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Committee approves study of energy sector’s economic impact; Energy Authority and School of Energy to produce report by Oct. 1, 2025
Summary
Senate File 138, sponsored by Senator Dan Dockstader, directs the Wyoming Energy Authority with support from the School of Energy Resources to produce a statewide and regional study of mineral and energy production economic impacts — jobs, taxes and payroll — with a report due Oct. 1, 2025. The committee recommended the bill do pass.
Senate File 138, an energy‑impact study sponsored by Senator Dan Dockstader, received a do‑pass recommendation from the Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee after a hearing in which members and the Wyoming Energy Authority described the bill as a data‑gathering measure to quantify the energy sector’s economic contribution to Wyoming.
What the bill requires
Dockstader said the bill tasks the Wyoming Energy Authority, with backup from the University of Wyoming’s School of Energy Resources, to assemble ten years of mineral and energy production data, regional breakdowns, employment counts, state and local tax revenues…
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