§ 37-2-135 — Review of integrated resource plan action plans

Wyoming § 37-2-135

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 37: Public Utilities
• Ch. 2: PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
• Art. 1: IN GENERAL

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(a) The commission shall engage in long-range planning
regarding public utility regulatory policy in order to
facilitate the well-planned development and conservation of
utility resources. Pursuant to this subsection, the commission
shall require each affected electrical utility to file any
action plan developed as part of the affected electrical
utility's integrated resource plan to enable the commission to
review and provide guidance to the affected electrical utility.
(b) The commission shall adopt rules providing a process
for the review and acknowledgement of an action plan and
integrated resource plan under subsection (a) of this section.
(c) As used in this section:
(i) "Affected electrical utility" means a public
utility other than a cooperative electric utility as defined in
W.S. 37-17-101(a)(i);
(ii) "Integrated resource plan" means a plan that
shall contain each of the following:
(A) The demand and energy forecast by the
affected electrical utility for not less than a ten (10) year
period;
(B) The affected electrical utility's options
for meeting the requirements shown in its load and resource
forecast in an economic and reliable manner, including:
(I) Demand-side and supply-side options;
and
(II) A description and summary cost-benefit
analysis of each option that was considered.
(C) The affected electrical utility's
assumptions and conclusions with respect to the effect of the
plan on the cost and reliability of energy service;
(D) A description of the external environmental
and economic consequences of the plan to the extent practicable;
and
(E) Any other data and analyses the commission
may require.