving a release or threatened release of a hazardous material or hazardous waste where there is a reasonable belief that the actual or threatened release poses a significant present or potential harm to persons, property or the environment.

(b) The plan required in subsection (a) of this section shall be filed with the Wyoming department of transportation within fifteen (15) days of the rail carrier's adoption of such emergency preparedness plan.

(c) Any rail common carrier which violates any provision of this section or its emergency preparedness plan shall be liable for a penalty of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) per day for each violation, to be assessed in a civil action.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-16-201 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 16 / Section 37-16-201
§ 37-16-201. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this article:

(i) “ Electric utility ” means any electrical company or electric cooperative that is engaged in the business of distributing electricity to retail electric customers in the state;

(ii) “ Lighting apparatus ” means any shield, cover or other device used with or on a lamp.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-134 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-134
§ 37-2-134. Electric generation facility closures; presumption; commission review
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section:

(i) “Dispatchable” means as defined in W.S. 37-18-101(a)(ii) and includes dispatchability;

(ii) “ Retirement ” or “ retired ” means the closure of or the complete and permanent cessation of operations at an electric generation facility. “Retirement” or “retired” shall not include:

(A) An electric generation facility that is closed in order to facilitate a conversion to, or replacement with, an advanced nuclear reactor that is operated in accordance with W.S. 35-11-2101 ;

(B) Any closure mandated by federal law; or

(C) Any closure resulting from federal environmental requirements to where it is no longer cost effective for the facility to continue operating.

(iii) “ Electric generation facility ” means a facility located in Wyoming that uses coal or natural gas to generate reliable and dispatchable electricity for provision to customers;

(iv) “Reliable” means as defined in W.S. 37-18-101(a)(iv) .

(b) Before authorizing or approving the retirement of an electric generation facility as proposed in a rate case, integrated resource plan or other submission to the commission, the commission shall consider the effect on available reliable, dispatchable electricity to Wyoming customers and the impact that any shortage of available energy nationwide may have on Wyoming customers.

(c) There shall be a rebuttable presumption against the retirement of an electric generation facility. The commission shall not approve the retirement of an electric generation facility unless the presumption created by this subsection is rebutted by evidence deemed sufficient by the commission to establish that:

(i) Cost savings will result to customers as a result of the retirement of the electric generation facility;

(ii) The retirement will not result in an insufficient amount of reliable and dispatchable capacity to serve Wyoming customers; and

(iii) The retirement will not adversely impact the dispatchability or reliability of electric service to customers of the public utility.

(d) The rate recovery limitations of W.S. 37-3-118 shall apply to a public utility that completes a retirement of an electric generation facility without rebutting the presumption specified in this section.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to relieve a public utility of the requirements to comply with W.S. 37-2-133 and 37-3-117 before the retirement of an electric generation facility.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-133 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-133
§ 37-2-133. Exemption for purchase of coal fired generation facilities that would otherwise have been retired; public utility purchase requirements; conditions for exemption
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of this chapter and chapters 1 and 3 of this title shall not apply to a person who operates a coal fired electric generation facility purchased under an agreement approved by the commission under W.S. 37-3-117 .

(b) Electric public utilities, other than cooperative electric utilities, shall be obligated to purchase electricity generated from a coal fired electric generation facility purchased under agreement approved by the commission under W.S. 37-3-117 provided that:

(i) The person purchasing the otherwise retiring coal fired electric generation facility offers to sell some or all of the electricity from the facility to an electric public utility;

(ii) The electricity is sold at a price that is no greater than the purchasing electric utility's avoided cost as may be determined by the commission;

(iii) The electricity is sold under a power purchase agreement with a specified term length and such other terms and conditions as may be approved by the commission; and

(iv) The commission approves a one hundred percent (100%) cost recovery in rates for the cost of the power purchase agreement and the agreement is one hundred percent (100%) allocated to the public utility's Wyoming customers unless otherwise agreed to by the public utility.

(c) In determining an electric public utility's avoided costs under this section, the commission may consider:

(i) The value of the electric energy and capacity generated from the facility;

(ii) The value of any reliability benefits associated with the operation of the facility; and

(iii) Any other factor deemed appropriate by the commission.

(d) The commission may elect to set the avoided cost price and other terms and conditions for the purchase of electricity from an otherwise retiring coal fired electric generation facility in advance of the facility's proposed retirement date to permit potential purchasers to know the avoided cost price and other terms and conditions for sales from that facility prior to entering into an agreement to purchase the facility.

(e) As used in this section, “ avoided cost ” means the incremental costs to an electric utility of electric energy or capacity or both which, but for the purchase from the otherwise retiring coal fired electric generation facility, the utility would generate itself or incur in a purchase from another source. As may be determined by the commission, avoided costs may change over the course of an approved power purchase agreement at specified intervals set forth in the power purchase agreement.

(f) A person purchasing an otherwise retiring coal fired electric generation facility may sell electricity generated by the facility to the electric public utility selling the otherwise retiring coal fired electric generation facility, except for a cooperative or municipal public utility, for the benefit of a retail customer located in the existing service territory of that electric public utility provided that the customer has more than one (1) megawatt average demand and takes service at a primary or transmission voltage level.

(g) If an electric utility purchases electricity from the owner of an otherwise retiring coal fired electric generation facility for the benefit of an eligible retail customer, the utility serving that eligible retail customer shall purchase the electricity at a cost and under terms and conditions that are acceptable to and negotiated between the customer and the owner of the otherwise retiring coal fired electric generation facility. The electric public utility shall pass that cost through to the customer without markup or modification except:

(i) For the collection of applicable taxes and the appropriate assessment, which shall be collected pursuant to W.S. 37-2-106 through 37-2-109 ;

(ii) To ensure other Wyoming customers are not negatively impacted by the arrangement provided for in this subsection and subsection (f) of this section, the commission shall also authorize the utility to impose additional charges on participating retail customers to the extent the commission determines that a sale of electricity under this subsection and subsection (f) of this section will result in the utility experiencing incremental stranded generation capacity costs or other incremental costs except for the cost of any undepreciated investments associated with the otherwise retiring coal fired electric generation facility.

(h) An eligible retail customer under subsection (g) of this section shall only receive electricity as provided in subsection (g) of this section from the owner of an otherwise retiring coal fired electric generation facility if the customer also purchases partial requirements or equivalent service from the electric public utility under rates, terms and conditions set by the commission to compensate the public utility for its costs.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-15-202 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 15 / Section 37-15-202
§ 37-15-202. Determination of competitive services
Status: in_force

(a) Upon petition by any telecommunications company or pursuant to the commission's own motion, the commission may, after notice and opportunity for hearing, find and conclude that a telecommunications service is subject to competition. Any service found to be effectively competitive pursuant to this section shall not be subject to regulation by the commission. The commission shall consider only the following factors in determining whether a telecommunications service is subject to effective competition:

(i) The extent to which telecommunications services are available from alternative providers including, but not limited to, wireless providers, satellite providers, cable providers offering voice services, voice over internet protocol or any other providers utilizing telephone numbers to provide voice services in the relevant market;

(ii) The extent to which telecommunications services of alternative providers are functionally equivalent, for equivalent service or in combination with other services, and may be substituted at reasonably comparable prices, terms and conditions;

(iii) Existing economic, regulatory or technological barriers to entry.

(b) Upon the commission's own motion or the petition of any person, the commission may, after notice and the opportunity for a hearing in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act, find and conclude that a telecommunications service found to be competitive under subsection (a) of this section is no longer subject to competition, and therefore not subject to treatment as a competitive service under this chapter. All hearings conducted pursuant to this subsection shall place the burden of proof upon the commission or the petitioner of establishing that a telecommunications service is no longer subject to competition.

(c) Telecommunications service provided by new entrants, local exchange services provided by resale, telecommunications services provided by interexchange telecommunications companies, interexchange telecommunications services and telecommunications services other than local exchange service and switched access provided by a local exchange company shall be considered subject to competition for purpose of regulation under this title. Notwithstanding the foregoing, local exchange service may be determined to be competitive pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

(d) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section the commission shall, in an area defined by an applicant, find retail telecommunications services other than switched access are competitive provided:

(i) At least seventy-five percent (75%) of the class of customers in the area have access to at least one (1) landline carrier unaffiliated with the applicant providing local voice service. The local voice service may be provided in combination with other services. If a company does not differentiate between residential and business classes of service in its application, the requirement shall be that at least sixty percent (60%), considering residential and business customers as one (1) class of customers, have access to at least one (1) landline carrier unaffiliated with the applicant;

(ii) At least seventy-five percent (75%) of the class of customers in the area have access to at least one (1) wireless provider unaffiliated with the applicant. If a company does not differentiate between residential and business classes of service in its application, the requirement shall be that at least sixty percent (60%), considering residential and business customers as one (1) class of customers, have access to at least one (1) wireless provider unaffiliated with the applicant;

(iii) The applicant specifies in the application whether or not the class of customers whose service is to be determined competitive are residential, business or both;

(iv) The applicant agrees to provide throughout the area prices which do not vary by geographic location or access to competitors;

(v) The applicant agrees, if residential services are involved and subject to the provisions of subsections (e) and (f) of this section, to continue to provide stand alone basic residential local exchange service at a price less than the price for the stand alone basic residential local exchange service bundled with any other service; and

(vi) The applicant agrees for a transition period ending July 1, 2009 to provide stand alone basic residential service at a price that does not exceed the price in effect July 1, 2006 and agrees after July 1, 2009 that it will not increase the price for the stand alone basic residential local exchange service by an amount that exceeds the price in effect July 1, 2008, by more than the cumulative increase in the federal gross domestic product price index since July 1, 2008. For the purpose of this subsection the prices in effect July 1, 2006 and July 1, 2009 shall be modified only to reflect changes in access charges as approved by the commission pursuant to W.S. 37-15-203(f)(ii) and (j) to the extent those changes are not reflected in the rates.

(e) If the price for stand alone basic residential local exchange service is restricted pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, the commission may, upon application and after notice and opportunity for hearing, authorize an increase in the price for the service if the applicant demonstrates that the maximum price allowed pursuant to subsection (d) of this section would not allow the applicant a reasonable opportunity to recover its prudently incurred costs related to the proportion of the property used in providing the essential telecommunications service.

(f) If a company is required to continue to offer stand alone basic residential local exchange service pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, it may apply to the commission for permission to stop offering the service. The commission shall, after notice and opportunity for hearing approve the application if:

(i) A successor agrees to continue the obligation; or

(ii) The company establishes to the satisfaction of the commission that the service has become obsolete due to a lack of customers subscribing to the service.

(g) The commission may, on its own motion or upon application by the office of consumer advocate or by any interested party, find retail telecommunications services are not competitive in any area where it has previously found them to be competitive pursuant to subsection (d) of this section if, after notice and opportunity for hearing, it finds that:

(i) Due to merger, acquisition, predatory pricing or marketing practices or withdrawal of offerings, the degree of competition required by subsection (d) of this section no longer exists; or

(ii) The local exchange telecommunications provider has not complied with the conditions it agreed to pursuant to subsection (d) of this section.

(h) Nothing in this section affects or modifies:

(i) Any applicable wholesale tariff or any commission authority to implement or enforce any rights, duties or obligations of any party related to wholesale services;

(ii) Any entity's obligations or rights or commission authority under the Federal Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. 251 and 252 ;

(iii) Any commission jurisdiction over intrastate switched access rates, terms and conditions, including the implementation of federal law with respect to intercarrier compensation;

(iv) Any commission jurisdiction or authority pursuant to W.S. 37-15-401(a)(vii) , including commission jurisdiction or authority to address federal high cost fund or federal universal service fund issues.

(j) Services found to be competitive under subsection (a), (c) or (d) of this section shall be subject to the following:

(i) Any required assessments under W.S. 37-15-501 and 37-15-502 ;

(ii) Any required assessment of 911 or E911 emergency service taxes as provided in title 16, chapter 9, article 1 of the Wyoming statutes ;

(iii) Any required special fee under W.S. 16-9-209 ;

(iv) Any required assessment levied under W.S. 37-2-106 through 37-2-109 ;

(v) Certification as applicable under W.S. 37-15-201 .
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-301 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-301
§ 37-9-301. Fireguards
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of every railroad corporation operating its line of road, or any part of it, within this state, upon its right-of-way upon each side of its roadbed, to maintain annually an effective fireguard upon order of and satisfactory to specifications set forth by the department of transportation so as to prevent fire from spreading to lands adjacent to the right-of-way. The fireguards need not be maintained within the limits of any city or town, nor along that portion of the line of a railroad where the desert or mountainous character of the adjoining land would render such burning impractical or unnecessary.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-205 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-205
§ 37-9-205. Plats of survey to be filed
Status: in_force

The secretary of state is hereby authorized to transfer to the office of the director all plats of survey which may have been filed in the office of the secretary of state under the provisions of W.S. 37-9-203 and 37-9-204 , and from and after the passage of this section all plats of survey required to be filed under the provisions of the sections aforesaid shall be filed with the director instead of with the secretary of state.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-117 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-117
§ 37-7-117. Order of confirmation of report or modified report; effect of confirmation; appeal
Status: in_force

If there be no remonstrance, or if the finding be in favor of the validity of the proceedings, or after the report shall have been modified to conform to the findings, the court shall confirm the report and the order of confirmation shall be final and conclusive, the proposed work shall be established and authorized, and the proposed assessments approved and confirmed unless within thirty (30) days an appeal be taken to the supreme court, and the said order of confirmation shall also fix the commissioner's bond.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-402 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-402
§ 37-2-402. Consumer advocate; powers and duties
Status: in_force

(a) The consumer advocate shall have the power to:

(i) Act as a party in any proceeding before the commission, with the same rights and subject to the same obligations and requirements and limitations on ex parte communications, including confidentiality requirements, as other parties to the proceeding;

(ii) Appeal actions of the commission in accordance with W.S. 37-2-219 ;

(iii) Seek permission to appear as amicus curiae in any court proceeding in order to accomplish the purposes specified in this article;

(iv) Provide information and assistance to individual consumers regarding proceedings within the jurisdiction of the commission.

(b) In any commission docketed case initiated by the regulated company in which the consumer advocate is a party, the consumer advocate shall have the same access to books, maps, contracts, reports and records of every description as the commission. For all other instances, the consumer advocate shall have the same access as other parties.

(c) The consumer advocate shall not advocate for or on behalf of any individual, organization or entity.

(d) The consumer advocate may enter into stipulations with other parties in any proceeding to balance the interests of those it represents with the interests of the public utilities as means of minimizing the weaknesses of the adversarial process, improving the quality of resulting decisions in a highly technical environment and minimizing the cost of regulation.

(e) In any case where the office of consumer advocate does not intervene, the commission shall have the authority to authorize its staff to participate as a party before the commission. The commission shall exercise this authority not later than five (5) business days following the deadline for any intervention.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-124 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-124
§ 37-7-124. Necessary additional assessments authorized under court order; notice required; payment
Status: in_force

If any assessment for construction, operation, maintenance or repair that the commissioners shall have reported to the court is a smaller sum than is needed to carry out the purpose for which said assessment has been made or if in any year an additional sum is necessary to pay the interest on lawful indebtedness of said power districts, further or additional assessments on the lands benefited shall be made by the commissioners of said power district under the order of the court or presiding judge thereof, upon such notice as the court or judge may direct, which further or additional assessment may be made payable in installments as specified herein and shall be treated and collected in the same manner as the original assessments confirmed by the court in said power district.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-1301 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-1301
§ 37-9-1301. Environmental inventory and cleanup after cessation of rail service
Status: repealed

(a) Any rail common carrier having annual carrier operating revenues in excess of ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00), which ceases service on any railroad operating right-of-way in the state of Wyoming, shall comply with the requirements of this section. Within sixty (60) days of the date a rail common carrier ceases service, the carrier shall file with the Wyoming department of environmental quality a report certifying that the operating rights-of-way over which service is ceasing are in compliance with the Wyoming environmental quality laws or providing a plan to bring the operating rights-of-way into compliance. The report shall:

(i) Identify any release, leak, discharge or spill required to be reported under the Wyoming environmental quality laws which the rail carrier knew or should have known occurred on the operating rights-of-way over which service is ceasing;

(ii) Describe remedial action, if any, taken in regard to any such release, leak, discharge or spill reported pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this section by the rail carrier and whether such action resulted in the operating rights-of-way complying with the Wyoming environmental quality laws;

(iii) Include, if a release, leak, discharge or spill has occurred on an operating right-of-way, a sufficient number of samples and an analysis of the samples to determine whether or not all such operating rights-of-way are in compliance with the Wyoming environmental quality laws and shall indicate whether materials from any leak, discharge or spill could have entered surface or groundwater. The report shall include an analysis of the actions required to remediate any impact of a leak, discharge or spill and to bring the property into compliance with the Wyoming environmental quality laws.

(iv) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 54, § 2.

(b) Within one hundred eighty (180) days of the Wyoming department of environmental quality's receipt of the report required by subsection (a) of this section, the Wyoming department of environmental quality shall review the information contained in the report and may require additional sampling and analysis by the rail common carrier of the operating rights-of-way subject of the report and shall notify the carrier in writing if the report is acceptable or if additional sampling or remediation is needed.

(c) Any rail carrier that is required to perform remediation shall file a progress report with the Wyoming department of environmental quality within one (1) year of the date of notification by the department of environmental quality that the report filed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, is acceptable. The progress report shall be filed with the department annually thereafter until completion. Should new information be discovered during the period between reports, that information shall be disclosed in the annual report along with appropriate proposed modifications. Such modifications shall be reviewed and approved as provided in subsection (b) of this section.

(d), (e) Repealed by Laws 1995, ch. 54, § 2.

(f) Copies of all reports and documentation required by this section shall be filed with the Wyoming department of environmental quality and shall be available to the Wyoming department of transportation, the Wyoming game and fish commission, the Wyoming legislative service office, the offices of the clerks of all counties and the clerks of all municipalities in which service is ceasing.

(g) Any rail carrier which violates any provision of this section shall be liable for a penalty of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) per day for each violation, to be assessed in a civil action.

(h) For purposes of this section:

(i) A rail common carrier “ceases service” when the United States surface transportation board, or any successor agency, finds or has found that the rail common carrier may abandon any part of its railroad lines or discontinue the operation of all rail transportation over any part of its railroad lines, or when the railroad line is actually abandoned or service actually discontinued, if the abandonment or discontinuance is exempt from such a finding under the rules of the surface transportation board, or any successor agency;

(ii) “Operating right-of-way” includes all property and facilities directly relating to the carrier's operation as a rail common carrier;

(iii) “Wyoming environmental quality laws” means the Wyoming Environmental Quality Act ( W.S. 35-11-101 through 35-11-1428 , as may be amended) and all rules and regulations issued thereunder.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-221 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-221
§ 37-2-221. Injunction
Status: in_force

No injunction shall issue suspending or staying any order of the commission, except upon application to the district court in and for the county in which the commission has its principal office, or the presiding judge thereof, or the federal court or judge having jurisdiction there, and upon notice to the commission and hearing.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-11-101 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 11 / Section 37-11-101
§ 37-11-101. Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in W.S. 37-11-101 through 37-11-103 , unless the context otherwise requires, the term “ person ” means any individual, firm, co-partnership, corporation, company, association, joint-stock association or body politic, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee or other similar representative thereof.

(b) “Common carriers by air” as used in this act means any person or persons engaged in regularly scheduled air transportation of persons or property for compensation or hire within the state of Wyoming concerning those activities where the United States has not excluded the states from regulating.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-13-105 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 13 / Section 37-13-105
§ 37-13-105. Basis of assessments
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever any improvement authorized to be made by any governing body by the terms of this chapter is ordered, the governing body shall apportion the cost and expenses thereof as in their judgment is fair and equitable in consideration of the benefits accruing to the lots and land included within the improvement district. Each lot or parcel of land shall be separately assessed for the cost and expenses in proportion to the number of square feet of such lot or parcel compared to the total number of square feet included in the improvement district, or assessed upon a frontage, zone or other equitable basis in accordance with the benefits accruing to the property by the improvements, as the same may be determined by the governing body. The entire cost of the improvement shall be assessed against the benefited property. If money for paying part of the costs is available from any other source, in which [that] event the money so available may be applied to reduce the assessment.

(b) The cost and expenses to be assessed shall include:

(i) The conversion costs as determined by W.S. 37-13-129 or as estimated by the public utility, whichever is less;

(ii) Engineering services;

(iii) Clerical services;

(iv) Advertising expenses;

(v) Costs of inspection;

(vi) Costs of collecting assessments;

(vii) Interest upon bonds if issued;

(viii) Costs for legal services for preparing proceedings and advising in regard thereto; and

(ix) For any other necessary or reasonable expense related to the intent of this act and determined by the governing body to be appropriate for the favorable execution of the improvement district.

(c) Fee lands of public entities, such as the federal government, state of Wyoming, or any county, city or town, shall not be subject to assessment for the payment of any of the cost or expense of the improvement unless the public entity owning lands within the boundaries of the improvement district files its consent in writing with the governing body before the governing body adopts a resolution declaring its intent to create a local improvement district.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-3-112 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3 / Section 37-3-112
§ 37-3-112. Service to be adequate and safe; regulations to be just and reasonable; unjust discrimination or undue preference as to service prohibited
Status: in_force

The service and facilities of every public utility shall be adequate and safe and every service regulation shall be just and reasonable. The commission shall have the authority to investigate, consider and determine standards for availability or reliability of service that are objectively established by rule consistent with commonly accepted industry standards. It shall be unlawful for any public utility to make or permit to exist any unjust discrimination or undue preference with respect to its service, facilities or service regulations. This provision shall not be construed as prohibiting a public utility from establishing classifications which distinguish among its various services, facilities or service regulations if the classifications are not unduly discriminatory among the customers in the same class of service.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-122 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-122
§ 37-7-122. County treasurer to collect taxes; interest coupons or bonds of district authorized for payment of district bond taxes; duty of county commissioners as to unpaid taxes
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the county treasurer of each county in which any power district is located in whole or in part to collect and receipt for all taxes levied as herein provided in the same manner as is required in the receipt for and collection of taxes upon real estate for county purposes. The county treasurer in case of taxes heretofore or hereafter levied as herein provided shall receive in payment of the district bond taxes above mentioned for the year in which said taxes were levied, interest coupons or bonds of said power districts maturing within said year the same as so much lawful money in the United States. Provided, however, that in the case of the nonpayment of any taxes which have heretofore or may hereafter be levied as above provided, the board of county commissioners upon application made shall have the power and it shall be their duty, upon written request of the board of such power district, to order the said treasurer to receive in full payment of the bond fund portion of said taxes the principal amount of said taxes levied, payable in bonds or bond interest coupons of said power district at their face value, and maturing within the year in which said tax levies were made, as so much lawful money of the United States.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-121 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-121
§ 37-7-121. Preparation of assessment roll; assessments based on county assessments; commissioners to verify; levy of assessments; assessments to extend to tax roll
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the commissioners of each power district on or before the third Monday in July in each year to prepare an assessment roll of said district which shall contain the name of the owner together with the description of each lot, tract and easement of land within said district and the aggregate assessment of benefits confirmed by the court against the same. Assessments to meet the current expense of a power district for any year shall be proportioned upon the assessed valuation of the several benefited lots, tracts and easements in the district as such valuation was last fixed for assessment purposes by the county assessor and county board of equalization of the county in which the same are situated. The assessment roll shall also show the amount assessed against each lot, tract, and easement of land in the district to meet the principal and interest or the indebtedness of the district for the current year. When such assessment roll is completed it shall be signed by the commissioners of said district and verified by any one of them. The county commissioners of said county upon the receipt of the assessment roll of said district and at the time of making the requisite tax levy for county purposes, shall levy and assess against each lot, tract, and easement of land the respective amounts levied and assessed against the same on said assessment roll. Thereupon the county commissioners shall certify to and deliver said assessment roll to the county assessor of such county and in case the territory embraced in such district is located in two (2) or more counties a copy of the assessment roll as certified to by the county commissioners of the county having jurisdiction of such district shall be delivered to the assessor of each county in which any of the land of the district is located. Upon receipt of the assessment roll the assessors of the counties embracing any of the lands of such district, shall extend upon the tax roll of such county the respective amounts levied and assessed against each lot, tract, and easement of land, and against each corporation as shown by said assessment roll of said district.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-125 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-125
§ 37-7-125. Omission of assessments not to affect jurisdiction of court or render previous assessments voidable; commissioners to correct omissions and report to court
Status: in_force

Omission to assess benefits, or to assess for construction, or to make additional assessment or to make assessment for operation, maintenance or repairs against any land or person which should have been assessed, or to award damages to any one or more tracts of land or assessments in a power district shall neither affect the jurisdiction of the court to confirm the report, nor to render the benefits assessed or the assessments for construction, or additional assessments, or assessments for operation, maintenance, or repairs against other lands or assessments against any person voidable, but the commissioners of said power district shall thereafter, as soon as they discover the omission or receive notice thereof, either agree with the omitted parties upon the proper award or assessments and award the damages or make such assessments of benefits or assessments for construction, operation, maintenance or repair, and make such additional assessments against the omitted lands and corporations and award such damages as shall be just, and report the facts, together with such assessments and awards, to the court.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-118 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-118
§ 37-2-118. Who may make complaint
Status: in_force

Any public utility, person, municipality or the attorney general may complain to the commission of anything, actual or proposed, done or omitted to be done in violation of W.S. 37-1 through 37-64 [ §§ 37-1-101 through 37-3-114 ] or W.S. 37-260 through 37-272 [ §§ 37-12-201 through 37-12-213 ], or of an order of the commission.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-1-102 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 1 / Section 37-1-102
§ 37-1-102. “Rate” and “service regulation” defined
Status: in_force

(a) The term “rate”, when used in this act, shall mean and include, in the plural number, as well as in the singular, every individual or joint rate, classification, fare, toll, charge or other compensation for service rendered or to be rendered by any public utility, and every rule, regulation, practice, act, requirement or privilege in any way relating to such rate, fare, toll, charge or other compensation, and any schedule or tariff or part of a schedule or tariff thereof.

(b) The term “service regulation” shall mean and include every rule, regulation, practice, act or requirement in any way relating to the service or facilities of a public utility.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-208 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-208
§ 37-2-208. Witness fees
Status: in_force

Witnesses who are summoned before the commission shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid to witnesses in the district courts of this state. Witnesses whose depositions are taken pursuant to the provisions of this act and the magistrate or officer taking the same shall be entitled severally to the same fees as are paid for like services in the district courts of the state. All such fees shall be paid in the first instance by the party requesting the process and shall be taxed the same as costs and included in the order of the commission.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-209 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-209
§ 37-7-209. Bonds negotiable instruments
Status: in_force

Such bonds shall have all the qualities of negotiable instruments under the law merchant and the Negotiable Instruments Law.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-211 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-211
§ 37-2-211. Minutes of hearings; parties entitled to transcripts
Status: in_force

The minutes of all hearings had before or by the commission shall be kept, and shall include the names of all persons who appear and witnesses who are sworn, with the identification of any documentary evidence produced. Parties to any proceeding before the commission shall be entitled to transcripts of the testimony taken in such proceedings, subject to such reasonable rulings and regulations as the commission may prescribe.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-101 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-101
§ 37-7-101. Formation; petition for organization
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever a majority of the freeholders on lands and entrymen upon public lands in any district who shall represent at least one-third of the area of lands within said district which desire to provide for the purchase of electric power for use in electrifying the lands within said district or to purchase, extend, operate, or maintain consecutive power lines; or to cooperate with the United States, the state of Wyoming, or any subdivision thereof, they shall procure a certificate of necessity from the public service commission of the state of Wyoming, and file in the district court of the county which embraces the largest acreage of the district a petition hereinafter referred to as the “petition” which shall include:

(i) The name of the proposed power district;

(ii) The necessity of the proposed work, describing the necessity and attaching such certificate of necessity issued by the public service commission thereto;

(iii) The object and purpose of the system to be constructed together with a general description thereof;

(iv) The names of all freeholders holding lands and the entrymen on public lands in said district when known;

(v) Whether or not the petitioners desire and propose to cooperate with the United States, the state of Wyoming or any subdivision thereof;

(vi) A general prayer for the organization of the district.

(b) No petition having as many signers as are required by this section shall be declared void, but the court may at any time permit the petition to be amended in form and substance to conform to the facts, if the facts justify the organization of the power district. Several similar petitions for the organization of the same district may be circulated, and when filed, shall together be regarded as one petition having as many signers as there are separate signers on the several petitions filed. All petitions for the organization of said district filed prior to the hearing on said petition shall be considered by the court, the same as if filed with the first petition placed on file, and the signatures thereon contained shall be counted in determining whether sufficient persons have signed said petition.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-127 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-127
§ 37-7-127. Refunding of indebtedness
Status: in_force

The court, may, upon the petition of the commissioners authorize them to refund any lawful indebtedness of the district now existing or which may hereafter be incurred by taking up and canceling all or any part of its outstanding notes and bonds, as fast as they come due or before, if the holders thereof will surrender the same and issue in lieu thereof new notes or bonds of such district, payable in such longer time as the court shall deem proper, in an amount sufficient to retire notes and bonds of the district then outstanding and the unpaid accrued interest thereon, together with such an amount as the commissioners of such district may deem necessary to provide for possible future defaults and delinquencies in the payment of assessments, and bearing interest not exceeding seven percent (7%) per annum. For the purpose of providing funds to pay such refunding bonds with interest thereon, the commissioners may levy assessments against the land in such district, but not in excess of the benefits assessed. In the alternative the commissioners may, if they deem it advisable, issue said refunding bonds in an amount sufficient only to retire all notes and bonds of the district then outstanding and the unpaid accrued interest thereon, and delinquencies in the payment of assessments levied, from year to year, assessments against the land in such district for such purposes, but not in excess of the benefits assessed against the same.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-129 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-129
§ 37-2-129. Civil penalty for violation of federal Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968; compromise and recovery thereof
Status: in_force

(a) Such civil penalty may be compromised by the commission, and such determination shall be in the nature of a final order appealable by the person alleged to have committed the violation only upon his refusal to pay. In determining the amount of the penalty, or the amount agreed upon in compromise, the size of the business of the person charged, the gravity of the violation and the good faith of the person charged in attempting to achieve compliance after notification of a violation shall be considered. The amount of the penalty when finally determined, or the amount agreed upon in compromise may be deducted from any sums owing by the state to the person charged or may be recovered in a civil action in the state courts.

(b) Any action to recover said sums shall be commenced in the courts in and for the county or district in which the principal office of the commission is located.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-128 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-128
§ 37-2-128. Civil penalty for violation of federal Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011; generally
Status: in_force

Where the commission has exercised authority under the provisions of the federal Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty and Job Creation Act of 2011, 49 U.S.C. § 60101, et seq., and amendments thereto, to regulate gas safety in the state of Wyoming, any person or persons as defined in that act who hereafter violate any provision of that act as made applicable to jurisdictional activities within the state of Wyoming may be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for violation for each day that the violation persists. However, the maximum civil penalty shall not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) for any related series of violations.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-136 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-136
§ 37-7-136. Election of commissioners; votes necessary to elect; filling of vacancies; qualifications and duties of commissioners elected
Status: in_force

No person shall be elected as commissioner who shall not have received a majority of all votes cast. No election shall be invalid by reason of the fact that a majority of the assessed valuation of real estate within the district was not represented at such election. Whenever the office of any elected commissioner shall become vacant by reason of death, resignation or other cause, the vacancy shall be filled by the surviving commissioners for the unexpired term. In case such vacancy is not filled within thirty (30) days the court shall fill such vacancy. All elected commissioners shall have the same qualifications and duties as herein prescribed for appointed commissioners.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-4-103 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 4 / Section 37-4-103
§ 37-4-103. Filing security interests
Status: in_force

(a) If filing is required under the Uniform Commercial Code, the proper place to file in order to perfect a security interest in personal property or fixtures of a transmitting utility is in the office of the secretary of state.

(b) When the financing statement covers goods of a transmitting utility which are or are to become fixtures, no description of the real estate concerned is required.

(c) A security interest in rolling stock of a transmitting utility may be perfected either as provided in section 20(c) of the Interstate Commerce Act or by filing a financing statement pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code as provided in subsection (a).
Wyo. Stat. § 37-7-106 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-7-106
§ 37-7-106. Affidavit of signers evidence of facts therein
Status: in_force

The affidavit of any three (3) or more of the signers of said petition stating that they have examined it and are acquainted with the locality of said district and that said petition is signed by a sufficient number of corporations and adult persons owning lands in said district, to satisfy section 1 hereof [ § 37-7-101 ], may be taken by the court or judge as sufficient evidence of the facts therein stated.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-206 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 2 / Section 37-2-206
§ 37-2-206. Powers of commission; court to compel obedience to lawful orders
Status: in_force

The commission, commissioner or commission employee acting in the capacity of a hearing officer for the purpose mentioned in W.S. 37-1-101 through 37-3-114 , and 37-12-201 through 37-12-213 , may administer oaths, certify to official acts, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, books, accounts, documents and testimony. If any person fails to comply with any lawful order of the commission, commissioner or commission employee acting in the capacity of a hearing officer, or any subpoena, or if any witness refuses to testify to any matter regarding which he may be interrogated lawfully, the district court of any county on application of the commission, a commissioner or commission employee acting in the capacity of a hearing officer, shall compel obedience by attachment proceedings for contempt as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from the court or a refusal to testify therein.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-409 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-409
§ 37-9-409. Demurrage on cars
Status: in_force

All railroads, shipping cars, or parts of cars of all commodities, from any point in the state of Wyoming, to consignees in any other part of this state, shall give time, free of charge, for loading and unloading said cars, or parts of cars, as follows: All loaded cars, taking track delivery, which are to be unloaded by the consignee thereof, or the party whose interest may appear, or cars set for loading which are to be loaded by consignor, shall be limited to forty-eight (48) hours of free time, computed from seven (7:00) o'clock a.m., of the day following the day legal notice of arrival is given (having been placed at an accessible point for unloading), and may be subject thereafter to a charge of one dollar ($1.00) per car for each day, or fraction of a day, that they may remain unloaded, in possession of the railroad company after said free time; provided, however, that if after placing a car, or cars, as required in this section, the railroad company shall, during or after free time, temporarily remove all, or any of them, or in any way obstruct the unloading of same, the consignee shall not be chargeable with the delay caused thereby; provided, that when on account of delay or irregularity of transportation, cars are bunched and delivered to consignee in numbers beyond his reasonable ability to load and unload within the free time prescribed by these rules, he shall be allowed by the carrier such additional time as may be necessary to load and unload cars, so in excess, by the exercise of usual diligence on the part of the consignee.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-12-112 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 12 / Section 37-12-112
§ 37-12-112. Gas; piping gas around meter
Status: in_force

Any person who connects or changes any pipe or other conduit, device or contrivance with any gas main or lateral supply pipe, supplying or intended to supply gas to any house, store or other building, without the knowledge and consent of any person or corporation owning said gas main, or lateral supply pipe, in such manner that any portion of such gas may be transmitted or supplied to any lamp burner, heating apparatus, engine or other instrument or thing by or at which gas is consumed or used, around or without passing through the meter provided for measuring or registering the amount or quantity of gas passing through it, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided in section 4 hereof [ § 37-12-114 ].
Wyo. Stat. § 37-13-110 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 13 / Section 37-13-110
§ 37-13-110. Notice of public hearing on proposed improvement; manner of giving
Status: in_force

The notice shall be published in full one (1) time in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, city, or town in which the proposed district is located and by posting in not less than three (3) public places in the district. A copy of the notice shall be mailed to each owner of land within the proposed district whose property will be assessed for the cost of the improvement, at the address last appearing on the real property assessment rolls of the county wherein the property is located. In addition, a copy of the notice shall be addressed to “owner” and mailed to the street number of each piece of property to be affected by the assessment. Mailed notices and the published notice shall state where a copy of the resolution creating the district is available for inspection.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-5-504 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 5 / Section 37-5-504
§ 37-5-504. Powers of the authority
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may:

(i) Employ officers, agents and employees as it deems necessary for the performance of its duties and prescribe the powers and duties and fix the compensation of the officers, agents and employees;

(ii) Contract, upon terms as it may agree upon, for legal, financial, engineering and other professional services necessary or expedient in the conduct of its affairs;

(iii) Utilize the services of executive agencies of the state upon mutually agreeable terms and conditions;

(iv) Plan, finance, construct, develop, acquire, own, maintain and operate within and outside the state of Wyoming, energy transmission infrastructure, energy export facilities and pipeline and other transportation or distribution systems including pumps, storage and other attendant facilities, any necessary equipment for energy transmission infrastructure and pipeline and other transportation or distribution systems and for all other property, structures, equipment, facilities and works of public improvement necessary or useful for accomplishing the purposes for which the authority was created, including obtaining permits and acquiring rights-of-way;

(v) Acquire by condemnation any properties necessary or useful for its purposes, provided the authority shall not have the right to condemn mineral leases, gas supplies, gas reserves, oil supplies, oil reserves, oil refineries, existing energy transmission, distribution and generation facilities, minerals, water rights, other mineral rights or pipelines or other distribution systems used in connection therewith;

(vi) Receive by gift, grant, donation or otherwise, any sum of money, aid or assistance from the United States, the state of Wyoming, any political subdivision or any other public or private entity or any country in good standing with the United States subject to federal law;

(vii) Provide light, water, communications, security and other services for its facilities as it deems advisable;

(viii) After consultation with any relevant state or federal authority, establish and charge reasonable fees, rates, tariffs or other charges for the use of all facilities administered by the authority and for all services rendered by it;

(ix) In whole or in part, operate, lease, rent and dispose of facilities, structures and properties constructed under this article. The authority shall review at least every three (3) years the feasibility of disposing of facilities it holds;

(x) Investigate, plan, prioritize and establish corridors for the transmission of energy and natural resources associated with energy;

(xi) Enter into partnerships with public or private entities;

(xii) Conduct hearings and gather and develop relevant data consistent with the duties and powers of the authority;

(xiii) Work in consultation and coordination with entities including the Wyoming business council to develop, promote and identify markets for natural resources associated with energy and facilitate supply for those markets;

(xiv) Advocate for or against or take legal action concerning any energy project before any regulatory body tasked with the oversight of the project;

(xv) Request data from any public or private entity that is necessary to ascertain the location of associated natural resources within the state;

(xvi) Conduct national and international marketing and technology research;

(xvii) Do any and all things necessary or proper for the development, regulation and accomplishment of the purposes of the authority within the limitations of authority granted by this article.

(b) The sole recourse of any party contracting with the authority shall be against the authority, and there shall be no cause of action against the state or any county, municipality or other political subdivision of the state.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-3-118 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3 / Section 37-3-118
§ 37-3-118. Limitation for recovery of costs for replacing electric generation facilities
Status: in_force

(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 charged by an electric public utility shall not include any recovery of or earnings on the capital costs associated with electric generation facilities built, in whole or in part, to replace the electricity generated from a retired coal or natural gas electric generation facility that was retired on or after July 1, 2021 and for which the presumption against retirement was not rebutted by the public utility as required by W.S. 37-2-134 .
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-303 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-303
§ 37-9-303. Fireguards; liability for damages
Status: in_force

(a) Every railroad corporation operating its line of road, or any part of it, within this state, shall be liable for all damages by fire resulting from or caused by operating any such line of road together with suppression costs, established by the department of transportation, and any damages and costs in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(b) Any damage and suppression cost may be recovered by the party damaged if an action is brought by the party injured within one (1) year next after said damages shall have been inflicted or caused. An injured party who recovers more than has been last offered in writing by the railroad under this section may be awarded reasonable attorney fees and other costs incurred in seeking recovery under this section if it is determined that the railroad acted unreasonably and without cause.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-406 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-406
§ 37-9-406. Sale of tickets; penalty for violating W.S. 37-9-405
Status: in_force

Any person or persons violating the provisions of the preceding section [ § 37-9-405 ] shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to be punished by a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) and by imprisonment not exceeding one (1) year, or either or both, in the discretion of the court in which such person or persons shall be convicted.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-13-123 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 13 / Section 37-13-123
§ 37-13-123. Proceeds of sale
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the sale of any property for nonpayment of special assessments shall be applied in the discharge of the assessments, the interest, costs and penalties thereon. If there are outstanding any special improvement bonds issued pursuant to the improvement in question, proceeds of the sale shall, after the payment therefrom of the costs of collection, be applied to the cost of redemption prior to maturity of as many of the outstanding special improvement bonds as can be retired with the amount available.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-12-203 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 12 / Section 37-12-203
§ 37-12-203. Giving or receiving preferences
Status: in_force

Any natural person who knowingly authorizes, gives or affords any benefit, preference or advantage, or who knowingly receives or participates directly or indirectly in any benefit, preference or advantage from such offense, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), or more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-12-204 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 12 / Section 37-12-204
§ 37-12-204. Refusal to file report or answer questions
Status: in_force

Any public utility which refuses to make and file any report called for by the commission within the time specified, or within the time extended, as the case may be, or willfully refuses to answer to any question propounded by the commissioner shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each offense.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-6-106 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 6 / Section 37-6-106
§ 37-6-106. Unapproved securities void; exception
Status: in_force

All securities issued, assumed or guaranteed without application to or approval of the commission, provided herein, except the securities mentioned in W.S. 37-6-103 , shall be void.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-13-102 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 13 / Section 37-13-102
§ 37-13-102. Legislative purpose
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that in many areas of the state, landowners, cities, towns, counties and public utilities desire to convert existing overhead electric and communication facilities to underground locations by means of improvement district proceedings. The legislature hereby declares that a public purpose will be served by providing a procedure to accomplish such conversion and that it is in the public interest to provide for such conversion by proceedings taken pursuant to this chapter whether such areas be within the limits of a city or town or within a county.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-3-303 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3 / Section 37-3-303
§ 37-3-303. Activity near overhead line; safety restrictions
Status: in_force

(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 employee, shall not:

(i) Require any other person to perform any act if at any time during the performance of the act it is possible that the actor could move or be moved closer to any high voltage overhead line or if it is possible that any part of any tool or material used by the actor could be moved closer to any high voltage overhead line during the performance of the act than the following clearances:

(A) For lines rated fifty (50) kilovolts or less, six (6) feet of clearance;

(B) For lines rated over fifty (50) kilovolts, six (6) feet plus four-tenths (.4) of an inch for each kilovolt over fifty (50) kilovolts.

(ii) Operate any mechanical equipment or hoisting equipment or any load of equipment, any part of which is capable of vertical, lateral or swinging motion closer to any high voltage overhead line than the following clearances:

(A) For lines rated fifty (50) kilovolts or less, ten (10) feet of clearance;

(B) For lines rated over fifty (50) kilovolts, ten (10) feet plus four-tenths (.4) of an inch for each kilovolt over fifty (50) kilovolts.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-18-102 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 18 / Section 37-18-102
§ 37-18-102. Energy generation portfolio standards; reporting requirements; rate recovery and limitations
Status: repealed

(a) Consistent with the objective of ensuring Wyoming electric utilities maintain access to reliable and cost effective electric generation resources, the public service commission shall establish by rule energy portfolio standards that will maximize the use of dispatchable and reliable low-carbon electricity. In establishing standards, the commission:

(i) Shall require a public utility to generate a specified percentage of electricity generated to be dispatchable and reliable low-carbon electricity;

(ii) Shall establish a date not later than July 1, 2030 for requiring a percentage of electricity generated by a public utility to be dispatchable and reliable low-carbon electricity taking into consideration any potentially expiring federal tax credits;

(iii) Shall establish intermediate standards and requirements for dispatchable and reliable low-carbon electricity that public utilities must generate before the electricity generation standard established in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this subsection;

(iv) Shall require each public utility to demonstrate in each integrated resource plan submitted to the commission the steps the public utility is taking to achieve the electricity generation standard established in paragraphs (i) through (iii) of this subsection;

(v) Shall for each public utility:

(A) Establish baseline standards for electric reliability to ensure that new or expanded intermittent generation resources do not unreasonably diminish power quality or increase momentary outages across a utility's service territory or in any particular location;

(B) Require the utility to monitor and report electric reliability and power quality outcomes in integrated resource plan submissions or as otherwise directed by the commission; and

(C) Require the utility to take any steps the commission deems reasonably necessary to maintain reasonable levels of electric reliability and power quality.

(b) In addition to W.S. 37-3-117(a) , the rates charged by an electric public utility shall not include any recovery of or earnings on the capital costs associated with new electric generation facilities built, in whole or in part, to replace the electricity generated from one (1) or more coal fired electric generation facilities located in Wyoming and retired on or after January 1, 2024, unless the commission determines that the public utility that owned the retired coal fired electric generation facility:

(i) Has satisfied the requirements of W.S. 37-3-117(a) ; and

(ii) Is achieving or has taken steps to the commission's satisfaction to achieve the electricity generation standards established under subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Subject to W.S. 37-3-117(a) and the limitation in subsection (b) of this section, the commission shall consider the following when establishing reasonable rates for a public utility working toward and achieving the electricity generation standards established under subsection (a) of this section:

(i) A public utility that generates dispatchable and reliable low-carbon electricity may apply to the commission for rate recovery of the cost of any carbon capture, utilization and storage technology used to achieve the electricity generation standards established under subsection (a) of this section, including a higher return on equity, provided that the carbon capture, utilization and storage technology is integral or adjacent to a coal fired generation facility in Wyoming;

(ii) A public utility may apply to the commission for authorization to allow a portion of any revenues from the sale of carbon dioxide captured, stored or utilized as a result of generating dispatchable and reliable low-carbon electricity to be returned to the shareholders of the public utility;

(iii) To the extent a public utility can demonstrate that it will incur incremental costs to comply with the reliable and dispatchable low-carbon energy standard, the commission shall authorize the public utility to implement a rate recovery mechanism that collects a surcharge from customers not to exceed two percent (2%) of each customer's total electric bill to provide for the recovery of the prudently incurred incremental costs to comply with the reliable and dispatchable low-carbon energy standard. A rate recovery mechanism may be authorized and established prior to the public utility incurring incremental costs to comply with the reliable and dispatchable low-carbon energy standard and the public utility may retain funds collected through a mechanism in a regulatory account approved by the commission to offset future costs. To the extent the rate recovery mechanism is insufficient to compensate the public utility for its prudently incurred incremental costs to comply with the reliable and dispatchable low-carbon energy standard, the commission shall take such actions as necessary notwithstanding any other provision of this section to ensure the public utility is able to recover its prudently incurred incremental costs and customers are not charged for those incremental costs other than through the rate recovery mechanism.

(d) The commission shall promulgate rules to ensure that public utilities are satisfactorily progressing toward achieving the dispatchable and reliable low-carbon electricity generation standard that the commission establishes as required in subsection (a) of this section and achieving reasonable electric reliability and power quality outcomes as required by subsection (a) of this section.

(e) Beginning in 2023, and occurring every second year thereafter, the commission shall report to the legislature regarding implementation of the electricity portfolio standards and recommend whether it should be continued, modified or repealed. To the extent the electricity portfolio standards are modified or discontinued, nothing shall impair the ability of a public utility that has incurred costs to comply with the electricity portfolio standards to recover its prudently incurred costs as authorized by the commission.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-9-102 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 9 / Section 37-9-102
§ 37-9-102. Consolidation; mode of effecting
Status: in_force

Whenever a line of railroad or any railroad company in this state, or any portion of said line, has been constructed so as to connect with any two (2) or more of such roads, said companies are hereby authorized to consolidate themselves into a single corporation in the manner following: the trustees of the said two (2) or more corporations may enter into an agreement under the corporate seal of each, for the consolidation of said two (2) or more corporations, prescribing the terms or conditions thereof; the mode of carrying the same into effect; the name of the new corporation; the number of the trustees thereof, which shall not be less than seven (7); the time and place of holding the first election of trustees; the number of shares of stock in the new corporation; the amount of each share; the manner of converting the shares of capital stock in each of said two (2) or more corporations, into shares in such new corporation; the manner of compensating stockholders in each of said two (2) or more corporations who refuse to convert their stock into the stock of such new corporation, with such other details as they shall deem necessary to perfect such consolidation of said corporations; and such new corporation shall possess all the powers, rights and franchises conferred upon such said two (2) or more corporations, and shall be subject to all the restrictions, and perform all the duties imposed by the provisions of the corporation laws of this state; provided, that all stockholders in either of such corporations who shall refuse to convert their stock into the stock of such new corporation, shall be paid an appraised value of said stock at the date of such consolidation.
Wyo. Stat. § 37-3-102 — WY Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3 / Section 37-3-102
§ 37-3-102. Only prescribed rates to be charged
Status: in_force

No public utility shall directly or indirectly, by any device whatsoever, or in anywise, charge, demand, collect or receive from any person a greater or less or different compensation for any service rendered or to be rendered by such public utility than that prescribed in the schedules of such public utility then filed and published in the manner provided in this act, nor shall any person receive or accept any service from a public utility for a compensation greater, less or in any way different from that prescribed in such schedules.