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SF 193

Electric utility service agreements-large loads.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Cale Case

Requires electric utilities to sign binding service agreements for new or expanded loads over 100 MW, establishing capacity, interconnection, cost allocation and reliability terms

S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4
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Bill Summary · SF 193

Summary — SF 193: "Electric utility service agreements — large loads"

Status: Died in committee (S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5‑4)
Introduced: February 4, 2025
Primary sponsor: Senator Case
Effective date (if enacted): July 1, 2025

Purpose / Intent

SF 193 would require electric utilities to enter into written service agreements with very large customers (those that either request new service or request incremental service above a defined threshold). The intent is to make entering into such agreements mandatory for large, grid‑impacting loads so terms and conditions (capacity, interconnection, cost allocation, reliability, etc.) are contractually established.

Key provisions

  • Amends W.S. 37‑3‑116 (Electric utility service agreements):
    • Adds a new mandatory subsection (e) stating: an electric utility shall enter into a service agreement under subsection (a) when a customer’s projected electric usage meets the threshold described below.
    • Clarifies that subsection (d)(i) (which limits the section generally to large loads) is supplemented by the new mandatory requirement.
  • Thresholds and timing:
    • Applies to customers whose projected electric usage is greater than 100 megawatts (100 MW) for new service requests submitted on or after July 1, 2025.
    • Applies to existing customers whose incremental request for additional service after July 1, 2025 exceeds 100 MW.
  • Conforming amendments to existing statutory text; sets the statutory effective date as July 1, 2025.

Who is affected

  • Electric utilities operating under W.S. 37‑3‑116 — they would be required to execute service agreements for very large new or expanded loads meeting the 100 MW threshold.
  • Large customers or prospective customers (e.g., major industrial facilities, large data centers, mines) seeking new service or substantial incremental service above 100 MW.
  • Potentially transmission providers, interconnection planners, and regulators because service agreements commonly address interconnection, cost allocation, and system impacts.

Fiscal and procedural notes

  • Fiscal note: reports “no fiscal or personnel impact.”
  • Legislative actions: introduced in Jan/Feb 2025, placed in committee, renumbered as SF 611 during committee consideration, had subcommittee activity and a committee report; ultimately the bill died in committee (returned pursuant to SR 5‑4) on March 3, 2025.

Additional remark about provided documents

The materials supplied also contain unrelated text (an Iowa Code provision raising a duplicate fuel‑permit fee from $0.50 to $1.00). That language appears incidental and is not part of Wyoming SF 193, which pertains to W.S. 37‑3‑116 and large‑load service agreements.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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