SB459, s. 14
15Section
14. 16.957 (2) (b) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.957
(2) (b) (title)
Energy conservation and efficiency and renewable resource
17programs.
SB459, s. 15
18Section
15. 16.957 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 16.957 (2) (b) and
19amended to read:
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16.957
(2) (b)
Subject to subd. 2., after holding a hearing, establish programs
21for awarding In consultation with the council, establish requirements and
22procedures for the department to direct the fiscal agent to award grants
from the
23appropriation under s. 20.505 (3) (s) for each of the following:
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1. Proposals for
providing energy
conservation or efficiency
services programs.
25In
directing the awarding
of grants under this
subd. 1. a. subdivision, the
1department shall give priority to proposals directed at the sectors of energy
2conservation or efficiency markets that are least competitive and at promoting
3environmental protection, electric system reliability, or rural economic development.
4In each fiscal year, 1.75% of the
appropriation under s. 20.505 (3) (s) total dollar
5amount of grants awarded under this paragraph shall be awarded in grants for
6research and development proposals regarding the environmental impacts of the
7electric industry.
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2. Proposals for
encouraging the development or use of customer applications
9of renewable resources, including educating customers or members about renewable
10resources or encouraging uses of renewable resources by customers or members or
11encouraging research technology transfers renewable resource programs. In each
12fiscal year, the department shall ensure that 4.5% of the
appropriation under s.
1320.505 (3) (s) total dollar amount of grants awarded under this paragraph is awarded
14in grants under this
subd. 1. b subdivision.
SB459, s. 16
15Section
16. 16.957 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SB459, s. 17
16Section
17. 16.957 (2) (bg) of the statutes is created to read:
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16.957
(2) (bg)
Administrative responsibility. Be responsible for administering
18public benefits programs throughout the state, except for programs under sub. (5) or
19s. 196.374 (3m) (d) or (e), and ensure, to the greatest extent practicable, that
20customers throughout the state have an equivalent opportunity to receive the
21benefits of the programs.
SB459, s. 18
22Section
18. 16.957 (2) (br) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
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16.957
(2) (br) (title)
Contracts.
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24Section
19. 16.957 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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116.957
(2) (c)
Rules. (intro.)
Promulgate In consultation with the council,
2promulgate rules establishing all of the following:
SB459, s. 20
3Section
20. 16.957 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.957
(2) (c) 1. Eligibility requirements for
receiving low-income assistance
5under programs
established that receive grants under par. (a). The rules shall
6prohibit a person who receives low-income assistance from a municipal utility or
7retail electric cooperative under a program specified in sub. (5) (d) 2. b. or 3. a. from
8receiving
low-income assistance under programs
established that receive grants 9under par. (a).
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10Section
21. 16.957 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.957
(2) (c) 2. Requirements and procedures for applications for grants
12awarded under programs established under par. (a) or (b)
1.
SB459, s. 22
13Section
22. 16.957 (2) (c) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.957
(2) (c) 2m. Criteria for the selection of proposals by a corporation
15specified in
sub. (3) (b) par. (br) 2.
SB459, s. 23
16Section
23. 16.957 (2) (c) 2n. of the statutes is repealed.
SB459, s. 24
17Section
24. 16.957 (2) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.957
(2) (c) 4. Requirements for electric utilities to allow customers to include
19voluntary contributions to assist in funding
a program established programs that
20receive grants under par. (a) or (b)
1. with bill payments for electric service. The rules
21may require an electric utility to provide a space on an electric bill in which a
22customer may indicate the amount of a voluntary contribution and the customer's
23preference regarding whether a contribution should be used for a program
24established that receives grants under par. (a) or (b) 1.
a. or
b
2. The rules shall
25establish requirements and procedures for electric utilities to pay to the
department
1fiscal agent any voluntary contributions included with bill payments and to report
2to the
department fiscal agent customer preferences regarding use of the
3contributions. The
department fiscal agent shall deposit all contributions received
4under this paragraph
for programs that receive grants under par. (a) in the utility
5public benefits fund
and shall hold all contributions received under this paragraph
6for programs that receive grants under par. (b) as directed in s. 196.374 (3r).
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7Section
25. 16.957 (2) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.957
(2) (d) 2. Encourage customers
or members to make voluntary
9contributions
to assist in funding the programs established under pars. (a) and (b)
101. The department shall deposit all contributions received under this paragraph in
11the utility public benefits fund described in par. (c) 4.
SB459, s. 26
12Section
26. 16.957 (2) (d) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
SB459, s. 27
13Section
27. 16.957 (2) (d) 4. (intro.), a. and d. of the statutes are consolidated,
14renumbered 16.957 (2) (d) 4. and amended to read:
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16.957
(2) (d) 4.
Provide for an annual independent audit and submit Submit 16an annual report to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) that describes
each of the
17following: 4. a. The the expenses of the department, other state agencies
, and grant
18recipients in administering or participating in the programs under pars. (a) and (b)
.
194. d. Any and any other issue identified by the department, council, governor,
20speaker of the assembly
, or majority leader of the senate.
SB459, s. 28
21Section
28. 16.957 (2) (d) 4. b. and c. of the statutes are repealed.
SB459, s. 29
22Section
29. 16.957 (2) (d) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
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16.957
(2) (d) 5. Cooperate with the commission in the administration of public
24benefits programs.
SB459, s. 30
25Section
30. 16.957 (3) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
SB459, s. 31
1Section
31. 16.957 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 16.957 (2) (br) 1. and
2amended to read:
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16.957
(2) (br) 1. The department shall, on the basis of competitive bids,
4contract with community action agencies described in s. 46.30 (2) (a) 1., nonstock,
5nonprofit corporations organized under ch. 181 or local units of government to
6provide services under the
low-income assistance programs established under
sub.
7(2) par. (a).
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8Section
32. 16.957 (3) (b) and (c) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered
916.957 (2) (br) 2. and amended to read:
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16.957
(2) (br) 2. The department shall, on the basis of competitive bids,
11contract with one or more nonstock, nonprofit corporations organized under ch. 181
12to administer the
energy efficiency and renewable resource programs established
13under
sub. (2) par. (b)
1., including soliciting proposals, processing grant
14applications, selecting, based on criteria specified in rules promulgated under
sub.
15(2) par. (c) 2m., proposals for the department to make awards and distributing grants
16to recipients.
(c) In selecting proposals and awarding
such grants
under sub. (2) (b),
17the department or
such a nonprofit corporation
specified in par. (b) may not
18discriminate against an electric provider or its affiliate or a wholesale electric
19supplier or its affiliate solely on the basis of its status as an electric provider,
20wholesale electric supplier or affiliate.
SB459, s. 33
21Section
33. 16.957 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.957
(4) (a)
Requirement to charge public benefits fees collect funding. Each
23electric utility, except for a municipal utility, shall
charge each customer a public
24benefits fee in an amount established in rules promulgated by the department under
25par. (b). An electric utility, except for a municipal utility, shall collect and pay the fees
1to the department in accordance with the rules promulgated under par. (b). The
2public benefits fees collected by an electric utility shall be considered trust funds of
3the department and not income of the electric utility
collect from its customers the
4amounts required by the commission under s. 196.374 (3m) (c) and, as directed by
5the fiscal agent, pay the amounts collected to the fiscal agent.
SB459, s. 34
6Section
34. 16.957 (4) (am) of the statutes is renumbered 196.374 (6) and
7amended to read:
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196.374
(6) Electric bills; annual statements. An electric utility
shall include
9a public benefits fee in the fixed charges for electricity in a customer's bill and shall
10identify on a customer's bill the amount that the electric utility is collecting from the
11customer for that billing period to make the collections required under sub. (3m) (c).
12The commission may specify the manner in which the amount is identified. An
13electric utility shall provide
the customer customers with an annual statement that
14identifies
the annual charges cost and benefit information for public benefits
fees
15and describes the programs for which
fees the amounts collected under sub. (3m) (c) 16are used.
SB459, s. 35
17Section
35. 16.957 (4) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB459, s. 36
18Section
36. 16.957 (4) (c) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
SB459, s. 37
19Section
37. 16.957 (4) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
SB459, s. 38
20Section
38. 16.957 (4) (c) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 16.957 (2)
21(am) (intro.) and amended to read:
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16.957
(2) (am)
Low-income funding. (intro.)
In fiscal year 1999-2000, a
23portion of the public benefits fee shall be an amount that, when added to 50% of the
24estimated public benefits fees charged by municipal utilities and retail electric
25cooperatives under sub. (5) (a) for that fiscal year, shall equal $24,000,000. In each
1fiscal year
after fiscal year 1999-2000, a portion of the public benefits fee shall be an, 2determine the amount of funding required for low-income assistance programs. The 3amount
so determined for a fiscal year shall be the amount that, when added to
the
4sum of the following
shall equal sum, equals the low-income need target for that
5fiscal year
that is determined by the department under
sub. (2) par. (d) 1.:
SB459, s. 39
6Section
39. 16.957 (4) (c) 1. a. and b. of the statutes are renumbered 16.957
7(2) (am) 1. and 2.
SB459, s. 40
8Section
40. 16.957 (4) (c) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.957
(4) (c) 1. c. The total amount spent on
low-income assistance programs
10or contributed to the commission by
electric utilities under s. 196.374 (3) for that
11fiscal year
for low-income assistance.
SB459, s. 41
12Section
41. 16.957 (4) (c) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SB459, s. 42
13Section
42. 16.957 (4) (c) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
SB459, s. 43
14Section
43. 16.957 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.957
(5) (b) 1. No later than October 1, 2000, each municipal utility or retail
16electric cooperative shall notify the department whether it has elected to contribute
17to the programs established under sub. (2) (a) or (b)
1. for a 3-year period.
SB459, s. 44
18Section
44. 16.957 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.957
(5) (b) 2. No later than every 3rd year after the date specified in subd.
201., each municipal utility or retail electric cooperative shall notify the department
21whether it has elected to contribute to the programs established under sub. (2) (a)
22or (b)
1. for a 3-year period.
SB459, s. 45
23Section
45. 16.957 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.957
(5) (c)
Full contribution. If a municipal utility or retail electric
25cooperative elects under par. (b) 1. or 2. to contribute to the programs established
1both under sub. (2) (a) and under sub. (2) (b)
1., it shall pay
100% 100 percent of the
2public benefits fees that it charges under par. (a) to the
department fiscal agent in
3each fiscal year of the 3-year period for which it has made the election.
The fiscal
4agent shall deposit 50 percent of the fees into the utility public benefits fund.
SB459, s. 46
5Section
46. 16.957 (5) (d) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.957
(5) (d) 1. a. Pay 50% of the public benefits fees that it charges under par.
7(a) to the
department fiscal agent. The fiscal agent shall deposit the fees into the
8utility public benefits fund.
SB459, s. 47
9Section
47. 16.957 (5) (d) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.957
(5) (d) 1. b. Spend 50% of the public benefits fees that it charges under
11par. (a) on energy
conservation efficiency programs.
SB459, s. 48
12Section
48. 16.957 (5) (d) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.957
(5) (d) 2. (intro.) If the municipal utility or retail electric cooperative
14elects to contribute only to the programs established under sub. (2) (b)
1., the
15municipal utility or retail electric cooperative shall, in each fiscal year of the 3-year
16period for which it elects to contribute under par. (b) 1. or 2., do all of the following:
SB459, s. 49
17Section
49. 16.957 (5) (d) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.957
(5) (d) 2. a. Pay 50% of the public benefits fees that it charges under par.
19(a) to the
department fiscal agent.
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20Section
50. 16.957 (5) (d) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.957
(5) (d) 2. b. Spend 50% of the public benefits fees that it charges under
22par. (a) on
programs for low-income assistance
programs.
SB459, s. 51
23Section
51. 16.957 (5) (d) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.957
(5) (d) 3. (intro.) If the municipal utility or retail electric cooperative
25elects not to contribute to any of the programs established under sub. (2) (a) or (b)
11., the municipal utility or retail electric cooperative shall, in each fiscal year of the
23-year period for which it elects not to contribute under par. (b) 1. or 2., do all of the
3following:
SB459, s. 52
4Section
52. 16.957 (5) (d) 3. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.957
(5) (d) 3. a. Spend 50% of the public benefits fees that it charges under
6par. (a) on
programs for low-income assistance
programs.
SB459, s. 53
7Section
53. 16.957 (5) (d) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.957
(5) (d) 3. b. Spend 50% of the public benefits fees that it charges under
9par. (a) on energy
conservation efficiency programs.
SB459, s. 54
10Section
54. 16.957 (5) (e) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.957
(5) (e)
Wholesale supplier credit. (intro.) If a wholesale supplier has
12established a
program for low-income assistance or
an energy
conservation 13efficiency program, a municipal utility or retail electric cooperative that is a
14customer or member of the wholesale supplier may do any of the following:
SB459, s. 55
15Section
55. 16.957 (5) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.957
(5) (e) 1. Include an amount equal to the product of the municipal
17utility's or retail electric cooperative's wholesale supply percentage and the amount
18that the wholesale supplier has spent on low-income assistance
programs in a fiscal
19year in calculating the amount that the municipal utility or retail electric cooperative
20has spent on low-income assistance
programs in that fiscal year under par. (d) 2. b.
21or 3. a.
SB459, s. 56
22Section
56. 16.957 (5) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.957
(5) (e) 2. Include an amount equal to the product of the municipal
24utility's or retail electric cooperative's wholesale supply percentage and the amount
25that the wholesale supplier has spent on energy
conservation programs efficiency or
1customer applications of renewable
resources resource programs in a fiscal year in
2calculating the amount that the municipal utility or retail electric cooperative has
3spent on energy
conservation efficiency programs under par. (d) 1. b. or 3. b.
SB459, s. 57
4Section
57. 16.958 of the statutes is repealed.
SB459, s. 58
5Section
58. 20.505 (3) (rr) of the statutes is repealed.
SB459, s. 59
6Section
59. 20.505 (3) (s) of the statutes is repealed.
SB459, s. 60
7Section
60. 20.924 (1) (j) of the statutes is created to read:
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20.924
(1) (j) Shall not enter into any lease or other contract that provides for
9the construction of any building, structure, or facility, or portion thereof, for initial
10occupancy by the state and that contains an option for the state to purchase the
11building, structure, or facility unless the seller or lessor agrees that all equipment
12to be installed as a component of the building, structure, or facility that relates to any
13function that consumes energy meets applicable requirements for state building
14projects under s. 16.855 (10s) (a).
SB459, s. 61
15Section
61. 25.17 (1) (ai) of the statutes is repealed.
SB459, s. 62
16Section
62. 25.96 of the statutes is amended to read:
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1725.96 Utility public benefits fund. There is established a separate
18nonlapsible trust fund designated as the utility public benefits fund, consisting of
19deposits by the
public service commission under s. 196.374 (3), public benefits fees
20received fiscal agent under
s.
ss. 16.957
(4) (a) (2) (c) 4. and (5) (c) and (d)
1. a. and
21contributions received under s. 16.957 (2) (c) 4 196.374 (3) and (3r).
SB459, s. 63
22Section
63. 25.97 of the statutes is repealed.
SB459, s. 64
23Section
64. 71.26 (1) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
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71.26
(1) (g)
Electric utilities. The amount that an electric utility, as defined
25in s. 16.957 (1) (g), collects from customers under s. 16.957 (4) (a).
SB459, s. 65
1Section
65. 76.28 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read: