Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 37-6-101 (2026)

Right to issue securities and create liens

✓ current as of May 2026
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subject to control of commission; purposes enumerated.
The right of every gas corporation and of every electrical
corporation operating as a public utility in the state of
Wyoming to issue, assume or guarantee securities and to create
liens on its property situated within the state of Wyoming is a
special privilege, hereby subjected to the supervision and
control of the public service commission of the state of
Wyoming, as hereinafter in this act set forth. Such public
utility when authorized by order of the commission and not
otherwise, may issue stocks and stock certificates and may
issue, assume or guarantee other securities payable at periods
of more than eighteen (18) months after the date thereof, for
the following purposes: for the acquisition of property; for the
construction, completion, extension or improvement of its
facilities; for the improvement or maintenance of its service;
for the discharge or lawful refunding of its obligations; for
the reimbursement of monies actually expended for said purposes
from income or from other monies in the treasury not secured by
or obtained from the issue, assumption or guarantee of
securities, within five (5) years next prior to the filing of an
application with the commission for the required authorization;
or for any other purpose approved by the commission.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1984–2005 · leading case: Pac. Power & Light Co. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 677 P.2d 799 (Wyo. 1984).
Pac. Power & Light Co. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 677 P.2d 799 (Wyo. 1984). · cites it 14× “The PSC concluded that the Agreements executed by LV and FR constituted a guarantee of securities as contemplated by § 37-6-101 et seq., W.S. 1977, and that their failure to obtain PSC authorization rendered the Agreements void for rate making and other purposes within the…”
Bridle Bit Ranch Co. v. Basin Elec. Power Coop., 2005 WY 108 (Wyo. 2005). “(J) The term “public utility” shall mean and include two (2) or more public utilities rendering joint service; (K) Any person furnishing coal, water or other raw materials to an electric power company shall not by this fact alone be designated as a public utility; (M) The…”
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