FIFTY-SEVENTH WYOMING LEGISLATURE
APPROVED INTERIM COMMITTEE STUDIES
2003 INTERIM
JOINT MINERALS, BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INTERIM COMMITTEE
Initial Budget Approved: $20,000
Topic 1:Natural Gas Pipeline Authority, Electric Transmission & other WEC Energy Policy Recommendations
Study financial and capacity constraints and marketing techniques relating to natural gas price differential, electrical transmissions constraints, potential new transmission systems to specific target markets, but not DC lines or RTO's.
Topic 2: Oil and Gas Proration.
At the recommendation of the Natural Gas Pipeline Authority and the gas industry to address the gas price differential, a model will be developed to evaluate the success of proration in states, including Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas. The committee would look at giving the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (OGCC) the authority to regulate supply to prevent economic waste.
Topic 3: State Regulatory Flexibility
This topic was brought to the committee by the Small Business Administration (SBA). The committee would consider state regulatory flexibility to address the impact of rules and regulations on entities that the agency regulates.
Topic 4: Miscellaneous
Air service—
University of Wyoming econometric study of feasibility of airline subsidies.
Review SF 66 Aeronautics commission-amendments.
Review SF 120 Wyoming air services enhancement.
Work with the Wyoming Business Council and the new airline expert in the Governor's office (created under SF 66).
Renewable energy—
Discuss developing a renewable energy portfolio to prepare the state to meet proposed compliance with proposed federal Clean Air Act requirements for twenty percent (20%) renewal energy by 2020. Work with industry and the newly created energy position in the Governor's office.
Business ready communities—
Work with the Wyoming Business Council to develop specific rules and regulations if HB 264 is passed and also, working with the WBC, discuss the concept of "business ready communities" in general.