Pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act and the Wyoming Public Service Commission’s (Commission) Rules, notice is hereby given of the Application of Niobrara Electric Association, Inc. (Niobrara), for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) to site, design, construct operate and maintain a new 69kV transmission line and substation.
1. Niobrara is a public utility subject to the Commission’s jurisdiction. Wyo. Stat. §§ 37-2-112 and 37-1-101(a)(vi)(C).
2. On August 24, 2026, Niobrara filed an Application requesting a CPCN to build a 69 kV transmission line beginning approximately 16 miles north of Lusk, Wyoming, continuing north to its Hat Creek substation, and about 1 mile east toward the new Sage Creek Pump Substation which will be a 69/25kV distribution substation. While the transmission line will be operated at the 69 kV level, it will be constructed to 115 kV specifications. The expected cost of the project is $2.92 million and will be financed by Bridger Pipeline. The Cooperative anticipates construction to begin in September and be in service in December 2026.
3. This is not a complete description of the Application. The complete Application is available at the Commission’s offices or online at: http://dms.wyo.gov/external/publicusers.aspx (enter Record No. 18226).
4. 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 September 22, 2026. 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. Please mention Docket No. 10008-72-CN-26 in your communications.
5. If you wish to intervene in this matter or request a public hearing which you will attend and you 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. Communications-impaired persons may contact the Commission through Wyoming Relay at 711.
Dated: September 1, 2026.
Public Notice No. 6417 published in The Lusk Herald on September 9, 2026.
