§ 37-1-103 — Assessment of interstate public utilities generally

(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.