AB389,29,24 20(4) If the department notifies the commission under s. 16.957 (2) (b) 2. that the
21department has reduced funding for energy conservation and efficiency and
22renewable resource programs, the commission shall reduce the amount that a utility
23is required to spend on programs or contribute to the fund under sub. (3) by the
24percentage by which the department has reduced the funding.
AB389, s. 26 25Section 26. 196.378 of the statutes is created to read:
AB389,30,1
1196.378 Renewable resources. (1) Definitions. In this section:
AB389,30,72 (a) "Biomass" means a resource that derives energy from wood or plant
3material or residue, biological waste, crops grown for use as a resource or landfill
4gases. "Biomass" does not include garbage, as defined in s. 289.01 (9), or
5nonvegetation-based industrial, commercial or household waste, except that
6"biomass" includes refuse-derived fuel used for a renewable facility that was in
7service in this state before January 1, 1998.
AB389,30,98 (b) "Conventional resource" means a resource that derives energy from coal, oil,
9nuclear power or natural gas, except for natural gas used in a fuel cell.
AB389,30,1010 (bm) "Department" means the department of administration.
AB389,30,1111 (c) "Electric provider" means an electric utility or retail electric cooperative.
AB389,30,1512 (d) "Electric utility" means a public utility that sells electricity at retail. For
13purposes of this paragraph, a public utility is not considered to sell electricity at
14retail solely on the basis of its ownership or operation of a retail electric distribution
15system.
AB389,30,2016 (e) "Excludable renewable capacity" means the portion of an electric provider's
17total renewable capacity that is supplied from renewable facilities that were placed
18in service before January 1, 1998, and that, before January 1, 1998, derived
19electricity from hydroelectric power, even if the output of the renewable facilities is
20used to satisfy requirements under federal law.
AB389,31,221 (f) "Nonsystem renewable energy" means the amount of electricity that an
22electric provider sells to its retail customers or members and that is supplied or
23allocated under executed wholesale purchase contracts from renewable facilities
24that are not owned or operated by the electric provider. "Nonsystem renewable

1energy" does not include any electricity that is not used to satisfy the electric
2provider's retail load obligations.
AB389,31,83 (g) "Renewable facility" means an installed and operational electric generating
4facility in which energy is derived from a renewable resource. "Renewable facility"
5includes a facility the installation or operation of which is required under federal law,
6but does not include a facility the installation or operation of which is required under
7the laws of another state even if the installation or operation of the facility is also
8required under federal law.
AB389,31,99 (h) "Renewable resource" means any of the following:
AB389,31,1010 1. A resource that derives electricity from any of the following:
AB389,31,1111 a. A fuel cell that uses, as determined by the commission, a renewable fuel.
AB389,31,1212 b. Tidal or wave action.
AB389,31,1313 c. Solar thermal electric or photovoltaic energy.
AB389,31,1414 d. Wind power.
AB389,31,1515 e. Geothermal technology.
AB389,31,1616 g. Biomass.
AB389,31,1817 1m. A resource with a capacity of less than 60 megawatts that derives
18electricity from hydroelectric power.
AB389,31,2019 2. Any other resource, except a conventional resource, that the commission
20designates as a renewable resource in rules promulgated under sub. (4).
AB389,31,2221 (i) "Renewable resource credit" means a credit calculated in accordance with
22rules promulgated under sub. (3) (a).
AB389,31,2323 (j) "Resource" means a source of electric power generation.
AB389,32,324 (k) "Retail electric cooperative" means a cooperative association organized
25under ch. 185 that sells electricity at retail to its members only. For purposes of this

1paragraph, a cooperative association is not considered to sell electricity at retail
2solely on the basis of its ownership or operation of a retail electric distribution
3system.
AB389,32,64 (n) "System renewable energy" means the amount of electricity that an electric
5provider sells to its retail customers or members and that is supplied by renewable
6facilities owned or operated by the electric provider.
AB389,32,87 (o) "Total renewable energy" means the sum of an electric provider's system and
8nonsystem renewable energy.
AB389,32,12 9(2) Renewable resource energy. (a) Each electric provider shall provide to its
10retail electric customers or members total renewable energy in at least the following
11percentages of its total retail energy sales, either directly or through renewable
12resource credits from another electric provider:
AB389,32,1313 1. By December 31, 2000, 0.5%.
AB389,32,1414 2. By December 31, 2002, 0.85%.
AB389,32,1515 3. By December 31, 2004, 1.2%.
AB389,32,1616 4. By December 31, 2006, 1.55%.
AB389,32,1717 5. By December 31, 2008, 1.9%.
AB389,32,1818 6. By December 31, 2010, 2.2%.
AB389,32,1919 (b) For purposes of determining compliance with par. (a):
AB389,32,2120 1. Total retail energy sales shall be calculated on the basis of an average of an
21electric provider's retail energy sales in this state during the prior 3 years.
AB389,33,222 2. The amount of electricity supplied by a renewable facility in which biomass
23and conventional fuels are fired together shall be equal to the product of the
24maximum amount of electricity that the facility is capable of generating and the ratio

1of the British thermal unit content of the biomass fuels to the British thermal unit
2content of both the biomass and conventional resource fuels.
AB389,33,53 3. Any excludable renewable energy that exceeds 0.6% of an electric provider's
4total retail energy sales shall be excluded from the electric provider's total renewable
5energy.
AB389,33,116 (c) No later than April 15 annually, an electric provider shall submit a report
7to the department that describes the electric provider's compliance with par. (a).
8Reports under this paragraph may include certifications from wholesale suppliers
9regarding the sources and amounts of energy supplied to an electric provider. The
10department may specify the documentation that is required to be included with
11reports submitted under this paragraph.
AB389,33,1612 (d) The commission shall allow an electric utility to recover from ratepayers the
13cost of providing total renewable energy to its retail customers or members in
14amounts that equal or exceed the percentages specified in par. (a). Subject to any
15approval of the commission that is necessary, an electric utility may recover costs
16under this paragraph by any of the following methods:
AB389,33,1817 1. Allocating the costs equally to all customers or members on a kilowatt-hour
18basis.
AB389,33,2019 2. Establishing alternative price structures, including price structures under
20which customers or members pay a premium for renewable energy.
AB389,33,2121 3. Any combination of the methods specified in subds. 1. and 2.
AB389,33,2222 (e) 1. This subsection does not apply to any of the following:
AB389,33,2423 a. An electric provider that provides more than 10% of its summer peak demand
24in this state from renewable facilities.
AB389,34,2
1b. An electric provider that provides more than 10% of its summer peak demand
2from renewable resources.
AB389,34,53 2. For purposes of calculating the percentages under subd. 1., an electric
4provider may include renewable facilities located in this or another state and
5renewable facilities located on its or another electric provider's system.
AB389,34,96 3. Notwithstanding subd. 1., this subsection applies to an electric provider
7unless the electric provider provides documentation to the commission that
8establishes, to the satisfaction of the commission, that the electric provider satisfies
9the requirements under subd. 1. a. or b.
AB389,34,18 10(3) Renewable resource credits. (a) An electric provider that provides total
11renewable energy to its retail electric customers or members in excess of the
12percentages specified in sub. (2) (a) 1. to 6. may, in the applicable year, sell to any
13other electric provider a renewable resource credit or a portion of a renewable
14resource credit at any negotiated price. Alternatively, an electric provider may use
15a renewable resource credit or portion of a renewable resource credit in a subsequent
16year to establish compliance with sub. (2) (a). The commission shall promulgate
17rules that establish requirements for calculating the amount of a renewable resource
18credit.
AB389,34,2019 (b) The commission may promulgate rules that establish requirements and
20procedures for a sale under par. (a).
AB389,34,23 21(4) Rules. The commission may promulgate rules that designate a resource,
22except for a conventional resource, as a renewable resource in addition to the
23resources specified in sub. (1) (g) 1. and 1m.
AB389,35,5 24(5) Penalty. Any person who violates sub. (2) or any wholesale supplier who
25provides an electric provider with a false or misleading certification regarding the

1sources or amounts of energy supplied to the electric provider shall forfeit not less
2than $5,000 nor more than $500,000. Forfeitures under this subsection shall be
3enforced by action on behalf of the state by the attorney general. A court imposing
4a forfeiture under this subsection shall consider all of the following in determining
5the amount of the forfeiture:
AB389,35,76 (a) The appropriateness of the forfeiture to the person's or wholesale supplier's
7volume of business.
AB389,35,88 (b) The gravity of the violation.
AB389,35,109 (c) Whether a violation of sub. (2) is due to circumstances beyond the violator's
10control.
AB389, s. 27 11Section 27. 196.485 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB389,35,12 12196.485 (title) Transmission system requirements.
AB389, s. 28 13Section 28. 196.485 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB389,35,1614 196.485 (1) (am) "Contribute a transmission facility" means to divest a person's
15interest in the transmission facility and to transfer ownership of the transmission
16facility and associated deferred tax reserves to another person.
AB389, s. 29 17Section 29. 196.485 (1) (be) of the statutes is created to read:
AB389,35,2018 196.485 (1) (be) "Director" means, with respect to a transmission company
19organized as a corporation under ch. 180, a member of the board of directors of the
20transmission company.
AB389, s. 30 21Section 30. 196.485 (1) (bs) of the statutes is created to read:
AB389,35,2222 196.485 (1) (bs) "Electric utility" has the meaning given in s. 196.491 (1) (d).
AB389, s. 31 23Section 31. 196.485 (1) (dm) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB389,35,2424 196.485 (1) (dm) (intro.) "Independent transmission owner" means:
AB389,35,25 251m. Means a person that satisfies each of the following:
AB389, s. 32
1Section 32. 196.485 (1) (dm) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 196.485 (1) (dm)
21m. a.
AB389, s. 33 3Section 33. 196.485 (1) (dm) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB389,36,44 196.485 (1) (dm) 2. Does not include the transmission company.
AB389, s. 34 5Section 34. 196.485 (1) (dm) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 196.485 (1) (dm)
61m. b. and amended to read:
AB389,36,87 196.485 (1) (dm) 1m. b. The person is not an affiliated interest of a person
8specified in subd. 1. 1m. a.
AB389, s. 35 9Section 35. 196.485 (1) (do) of the statutes is created to read:
AB389,36,1210 196.485 (1) (do) "Land right" means any right in real property, including fee
11simple ownership or a right-of-way or easement, that has been acquired for a
12transmission facility that is located or intended to be located on the real property.
AB389, s. 36 13Section 36. 196.485 (1) (dq) of the statutes is created to read:
AB389,36,1614 196.485 (1) (dq) "Manager" means, with respect to a transmission company
15organized as a limited liability company under ch. 183, a manager, as defined in s.
16183.0102 (13), of the transmission company.
AB389, s. 37 17Section 37. 196.485 (1) (dr) of the statutes is created to read:
AB389,36,2018 196.485 (1) (dr) "Merger enforcement policy" means the enforcement policy of
19the federal department of justice and the federal trade commission regarding
20horizontal acquisitions and mergers that are subject to 15 USC 1, 18 or 45.
AB389, s. 38 21Section 38. 196.485 (1) (ds) of the statutes is created to read:
AB389,36,2522 196.485 (1) (ds) "Midwest independent system operator" means the
23independent system operator the establishment of which the federal energy
24regulatory commission has conditionally authorized in an order issued on September
2516, 1998, or the successor to such independent system operator.
AB389, s. 39
1Section 39. 196.485 (1) (dt) of the statutes is created to read:
AB389,37,32 196.485 (1) (dt) "Nontransmission utility security holder" means a security
3holder that is not a transmission utility security holder.
AB389, s. 40 4Section 40. 196.485 (1) (dv) of the statutes is created to read:
AB389,37,105 196.485 (1) (dv) "Organizational start-up date" means, with respect to a
6transmission company that is organized as a limited liability company under ch. 183,
7the date on which the articles of organization become effective under s. 183.0111 or,
8with respect to a transmission company that is organized as a corporation under ch.
9180, the date on which the articles of incorporation become effective under s.
10180.0123.
AB389, s. 41 11Section 41. 196.485 (1) (em) of the statutes is created to read:
AB389,37,1312 196.485 (1) (em) "Retail electric cooperative" means a cooperative that provides
13retail electric service to its members.
AB389, s. 42 14Section 42. 196.485 (1) (fe) of the statutes is created to read:
AB389,37,1815 196.485 (1) (fe) "Security" means, with respect to a transmission company
16organized as a corporation under ch. 180, a share, as defined in s. 180.0103 (15), and,
17with respect to a transmission company organized as a limited liability company
18under ch. 183, a limited liability company interest, as defined in s. 183.0102 (11).
AB389, s. 43 19Section 43. 196.485 (1) (ge) of the statutes is created to read:
AB389,38,220 196.485 (1) (ge) "Transmission company" means a corporation organized under
21ch. 180 or a limited liability company organized under ch. 183 that has as its sole
22purpose the planning, constructing, operating, maintaining and expanding of
23transmission facilities that it owns to provide for an adequate and reliable
24transmission system that meets the needs of all users that are dependent on the

1transmission system and that supports effective competition in energy markets
2without favoring any market participant.
AB389, s. 44 3Section 44. 196.485 (1) (gm) of the statutes is created to read:
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