This amendment changes the bill to assign responsibility for the transmission study to the Wyoming energy authority (rather than public utilities), simplifies technical language, and adds requirements for an advisory working group to oversee the study's development and findings.
- Changes the entity responsible for the transmission study from 'public utilities' to 'the Wyoming energy authority'. (Page 1, line 1)
- Removes the word 'planning' from the bill's title. (Page 1, line 2)
- Simplifies technical language by changing 'a power flow' to 'an' in the description of transmission analysis. (Page 2, line 8)
- Changes punctuation from a comma-and structure to a period, ending a sentence early. (Page 3, line 8)
- Deletes lines describing phase two study requirements and replaces them with a requirement for a qualitative summary and narrative of Wyoming's public utilities' participation in regional transmission organizations, independent system operators, and real-time and extended day-ahead markets. (Page 3, lines 9-23)
- Changes the mandatory language from 'explore' to 'at a minimum, develop' regarding phase two study content. (Page 3, line 12)
- Deletes reporting requirements and timeline provisions from the original bill. (Page 4, lines 2-4, 13-14, and 18-19)
- Changes punctuation in reporting provisions from extended language to semicolons and periods. (Page 4, lines 12 and 17)
- Adds a new subsection (c) requiring the Wyoming energy authority to establish an advisory working group to provide input on study methodology, assumptions, and findings. The group must include representatives from rural electric cooperatives, investor-owned utilities, municipal utilities, the Wyoming public service commission, and the office of consumer advocate. (Page 4, after line 19)
- Adds a new subsection (d) requiring the advisory working group to be consulted throughout both phases of the study, including during methodology development, scenario assumption setting, preliminary findings review, and recommendation formulation. (Page 4, after line 19)
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