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A new legislative subcommittee will study the viability of shifting the tax burden from Wyoming ratepayers to utilities and potentially their ratepayers in other states.
CHEYENNE — Lawmakers forwarded a bill back to the Senate floor on Thursday that is designed to take a proactive stance to ensure public utilities provide reliable power generation.
Recent rate hikes inspired six draft bills to more carefully scrutinize costs that electric utilities try to pass on to Wyoming ratepayers.
Despite long-term forecasts for continually declining markets, Wyoming oil and natural gas producers have enjoyed a reprieve from the financial devastation of the 2020 pandemic shock, with production approaching pre-pandemic
Wyoming's petroleum industry, as well as trona mines and other natural resource producers, can't afford a 30% rate hike, they say.