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Water ComparedAppendix AfiState Telecommunications Electricity Natural Gas[a] [b] [c]Wyoming 1995. Law mandated 6/97. A joint committee of No legislative activityintraLATA toll Wyoming legislature began a series reported.competition for I+ equal ofhearings on restructuring. Anaccess by 1998. HB-176 analysis of electric industry 6/95. Conference onallowed full local restructuring in the state was issued unbundling (industrial andexchange competition. by the PSC. The paper stated that large commercial)Law allowed for further study was needed; legislation scheduled.alternative regulation was needed; stranded costs should berecoverable; and pilot programs 11/95. PSC released "The1996. Alternative should be developed. Development of aregulation began (caps).Competitive Model for theWhite paper on restructuring Future of Retail Natural Gascompleted and guidelines are being Services and Regulation inSource: Author's construct based on:proposed by PSC. Concludes thatfull recovery should be allowed.Wyoming," which focuseson the role of gas utilities inthe changing regulatoryenvironment and details keyissues to consider as thestate moves toward retailunbundling.2/96. Utility's unbundledservice program for corecustomers was approved.Only gas sales would beopened to competition; allother services wouldcontinue to be provided bythe utilitv.[a] National Regulatory Research Institute, Aspects a/Telecommunications Reform: Results of a Survey of StateRegulatory Commissions (February 1995), and additional information provided by NRRI; NationalAssociation of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, The State of Competition: A NARUC Report (1997); andFederal Communications Commission, Common Carrier Competition, Status of Local Switched Competition(as of March 21, 1996) ( http://www/fcc.gov/ccb.htrnl).[b] National Regulatory Research Institute, Survey on Electric Industry Restructuring Chttp;//www.nrri.ohiostate.edu/restruct'resttruct.htrnll,March 1998; and Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department ofEnergy, Status of State Electric Utility Deregulation Activity as of March 2, 1998Chttp://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaflelectricitvjchg str/tab5rev.htrnll.[c] American Gas Association, Providing New Services to Residential Customers: A Summary of PilotPrograms and Unbundling Initiatives, Updated November 21, 1997 (http://www.aga.com/gio/ib97-03.htrnll; and U.S. Energy Information Administration, Natural Gas 1996: Issues and Trends and NaturalGas 1995: Issues and Trends (http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub).NAWC 138 September 1998