The Honorable, The Senate:
The Department of Administration is reporting the status of the state's purchase of 10% of its electricity from renewable sources per s.16.75(12)(e). For calendar year 2009, the state has acquired 105,293,604kWh of renewable electricity for the names state agencies; Department of Administration, Department of Corrections, Department of Health Services, Department of Public Instruction, Department of Veterans Affairs and the Board of Regents University of Wisconsin System. The purchase was made from three utilities; MG&E, We Energies and WPPI Energy.
DOA explored a variety of purchasing options for the renewable electricity and settled on two contracts that purchase the renewable electricity through an existing green power purchasing program offered by the utility for all of their customers. The MG&E purchase is under the Business Renewable Energy Program Rider and the We Energies purchase i through their Energy for Tomorrow program. Both these programs offer renewable energy for $0.01 above the regular cost of electricity. The Third purchase through WPPI Energy provides a long-term purchase contract at a fixed price which will provide a hedge against future electricity increases due to increased costs related to carbon reduction efforts.
The state also diversified the sources of the renewable electricity purchased through these three utilities. Renewable electricity is coming from three wind farms in Wisconsin, two wind farms in Iowa, landfill gas from SE Wisconsin and customer sited photovoltaics. Approximately 91% is from wind, 8.8% from biogas and 0.2% from solar photovoltaics.
I welcome your comments or questions.
Sincerely,
david helbach
Secretary State Building Commission
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State of Wisconsin
Government Accountability Board
June 15, 2010
The Honorable, The Senate:
The following lobbyists have been authorized to act on behalf of the organizations set opposite their names.
For more detailed information about these lobbyists and organizations and a complete list of organizations and people authorized to lobby the 2009-2010 session of the legislature, visit the Government Accountability Board's web site at:
http://gab.wi.gov/
Brozek, Michael RTI Biologics, Inc.
Schimming, Brian RTI Biologics, Inc.
Sellen, Jayme Dairy Business Association
Also available from the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board are reports identifying the amount and value of time state agencies have spent to affect legislative action and reports of expenditures for lobbying activities filed by organizations that employ lobbyists.
Sincerely,
kevin kennedy
Director and General Counsel
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Southeast Wisconsin
Professional Baseball Park District
June 15, 2010
The Honorable, The Senate:
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District, I would like to inform you that the following documents are now available on our website at
www.millerparkdistrict.com:
Financial Statements-Independent Auditor's Report for Year Ended December 31, 2009 (approved at the meeting of the Board of Directors on June 8, 2010)
Sales Tax Sunset Date Projection (accepted and placed on file at the meeting of the Board of Directors on March 9, 2010)
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In summary, if the current declining growth rate in sales tax revenues should continue, the District will not collect more taxpayer money - it may simply take longer to collect the same amount of money. The good news is the District will continue to pay off the Miller Park debt well before the full term of the original gond payments (30 years), but due to the declining sales tax receipts, it will take longer than originally projected.
Please visit our website to review the reports for additional information or background. Also please feel free to contact me if you should have any questions or should you desire more information. Than you for your continued cooperation and assistance.
Sincerely,
michael r. duckett
Executive Director
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Relating to unemployment insurance rules for determining a claimant's ability to work and availability for work and affecting small businesses.
Submitted by Department of Workforce Development .
Report received from Agency, June 15, 2010.
Referred to committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs, June 17, 2010
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Relating to unemployment benefit claiming procedures.
Submitted by Department of Workforce Development .
Report received from Agency, June 15, 2010.
Referred to committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs, June 17, 2010
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Relating to independent review procedures and affecting small business.
Submitted by Office of the Commissioner of Insurance.
Report received from Agency, June 14, 2010.
Referred to committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue,
June 17, 2010
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Relating to the administrative procedures for the Wisconsin covenant scholars program.
Submitted by Department of Administration.
Report received from Agency, June 16, 2010.
Referred to committee on Education,
June 17, 2010
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