Wyoming § 41-7-865 Liberal construction; restrictions; regulation
by public service commission

Wyoming Statutes

§ 41-7-865 — Liberal construction; restrictions; regulation by public service commission

Wyoming § 41-7-865

Title 41Water

Ch. 7IRRIGATION DISTRICTS

Art. 8PUBLIC IRRIGATION AND POWER DISTRICTS

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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 41-7-865 (2026).

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(a)This act shall be construed liberally for the purpose of making it possible for irrigation districts by the development and sale of hydroelectric energy and power through the construction or purchase of necessary and required properties and works to create sufficient income to make said works in connection with their irrigation works a feasible project to save, conserve and preserve their full water rights under the laws of Wyoming.

(b)The generation of electric energy and power under the provisions of this act and under the provisions of chapter 137, Session Laws of Wyoming 1937, as amended, codified and compiled in W.S. 41-7-801 through 41-7-835, shall be restricted to the generation of hydroelectric energy and power for wholesale transmission and sale and such irrigation and public

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(a) This act shall be construed liberally for the purpose
of making it possible for irrigation districts by the
development and sale of hydroelectric energy and power through
the construction or purchase of necessary and required
properties and works to create sufficient income to make said
works in connection with their irrigation works a feasible
project to save, conserve and preserve their full water rights
under the laws of Wyoming.
(b) The generation of electric energy and power under the
provisions of this act and under the provisions of chapter 137,
Session Laws of Wyoming 1937, as amended, codified and compiled
in W.S. 41-7-801 through 41-7-835, shall be restricted to the
generation of hydroelectric energy and power for wholesale
transmission and sale and such irrigation and public power
districts established under the provisions of said acts shall be
subject to the regulations of the public service commission of
Wyoming in the establishment of wholesale rates and transmission
facilities, applicable to any other public utility generating
electric energy and power for wholesale transmission and sale.