SF0185 - Wyoming energy commission.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0650 Substitute No. 1

 

 

 

SENATE FILE NO.  SF0185

 

 

Wyoming energy commission.

 

Sponsored by:  Senator(s) Youngbauer and Peck

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

 1  AN ACT relating to energy development; establishing the
 2  Wyoming energy commission to facilitate the development,
 3  production, transportation, marketing and use of Wyoming's
 4  coal, hydro, natural gas, oil, uranium, solar and wind
 5  resources; providing for reporting; providing for an
 6  appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

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 8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

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10         Section 1.  W.S. 30-6-601 is created to read:

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12         30-6-601.  Wyoming energy commission.

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14         (a)  The Wyoming energy commission is created.

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16         (b)  The duties and responsibilities of the commission
17  are:

 

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 2              (i)  Developing a Wyoming state energy policy;

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 4              (ii)  Developing and promoting the marketing of
 5  both raw and beneficiated products and services;

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 7              (iii)  Endeavoring to assure a reliable, abundant
 8  and affordable supply of energy to meet the needs of
 9  Wyoming people, business and industry;

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11              (iv)  Streamlining permitting timetables for the
12  siting of power plants, transmission lines, natural gas and
13  other energy pipelines;

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15              (v)  Establishing transmission power corridors to
16  move Wyoming generated electricity to other states;

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18              (vi)  Facilitating and implementing policies to
19  maintain Wyoming's competitive energy potential as the BTU
20  capital of the western hemisphere;

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22              (vii)  Investigating mechanisms to encourage
23  energy production and value added energy development;

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 1              (viii)  Communicating with other states to
 2  determine how Wyoming can help meet their respective energy
 3  needs;

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 5              (ix)  Striving to develop multi-state energy
 6  efforts and consortiums as a way to market Wyoming energy;

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 8              (x)  Reviewing and streamlining state rules and
 9  regulations relating to energy development projects, while
10  protecting Wyoming's environment; and

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12              (xi)  To communicate Wyoming's energy potential
13  and willingness to provide to private sector developers,
14  state and local governments, federal agencies and utilities
15  dependable energy supplies.

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17         (c)  The commission shall have up to fifteen (15)
18  members. The commission shall consist of six (6) members of
19  the legislature, three (3) from each house, to be appointed
20  by the leadership, two (2) from the minority party. The
21  remainder of the commission shall be appointed by the
22  governor with the consultation of the senate minerals,
23  business and economic development committee of the
24  legislature.

 

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 2         (d)  The commission shall be administered, staffed and
 3  audited by the Wyoming business council. The commission
 4  shall be paid per diem in the same manner as the
 5  legislators.

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 7         (e)  The commission shall provide a preliminary
 8  progress report to the joint minerals, business and
 9  economic development interim committee by December 15,
10  2001.

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12         (f)  This commission shall dissolve March 1, 2005
13  unless extended by the 2005 legislature.

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15         (g)  The Wyoming energy commission is authorized to
16  seek and utilize matching grants, private funding and other
17  federal government grants and assistance to further the
18  purposes of the commission.

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20         Section 2.  There is appropriated from the general
21  fund one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) to the Wyoming
22  business council for the purposes of this act.

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 1         Section 3.  This act is effective immediately upon
 2  completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
 3  as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
 4  Constitution.

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 6                         (END)

 

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