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Senate committee opens discussion on large electric loads, favors interim study
Summary
Lawmakers and utilities discussed draft language to regulate very large or speculative electricity loads; utilities urged protections for existing customers and the committee signaled interest in interim work to craft oversight and tariff language.
Committee members and utility representatives opened a policy discussion on large electrical loads and whether utilities should be required to enter special contracts for exceptionally large or short-term customers. The conversation focused on how to protect existing ratepayers from costs tied to speculative or very large loads and how the Public Service Commission should review proposed arrangements.
Committee chair reflected on prior legislation that allowed special agreements for large loads above a modest megawatt threshold and said the current change under discussion aims to address “hyperloads” — requests far larger than earlier thresholds. “We’re talking about loads that are potentially one-tenth the size of Wyoming,” a committee member noted in describing a 100-megawatt…
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