§ 37-16-101 — Definitions

Wyoming § 37-16-101

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 37: Public Utilities
• Ch. 16: ELECTRIC UTILITIES
• Art. 1: NET METERING

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(a) As used in this chapter unless the context or a
specific article otherwise requires:
(i) "Commission" means public service commission of
Wyoming;
(ii) "Customer-generator" means a user of a net
metering system;
(iii) "Electrical company" means any person,
corporation or governmental subdivision, excluding
municipalities, authorized and operating under the constitution
and laws of the state of Wyoming which is primarily engaged in
the generation or sale of electric energy;
(iv) "Electric cooperative" means any nonprofit,
member-owned cooperative organized under the laws of the state
of Wyoming and engaged in the business of distributing electric
energy in the state of Wyoming;
(v) "Electric utility" means any electrical company,
irrigation district or electric cooperative that is engaged in
the business of distributing electricity to retail electric
customers in the state;
(vi) "Irrigation district" means an irrigation
district under W.S. 41-7-201;
(vii) "Net metering" means measuring the difference
between the electricity supplied by an electric utility and the
electricity generated by a customer-generator that is fed back
to the electric utility over the applicable billing period;
(viii) "Net metering system" means a facility for the
production of electrical energy that:
(A) Uses as its fuel either solar, wind, biomass
or hydropower;
(B) Has a generating capacity of not more than
twenty-five (25) kilowatts;
(C) Is located on the customer-generator's
premises;
(D) Operates in parallel with the electric
utility's transmission and distribution facilities; and
(E) Is intended primarily to offset part or all
of the customer-generator's requirements for electricity.
(b) A person acting as a customer-generator under this act
shall not be considered a "public utility" as defined by W.S.