03-10-2023 Pinedale Roundup Legals

Posted

PUBLIC
NOTICE

Pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act and the Wyoming Public Service Commission’s (Commission) Procedural Rules and Special Regulations, notice is hereby given of the Application of Rocky Mountain Power (RMP or the Company) requesting authority to increase its retail electric service rates by approximately $140.2 million per year or an average overall increase of 21.6 percent with rates effective on and after January 1, 2024, and to revise the energy cost adjustment mechanism (ECAM) to eliminate the sharing band, as more fully described below:

1. RMP is a division of PacifiCorp, an Oregon corporation, engaged in the business of supplying electric utility service to customers throughout its six-state service territory, including Wyoming under certificates of public convenience and necessity issued by the Commission. RMP is a public utility subject to the Commission's jurisdiction. Wyo. Stat. §§ 37-l-101(a)(vi)(C) and 37-2-112.

2. On March 1, 2023, RMP submitted an Application, together with supporting testimony, exhibits and revised tariff sheets, requesting the Commission approve the Company’s proposal to implement an increase in its retail electric utility service rates in Wyoming of $140.2 million per annum or an average overall increase of 21.6 percent and to eliminate the existing 80/20 sharing band and recover 100 percent of prudently-incurred, Wyoming-allocated net power costs using the existing ECAM in tariff Schedule 95, effective on and after January 1, 2024.

3. RMP is requesting a return on equity of 10.3 percent, and overall cost of capital and return on rate base of 7.60 percent and the equity component of the capital structure is 51.27 percent, which the Company states reflects market circumstances for twelve months beginning July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022, adjusted to a forecast test period beginning January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024, interest rates, operational risks and reasonable investor expectations as well as the returns generated by similarly situated or comparable utility companies.

4. The Company states its requested rate increase is primarily driven by: (1) an increase in Net Power Costs (NPC) from $1.431 billion on a total-Company basis, or approximately $221.0 million on a Wyoming-allocated basis, authorized by the Commission in the RMP’s 2020 general rate case, to the proposed NPC of approximately $2.553 billion on a total-Company basis, or approximately $360.3 million on a Wyoming-allocated basis, which the Company states is largely driven by increased market prices for power and natural gas, increased contract prices for coal and coal supply limitations, and thermal generation operational changes due to federal and state environmental compliance requirements; and (2) continued capital investments, part of approximately $6.7 billion of new capital projects on a total-Company basis RMP expects to place into service between July 1, 2022 and December 31, 2024, including the Gateway South and Gateway West Segment D.1 transmission lines, the Rock Creek I wind project, the Foote Creek II-IV and Rock River I wind repowering projects, all of which include an associated rate of return of 7.60 percent and which the Company states are required for it to meet its obligation to serve its customers.

5. RMP’s proposed percentage increase in price changes, by rate schedule, are:

Proposed
Percentage

Customer
Class Change

Residential

Schedule 2 20.3

General
Service

Schedule 25 23.1

Schedule 28 19.6

Large
General
Service

Schedule 33 25.0

Schedule 46 20.9

Schedule 48T 23.5

Irrigation

Schedule 40 14.5

Schedule 210 8.6

Lighting
Schedules
13.3

Overall 21.6

The Company states that due to rate design and individual customer load factors and usage characteristics, the percentage rate change to individual customers within each rate schedule may be higher or lower than the average for the customer class or rate schedule.

6. This is not a complete description of RMP’s Application. You may review the Application and its supporting testimony and exhibits at RMP’s Wyoming offices or online at: https://www.rockymountainpower.net/about/rates-regulation/wyoming-regulatory-filings.html

and at the Commission’s office in Cheyenne, Wyoming, during business hours or online at:

https://dms.wyo.gov/external/publicusers.aspx (enter Record No. 17252).

7. Anyone desiring to file a statement, intervention petition, protest or request for a public hearing in this matter must do so, in writing, on or before April 5, 2023. Petitions shall set forth the grounds of the proposed intervention or request for hearing as well as the position and the interest of the petitioner in this proceeding. The Commission encourages the public’s participation and comments will be received throughout the entirety of this proceeding. The opportunity to present verbal comments will be available to anyone appearing, either in person or remotely, during future public proceedings related to this matter. Submitting written comments to the Commission by the deadline set forth above may allow for resolution of issues and/or concerns identified therein. Please mention Docket No. 20000-633-ER-23 in all correspondence with the Commission.

8. If you wish to participate in this matter and you require reasonable accommodation for a disability, please contact the Commission at (307) 777-7427, or write to the Commission at 2515 Warren Avenue, Suite 300, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002, to make arrangements. Communications impaired persons may also contact the Commission by accessing Wyoming Relay at 711.

Dated:  March 3, 2023.

Notice #9204 published in the Pinedale
Roundup
on March 10, 17, 2023

PUBLIC
NOTICE

Pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act and the Wyoming Public Service Commission’s (Commission) Procedural Rules, notice is hereby given of the Application of Questar Gas Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Wyoming (Dominion Energy or the Company), for approval to increase its distribution rates and charges for natural gas services by $2.1 million per annum and a rate of return of 7.28%.

1. Dominion Energy is a division of Dominion Energy, Inc., a Virginia corporation engaged in the business of supplying energy services in 16 states, including natural gas services in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho. Dominion Energy is a public utility subject to the Commission’s jurisdiction. Wyo. Stat. §§ 37-1-101(a)(vi)(D) and 37-2-112. Dominion Energy currently has approximately 28,110 customers in southwestern Wyoming, including customers residing in the cities of Rock Springs, Green River, Kemmerer, Diamondville and Evanston.

2. On March 1, 2023, Dominion Energy filed its Application requesting the Commission authorize the Company’s request to increase its distribution rates and charges for natural gas services by $2.1 million per annum, a return on equity of 10.3%, an overall rate of return of 7.28% and associated tariff amendments, effective January 1, 2024.

3. As part of its Application, Dominion also requested that Commission approve two new programs, CarbonRightSM and GreenThermSM. The CarbonRightSM is a voluntary, subscription-based program that allows customers to purchase monthly blocks of carbon offsets representing a defined amount of greenhouse gas emission reductions. Each block would cost $5.00 per month and would offset 100% of the natural gas emissions of a typical customer using 80 dekatherms over a 12-month subscription period. The GreenThermSM is a voluntary program for interested customers who want to demonstrate their commitment to Renewable Natural Gas and clean energy. Customers can sign up to have a surcharge added to their natural gas bill.

4. The Company states that failure to obtain the rate of relief requested to eliminate the deficiency of $2.1 million per annum will result in inadequate rates of return that will adversely impact the financial integrity of Dominion Energy’s public utility operations and its ability to provide necessary utility service to its Wyoming customers.

5. The effect of the proposed rate increase on typical Dominion Energy General Service customers who use 80 dekatherms per year will be an increase of about $67 per year, or approximately 6.5%.

6. This is not a complete description of the Application. You may review the Application at Dominion’s Wyoming offices or the Commission’s office in Cheyenne, Wyoming, during business hours or online at: https://dms.wyo.gov/external/publicusers.aspx (enter Record No. 17253).

7. Anyone desiring to file a statement, intervention petition, protest or request for a public hearing in this matter must do so in writing filed with the Commission on or before March 31, 2023. Any intervention request filed with the Commission shall set forth the grounds of the proposed intervention or request for hearing as well as the position and the interest of the petitioner in this proceeding. Please be sure to mention Docket No. 30010-215-GR-23 in all correspondence with the Commission.

8. If you wish to participate in this matter and require reasonable accommodation for a disability, call the Commission at (307) 777-7427 or write to the Commission, 2515 Warren Avenue, Suite 300, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002, to make arrangements. Communications-impaired persons may contact the Commission through Wyoming Relay at 711.

Dated: March 3, 2023.

Notice #9203 published in the Pinedale
Roundup
on March 10, 2023

Notice is hereby given that the State of Wyoming, Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality, proposes to issue a renewed Wyoming Air Quality Standards and Regulations (WAQSR) Chapter 6, Section 3 operating permit to the following applicant for the Bird Canyon/County Line Compressor Station in Sublette County, Wyoming:

Enterprise Jonah Gas Gathering Company LLC

PO Box 4324

Houston, Texas  77210-4324

The Bird Canyon/County Line Compressor Station is located in NW ¼ Section 34, Township 27 North, Range 111 West, Sublette County, Wyoming (approximately 12 miles east of Calpet in Sublette County, Wyoming).  The facility is a compressor station with truck loading of condensate.

The Division's Operating Permit contact is Melissa Meares, Operating Permit Program Manager, Division of Air Quality, Department of Environmental Quality, 200 West 17th Street, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002 at (307) 777-3784.  Interested parties may examine the draft permit, permit application, and statement of basis for the permit at the Division's Cheyenne office or the Division's Lander Field Office located at 510 Meadowview Drive, Lander, Wyoming, (307) 332-6755.  These documents are also available online at the Division’s website (https://openair.wyo.gov), utilizing facility ID F002510 and permit number P0034470 under permits.  In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, special assistance or alternate formats will be made available upon request for individuals with disabilities. 

Public comments or a request for a hearing must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. local time (Mountain) on April 10, 2023.  Requests for a hearing shall be in writing and shall include the name and contact information of the person requesting the hearing, a brief statement identifying the purpose of the request, and a brief statement of the issues to be discussed.  Written public comments or requests for a hearing should be directed to the Administrator, Division of Air Quality, Department of Environmental Quality, 200 West 17th Street, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002.  The FAX number for the Division is (307) 635-1784.  Comments may also be submitted electronically through the Division’s website (http://aq.wyomingdeq.commentinput.com).  Comments or requests submitted by email will not be included in the administrative record.

Para español, visite deq.wyoming.gov.

Notice #9202 published in the Pinedale
Roundup
on March 10, 2023

PUBLICATION
OF
GROSS
SALARIES

Sublette County School District Number One

Pinedale, Wyoming

March, 2023

Pursuant to Wyoming Statute 21-3-110(a)(ii)(A), Duties of the Boards of Trustees individual yearly gross salary payments shall be published during the month of March of each year. Each individual annual gross salary shall be identified by category and each individual salary shall be published as a gross dollar amount without identification other than by category.

Administration
&
Directors

Superintendent $154,500.00  $154,500.00

High School Principal/Asst. $108,130.00  $48,680.00  $156,810.00

Skyline High School Principal $48,835.00  $48,835.00

Middle School Principal/Asst. $97,180.00  $24,418.00  $121,598.00

Elementary School Principal/Asst. $94,180.00  $89,670.00  $183,850.00

Curriculum Director $112,180.00  $112,180.00

Director of Operations $115,590.00  $115,590.00

Special Education Director $109,180.00  $109,180.00

Transportation Director $75,314.00  $75,314.00

Technology Director $103,821.00  $103,821.00

Business Manager $114,310.00  $114,310.00

Secondary
Education
Teachers

Technology $63,520.00  $63,520.00

Agriculture $52,500.00  $52,500.00

Industrial Tech $51,500.00  $51,500.00

Health & PE $62,500.00  $65,520.00  $68,500.00  $196,520.00

Language Arts $68,520.00  $57,500.00  $69,520.00  $68,500.00 

$76,570.00  $70,200.00  $410,810.00

Foreign Language $66,500.00  $66,500.00

Science/Physics $77,910.00  $62,520.00  $65,520.00  $67,500.00 

$63,520.00  $336,970.00

Social Studies $54,500.00  $68,500.00  $69,520.00  $60,500.00  $253,020.00

Mathematics $64,500.00  $64,860.00  $65,520.00  $56,500.00 

$75,870.00  $63,520.00  $390,770.00

STEM $52,500.00  $52,500.00

Alternative $74,180.00  $58,520.00  $70,520.00  $203,220.00

Music $67,520.00  $57,330.00  $124,850.00

Art $61,520.00  $59,500.00  $121,020.00

Guidance $63,520.00  $77,910.00  $141,430.00

Librarian $76,570.00  $76,570.00

School Nurse $55,870.00  $55,870.00

Elementary
Education
Teachers

Art $74,520.00  $74,520.00

Music $76,570.00  $8,190.00  $84,760.00

Physical Education $57,500.00  $57,500.00

Science $79,250.00  $79,250.00

Kindergarten $72,860.00  $71,520.00  $67,520.00  $74,520.00  $286,420.00

First Grade $54,500.00  $57,500.00  $68,500.00  $65,500.00  $246,000.00

Second Grade $56,500.00  $62,500.00  $61,520.00  $64,500.00  $245,020.00

Third Grade $70,500.00  $57,500.00  $65,520.00  $72,840.00  $266,360.00

Fourth Grade $65,500.00  $61,500.00  $67,520.00  $59,500.00  $254,020.00

Fifth Grade $54,500.00  $57,520.00  $72,840.00  $76,570.00  $261,430.00

Counselor $75,870.00  $53,104.00  $128,974.00

Schools Grade K-5 $66,860.00  $66,860.00

Remedial/Gifted $70,520.00  $70,520.00

School Nurse $51,870.00  $51,870.00

Literacy
Specialists

$55,520.00  $65,520.00  $61,520.00  $62,840.00  $66,180.00  $311,580.00

Special
Education,
Title
I,
ELL,
Speech
&
Occupational
Therapy,
Early
Childhood
Teachers
$77,910.00  $74,520.00  $65,520.00  $60,520.00  $72,840.00 

$53,145.00  $67,860.00  $58,520.00  $59,840.00  $66,520.00 

$66,180.00  $53,500.00  $65,520.00  $68,520.00  $76,570.00 

$67,520.00  $64,500.00  $55,520.00  $1,175,025.00 Athletic
Director,
Coaching
and
Other
Stipends

$48,680.00  $24,418.00  $8,395.00  $6,850.00  $6,438.00 

$6,850.00  $6,438.00  $8,910.00  $6,850.00  $6,850.00 

$8,807.00  $6,747.00  $6,850.00  $8,498.00  $6,541.00 

$6,850.00  $7,416.00  $5,871.00  $7,210.00  $7,596.00 

$6,463.00  $7,905.00  $6,463.00  $8,214.00  $6,154.00 

$6,463.00  $6,463.00  $7,442.00  $5,485.00  $7,313.00 

$5,665.00  $8,137.00  $8,137.00  $6,077.00  $8,910.00 

$6,750.00  $6,850.00  $3,605.00  $3,605.00  $4,017.00 

$3,605.00  $3,914.00  $3,708.00  $4,017.00  $4,017.00 

$3,914.00  $4,017.00  $3,708.00  $4,017.00  $4,017.00 

$4,017.00  $4,017.00  $4,017.00  $3,914.00  $3,459.00 

$4,017.00  $6,541.00  $6,592.00  $5,150.00  $7,416.00 

$1,030.00  $1,030.00  $7,069.00  $2,678.00  $1,030.00 

$1,030.00  $2,189.00  $1,030.00  $3,039.00  $5,665.00 

$1,030.00  $2,240.00  $6,643.00  $1,545.00  $773.00 

$1,030.00  $460,308.00

Paraprofessionals

$23,320.00  $23,805.00  $24,774.00  $31,900.00  $25,742.00 

$22,836.00  $14,138.00  $27,196.00  $30,586.00  $17,854.00 

$23,805.00  $22,836.00  $24,289.00  $27,680.00  $25,742.00 

$25,258.00  $22,836.00  $29,133.00  $27,196.00  $30,586.00 

$23,805.00  $28,649.00  $24,774.00  $22,836.00  $28,164.00 

$28,164.00  $27,196.00  $23,805.00  $25,272.00  $22,836.00 

$22,836.00  $25,258.00  $23,805.00  $828,912.00

Secretarial,
Clerical,
and
Technical
$44,362.00  $36,326.00  $36,624.00  $40,740.00  $33,272.00 

$36,624.00  $51,792.00  $60,320.00  $59,384.00  $50,511.00 

$68,744.00  $48,422.00  $567,121.00

Maintenance
and
Custodial

$55,432.00  $51,896.00  $46,072.00  $48,256.00  $49,712.00 

$42,640.00  $52,936.00  $37,960.00  $3,366.00  $44,512.00 

$37,960.00  $38,896.00  $48,256.00  $44,512.00  $46,384.00  $648,790.00

Transportation $14,620.00  $19,550.00  $15,436.00  $17,595.00  $11,118.00 

$15,025.00  $28,067.00  $22,355.00  $10,783.00  $20,664.00 

$18,785.00  $14,620.00  $208,618.00

Cafeteria $37,016.00  $27,608.00  $20,740.00  $24,548.00  $21,435.00 

$12,693.00  $9,614.00  $10,676.00  $7,778.00  $5,185.00 

$10,413.00  $9,083.00  $196,789.00 Community
Service

$11,182.00  $11,182.00

Total $10,475,387.00

2022-2023
Certified
Salary
Schedule
Follows: SUBLETTE
COUNTY
SCHOOL
DISTRICT
#1


Pinedale,
Wyoming

2022-2023
CERTIFIED
SALARY
SCHEDULE

M.A.  Ph.D.

Step: B.A.  B.A.+20  B.A.+40  B.A.+60  M.A.+20  M.A.+40 1 $51,500 $52,840 $54,180 $55,520 $56,860 $58,200 2 $52,500 $53,840 $55,180 $56,520 $57,860 $59,200 3 $53,500 $54,840 $56,180 $57,520 $58,860 $60,200 4 $54,500 $55,840 $57,180 $58,520 $59,860 $61,200 5 $55,500 $56,840 $58,180 $59,520 $60,860 $62,200 6 $56,500 $57,840 $59,180 $60,520 $61,860 $63,200 7 $57,500 $58,840 $60,180 $61,520 $62,860 $64,200 8 $58,500 $59,840 $61,180 $62,520 $63,860 $65,200 9 $59,500 $60,840 $62,180 $63,520 $64,860 $66,200 10 $60,500 $61,840 $63,180 $64,520 $65,860 $67,200 11 $61,500 $62,840 $64,180 $65,520 $66,860 $68,200 12 $62,500 $63,840 $65,180 $66,520 $67,860 $69,200 13 $63,500 $64,840 $66,180 $67,520 $68,860 $70,200 14 $64,500 $65,840 $67,180 $68,520 $69,860 $71,200 15 $65,500 $66,840 $68,180 $69,520 $70,860 $72,200 16 $66,500 $67,840 $69,180 $70,520 $71,860 $73,200 17 $67,500 $68,840 $70,180 $71,520 $72,860 $74,200 18 $68,500 $69,840 $71,180 $72,520 $73,860 $75,200 19 $69,500 $70,840 $72,180 $73,520 $74,860 $76,200 20 $70,500 $71,840 $73,180 $74,520 $75,860 $77,200 21 $72,840 $74,180 $75,520 $76,860 $78,200 22 $73,190 $74,530 $75,870 $77,210 $78,550 23 $73,540 $74,880 $76,220 $77,5