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Wyoming’s largest electricity provider is proposing to raise rates for the third time in a year. Rocky Mountain Power filed the 14.7 percent request with the Wyoming Public Service Commission (WPSC), which is in charge of regulating public utilities, on Aug. 2. If approved, it’d amount to about $17 extra per month for the average customer.

Gov. Mark Gordon is calling a proposal for a coal-fired power plant to install carbon capture technology a win for Wyoming — if it proves economically beneficial.

Rocky Mountain Power’s Wyoming customers will see a fraction of the rate hikes that were initially proposed in spring of 2023. This partly has to do with some miscalculations by the utility company in the proposal.

Rocky Mountain Power serves about 144,000 customers in the state – it’s the largest public utility in Wyoming. And earlier this year it requested two rate hikes to its customers – one of which has been partially approved by the Wyoming Public Service Commission, the state entity in charge of regulating utilities. Dustin Bleizeffer is an energy reporter for WyoFile and has followed the issue closely. He spoke with Wyoming Public Radio’s Caitlin Tan about what this all means.

It’s official – those who get their electricity from Rocky Mountain Power will see an increase starting in January. While it's not as high as initially thought, the final numbers still have to be calculated.

A major electric utility in the state is proposing rate hikes for customers – potentially increasing by almost 30 percent – and at a recent meeting the public was extremely opposed.

One of the main utility companies in the state is proposing to increase their rates again. This comes after Wyoming customers saw rate hikes just a few months ago. WyoFile’s energy reporter Dustin Bleizeffer has followed the issue and spoke with Wyoming Public Radio’s Caitlin Tan.

Customers of Rocky Mountain Power can expect their utility rates to go up in February. The Wyoming Public Service Commission (WPSC) approved the utility’s 0.3 percent rate hike.

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Earlier this summer, organizations got together across Wyoming to give testimony about the largest utility in the state's controversial plan to make a…