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Wyoming Commission Investigates Rocky Mountain Power Over Electricity Requests

State regulators will examine claims that the utility is slow to accommodate large new power demands.

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What this story says

  • Wyoming's Public Service Commission voted unanimously on Oct. 29 to investigate Rocky Mountain Power.
  • The investigation concerns allegations that the utility is slow or unwilling to provide new electricity to customers.
  • Data center proposals in Wyoming could require more than double the state's current electricity generation capacity.
  • Rocky Mountain Power states it is bound by regulations to protect existing customers from speculative investments.

Who covered it

Left 62%(8)Centre 23%(3)Right 15%(2)

Percentages are shares of the 13 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .

Trust

86/100

Craft

95/100

Hype

30/100

13 sources · methodology

Thin on the right so far

Only 2 of the 13 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

The Wyoming Public Service Commission has initiated an investigation into Rocky Mountain Power following claims that the utility is not adequately responding to requests for substantial amounts of new electrical power. The commission voted unanimously on October 29 to direct the company to supply relevant information and take other actions deemed necessary for the public interest.

This investigation occurs as Wyoming and the nation experience a significant increase in electricity demand, largely attributed to the expansion of artificial intelligence data centers. Proposals for data centers in Wyoming alone could necessitate more than twice the state's current generation capacity of 11,800 megawatts. Rocky Mountain Power, the state's largest regulated electric utility, has stated it has studied 83 requests for additional power over the past decade, fulfilling 24 of them for a total of 258 megawatts. The company is also investing $80 million in initiatives to address rising demand.

Disagreement on formal complaints

Rocky Mountain Power President Dick Garlish told the commission that the investigation feels punitive because no customer has filed a formal complaint. However, an attorney representing the Wyoming Industrial Energy Consumers group, Austin Jensen, stated that customers are hesitant to file formal complaints because they are dependent on the utility. Jensen explained that lodging a formal complaint against their sole provider would not be beneficial for business.

What the coverage left out

None of the left-rated digests mention the specific figure of $80 million that Rocky Mountain Power is spending on initiatives to meet rising electricity demand. None of the right-rated digests mention the specific figure of $80 million that Rocky Mountain Power is spending on initiatives to meet rising electricity demand.

Tags:#Wyoming#RockyMountainPower#PublicServiceCommission#ElectricityDemand#DataCenters#EnergyRegulation

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 5 times, most recently on 7 Nov 2026, 02:00, and will add the sides that appear.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

8 rated outlets

  • Left-rated reports led with the Wyoming Public Service Commission's decision to investigate Rocky Mountain Power over claims of slow responses to large electricity requests. These reports noted the commission's unanimous vote to direct the company to provide relevant information. They also highlighted that the investigation comes amid rising electricity demand, driven by factors such as artificial intelligence computing and data center buildouts. Several digests mentioned that data center proposals in Wyoming could require more than twice the state's existing generation capacity.

Centre

3 rated outlets

  • Centre-rated reports focused on the state's investigation into allegations that Rocky Mountain Power is slow or unwilling to accommodate requests for large amounts of new electrical power. These reports included the commission's unanimous vote on October 29 to direct the company to provide relevant information. Digests from this group also mentioned the context of rising electricity demand and the potential impact of data center proposals.

Right

2 rated outlets

  • Right-rated reports highlighted the Wyoming Public Service Commission's launch of an investigation into Rocky Mountain Power, with one digest stating the utility's bosses "fire back at punitive new state investigation." These reports noted the commission's vote to investigate whether the utility has been fair to its customers. The digests did not provide further details on the specific claims or the utility's response beyond the initial framing of the investigation.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Wyoming Commission Investigates Rocky Mountain Power Over Electricity…?
Of the 13 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 62% are rated left, 23% are rated centre, 15% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Wyoming Commission Investigates Rocky Mountain Power Over Electricity… left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 13 rated outlets on this story, 62% are rated left, 23% are rated centre, 15% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Wyoming Commission Investigates Rocky Mountain Power Over Electricity… biased?
Wyoming Commission Investigates Rocky Mountain Power Over Electricity Requests is one event reported by 13 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Wyoming Commission Investigates Rocky Mountain Power Over Electricity…?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Wyoming Commission Investigates Rocky Mountain Power Over Electricity…?
13 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
Why is Wyoming investigating Rocky Mountain Power?
Wyoming's Public Service Commission is investigating Rocky Mountain Power due to allegations that the utility is slow or unwilling to accommodate requests for large amounts of new electrical power. The commission voted to direct the company to provide relevant information as part of this probe.
What is driving the demand for electricity in Wyoming?
The demand for electricity in Wyoming is significantly increasing, primarily driven by the buildout of artificial intelligence computing and data center proposals. These proposals alone could require more than double the state's current electricity generation capacity.
Has Rocky Mountain Power received formal complaints?
Rocky Mountain Power's president stated that no formal complaints have been filed by customers. However, an attorney representing industrial consumers suggested that customers are hesitant to file complaints because they are dependent on the utility and it would not be good for business.

Read it at the source

13 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

Left

8

Centre

3

Right

2

Not rated

0

No outlet in this group ran the story.

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