AB649, s. 149
4Section
149. 196.377 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB649, s. 150
5Section
150. 196.377 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 196.377.
AB649, s. 151
6Section
151. 196.377 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB649, s. 152
7Section
152. 196.378 (1) (intro.) and (ag) of the statutes are renumbered
8196.378 (1r) (intro.) and (ag), and 196.378 (1r) (ag), as renumbered, is amended to
9read:
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196.378
(1r) (ag) "Baseline renewable percentage" means the average of an
11energy electric provider's renewable energy percentage for 2001, 2002, and 2003.
AB649, s. 153
12Section
153. 196.378 (1) (am) of the statutes is repealed.
AB649, s. 154
13Section
154. 196.378 (1) (ar) of the statutes is renumbered 196.378 (1r) (ar)
14and amended to read:
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196.378
(1r) (ar) "Biomass"
means a resource that derives energy from wood
16or plant material or residue, biological waste, crops grown for use as a resource or
17landfill gases. "Biomass" does not include garbage, as defined in s. 289.01 (9), or
18nonvegetation-based industrial, commercial or household waste, except that
19"biomass" includes refuse-derived fuel used for a renewable facility that was in
20service before January 1, 1998 has the meaning given in s. 196.374 (1) (am).
AB649, s. 155
21Section
155. 196.378 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB649, s. 156
22Section
156. 196.378 (1) (c) and (d) of the statutes are renumbered 196.378 (1r)
23(c) and (d).
AB649, s. 157
24Section
157. 196.378 (1) (fg) of the statutes is renumbered 196.378 (1r) (fg)
25(intro.) and amended to read:
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1196.378
(1r) (fg) (intro.) "Renewable energy" means electricity derived from
2a any of the following:
AB649,100,3
31. A renewable resource.
AB649, s. 158
4Section
158. 196.378 (1) (fm) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 196.378
5(1r) (fm) (intro.).
AB649, s. 159
6Section
159. 196.378 (1) (fm) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 196.378 (1r) (fm)
71. and amended to read:
AB649,100,98
196.378
(1r) (fm) 1. The electric provider's
total renewable energy in that year
9that is allowed under the rules promulgated under sub. (3) (c).
AB649, s. 160
10Section
160. 196.378 (1) (fm) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 196.378 (1r) (fm)
112. and amended to read:
AB649,100,1312
196.378
(1r) (fm) 2. The renewable resource credits
created or purchased by the
13electric provider, if any, that the electric provider elects to use in that year.
AB649, s. 161
14Section
161. 196.378 (1) (fr) of the statutes is repealed.
AB649, s. 162
15Section
162. 196.378 (1) (g) of the statutes is renumbered 196.378 (1r) (g).
AB649, s. 163
16Section
163. 196.378 (1) (h) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 196.378 (1r)
17(h) and amended to read:
AB649,100,1918
196.378
(1r) (h) "Renewable resource"
means any of the following: has the
19meaning given in s. 196.374 (1) (j).
AB649, s. 164
20Section
164. 196.378 (1) (h) 1., 1m. and 2. of the statutes are repealed.
AB649, s. 165
21Section
165. 196.378 (1) (i) of the statutes is renumbered 196.378 (1r) (i) and
22amended to read:
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196.378
(1r) (i) "Renewable resource credit" means
a renewable resource
24credit, as defined in s. 196.378 (1) (i), 2007 stats., or a
renewable resource credit
25calculated in accordance with rules promulgated created under sub. (3)
(a) 1. and 2.
AB649, s. 166
1Section
166. 196.378 (1) (j) of the statutes is repealed.
AB649, s. 167
2Section
167. 196.378 (1) (k) of the statutes is renumbered 196.378 (1r) (k).
AB649, s. 168
3Section
168. 196.378 (1) (o) of the statutes is repealed.
AB649, s. 169
4Section
169. 196.378 (1) (p) of the statutes is renumbered 196.378 (1r) (p).
AB649, s. 170
5Section
170. 196.378 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB649,101,66
196.378
(1g) Legislative findings. The legislature finds all of the following:
AB649,101,87
(a) It is essential to the health and safety and economic well-being of
8Wisconsin that the state maintain a highly reliable electric system at all times.
AB649,101,139
(b) Increased reliance on out-of-state electric generation dependent on
10long-distance transmission of electricity to deliver the electricity to Wisconsin
11creates reliability and congestion cost risks that are significantly greater than
12reliance on electric generation located in Wisconsin at or near centers of demand for
13electricity.
AB649,101,1514
(c) Historically, Wisconsin has relied on imports of electricity from other states
15for about 15 percent of the state's electricity needs.
AB649,101,2016
(d) It is essential to the health and safety and economic well-being of Wisconsin
17that the state take actions to mitigate global climate change from emissions of
18greenhouse gasses. Central to such mitigation efforts is reducing reliance on
19electricity produced from fossil fuels through policies such as the renewable portfolio
20standard.
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(e) As of the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], the most
22abundant and affordable sources of electricity that can be used to comply with the
23renewable portfolio standard are wind resources in western Minnesota, the Dakotas,
24and Iowa. Extensive reliance on these resources for compliance with the renewable
1portfolio standard will produce a significant increase in dependence on imported
2electricity with the associated reliability and congestion cost risks.
AB649,102,63
(f) To balance the competing imperatives of maintaining the reliability of the
4electric system and reducing dependence on electricity produced from fossil fuels, it
5is essential that Wisconsin adopt a renewable portfolio standard that requires at
6least in part the production of electricity from renewable resources in this state.
AB649, s. 171
7Section
171. 196.378 (1r) (de) of the statutes is created to read:
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196.378
(1r) (de) "In-state percentage" means, with respect to an electric
9provider, the portion of the electric provider's renewable energy percentage that is
10derived from electricity generated by renewable facilities located in this state,
11renewable resource credits separated from such electricity, nonelectric energy, and
12nonelectric energy certificates.
AB649, s. 172
13Section
172. 196.378 (1r) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB649,102,1714
196.378
(1r) (dm) "Nonelectric energy" means any of the following types of
15energy produced or generated at a facility located in this state and placed in service
16on or after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], but only if the
17energy displaces fossil fuel use in this state:
AB649,102,1918
1. The thermal output from a cogeneration production plant, as defined in s.
1979.005 (1g).
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2. The thermal output from a biomass-fueled boiler, but only if, after the
21effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], the boiler was converted from
22a fossil fuel-fueled boiler to a biomass-fueled boiler.
AB649,102,2323
3. The thermal output of a geothermal system.
AB649,102,2424
4. Biogas that is put into a natural gas transmission or distribution pipeline.
AB649,102,2525
5. The thermal output of a solar water heating system.
AB649,103,1
16. Useable light delivered by a solar light pipe.
AB649,103,32
7. Energy derived from other applications, specified by the commission by rule,
3that produce energy other than electricity from renewable resources.
AB649, s. 173
4Section
173. 196.378 (1r) (ds) of the statutes is created to read:
AB649,103,65
196.378
(1r) (ds) "Nonelectric energy certificate" means a certificate created
6under the rules under sub. (3m) (a).
AB649, s. 174
7Section
174. 196.378 (1r) (fg) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB649,103,98
196.378
(1r) (fg) 2. The combustion of refuse-derived fuel in a facility that was
9in service before January 1, 1998.
AB649, s. 175
10Section
175. 196.378 (1r) (fg) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB649,103,1311
196.378
(1r) (fg) 3. The combustion of solid waste that has been subject to a
12process to remove recyclable and noncombustible materials in a facility that is owned
13by a county in this state and that was in service before January 1, 1998.
AB649, s. 176
14Section
176. 196.378 (1r) (fm) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB649,103,1715
196.378
(1r) (fm) 3. Nonelectric energy produced or generated by the electric
16provider in that year from which the electric provider does not create nonelectric
17energy certificates.
AB649, s. 177
18Section
177. 196.378 (1r) (fm) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB649,103,2019
196.378
(1r) (fm) 4. Nonelectric energy certificates that an electric provider
20purchases in that year.
AB649, s. 178
21Section
178. 196.378 (1r) (gm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB649,103,2322
196.378
(1r) (gm) "Renewable portfolio standard" means the requirement to
23comply with sub. (2) (a) 2.
AB649, s. 179
24Section
179. 196.378 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB649,104,16
1196.378
(2) (a) 1. No later than June 1,
2016 2014, the commission shall
2prepare a report stating whether, by December 31,
2015
2013, the state has met a
3goal of 10 percent of all electric energy consumed in the state being renewable energy.
4No later than June 1, 2021, the commission shall prepare a report stating, whether
5by December 31, 2020, the state has met a goal of 20 percent of all electric energy
6consumed in this state being renewable energy and 6 percent of all electric energy
7consumed in this state being generated by renewable facilities located in this state.
8No later than June 1, 2026, the commission shall prepare a report stating, whether
9by December 31, 2025, the state has met a goal of 25 percent of all electric energy
10consumed in this state being renewable energy and 10 percent of all electric energy
11consumed in this state being generated by renewable facilities located in this state. 12If
the a goal
for a year has not been achieved,
the a report shall indicate why the goal
13was not achieved and how it may be achieved, and the commission shall prepare
14similar reports biennially thereafter until the goal is achieved. The commission shall
15submit reports under this subdivision to the governor and chief clerk of each house
16of the legislature for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2).
AB649, s. 180
17Section
180. 196.378 (2) (a) 2. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB649,104,2018
196.378
(2) (a) 2. c. For the years 2011
, and 2012,
2013, and 2014, each electric
19provider may not decrease its renewable energy percentage below the electric
20provider's renewable energy percentage required under subd. 2. b.
AB649, s. 181
21Section
181. 196.378 (2) (a) 2. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB649,104,2422
196.378
(2) (a) 2. d. For the year
2015 2013, each electric provider shall increase
23its renewable energy percentage so that it is at least 6 percentage points above the
24electric provider's baseline renewable percentage.
AB649, s. 182
25Section
182. 196.378 (2) (a) 2. e. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB649,105,4
1196.378
(2) (a) 2. e. For
each year after the years 2014, 2015,
2016, 2017, 2018,
2and 2019, each electric provider may not decrease its renewable energy percentage
3below the electric provider's renewable energy percentage required under subd. 2.
4d.
AB649, s. 183
5Section
183. 196.378 (2) (a) 2. f. of the statutes is created to read:
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196.378
(2) (a) 2. f. For the year 2020, each electric provider shall increase its
7renewable energy percentage so that it is at least 16 percentage points above the
8electric provider's baseline renewable percentage and shall ensure that its in-state
9percentage is not less than 30 percent of the renewable energy percentage required
10under this subd. 2. f.
AB649, s. 184
11Section
184. 196.378 (2) (a) 2. g. of the statutes is created to read:
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196.378
(2) (a) 2. g. For the years 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, each electric
13provider may not decrease its renewable energy percentage below the electric
14provider's renewable energy percentage required under subd. 2. f. and may not
15decrease its in-state percentage below the electric provider's in-state percentage
16required under subd. 2. f.
AB649, s. 185
17Section
185. 196.378 (2) (a) 2. h. of the statutes is created to read:
AB649,105,2218
196.378
(2) (a) 2. h. For the year 2025, each electric provider shall increase its
19renewable energy percentage so that it is at least 21 percentage points above the
20electric provider's baseline renewable percentage and shall ensure that its in-state
21percentage is not less than 40 percent of the renewable energy percentage required
22under this subd. 2. h.
AB649, s. 186
23Section
186. 196.378 (2) (a) 2. i. of the statutes is created to read:
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196.378
(2) (a) 2. i. For each year after 2025, each electric provider may not
25decrease its renewable energy percentage below the electric provider's renewable
1energy percentage required under subd. 2. h. and may not decrease its in-state
2percentage below the electric provider's in-state percentage required under subd. 2.
3h.
AB649, s. 187
4Section
187. 196.378 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB649,106,65
196.378
(2) (b) (intro.) For purposes of determining compliance with
par. (a) the
6renewable portfolio standard:
AB649, s. 188
7Section
188. 196.378 (2) (b) 1m. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB649,106,148
196.378
(2) (b) 1m. (intro.)
The
Except as provided in subd. 1r., the amount of
9renewable resource credits associated with electricity derived from hydroelectric
10renewable resources that an electric provider may
count toward satisfying the
11requirements of par. (a) 2. include in its renewable energy percentage shall be
those 12renewable resource credits associated with all electricity provided by hydroelectric
13power that the electric provider purchased in the reporting year plus
renewable
14resource credits associated with all of the following:
AB649, s. 189
15Section
189. 196.378 (2) (b) 1m. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB649,106,2316
196.378
(2) (b) 1m. a.
The For facilities owned or operated by the electric
17provider that were initially placed in service before January 1, 2004, the average of
18the amounts of hydroelectric power generated by
the facilities
owned or operated by
19the electric provider for 2001, 2002, and 2003,
regardless of whether the electric
20provider owned or operated the facilities in those years, adjusted to reflect the
21permanent removal from service of any of those facilities and adjusted to reflect any
22capacity increases from improvements made to those facilities on or after January
231, 2004.
AB649, s. 190
24Section
190. 196.378 (2) (b) 1r. of the statutes is created to read:
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1196.378
(2) (b) 1r. a. Except as provided in subd. 1r. b. and c., an electric
2provider may not include in its renewable energy percentage any renewable resource
3credits associated with electricity derived from a hydroelectric facility that has a
4rated capacity of 60 megawatts or more.
AB649,107,95
b. Except as provided in subd. 1r. c., an electric provider may include in its
6renewable energy percentage renewable resource credits associated with electricity
7generated after December 31, 2013, from a hydroelectric facility located outside this
8state that has a rated capacity of 60 megawatts or more and that is first placed in
9service on or after the effective date of this subd. 1r. b. .... [LRB inserts date].
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c. Renewable resource credits associated with electricity derived from a
11hydroelectric facility that is located in Manitoba, Canada, that has a rated capacity
12of 60 megawatts or more, and that is first placed in service on or after the effective
13date of this subd. 1r. c. .... [LRB inserts date], may be included in a renewable energy
14percentage only if the province of Manitoba has informed the commission in writing
15that the interim licenses under which the Lake Winnipeg Regulation Project and the
16Churchill River Diversion Project were operating on the effective date of this subd.
171r. c. .... [LRB inserts date], have been replaced by final licenses and that those
18projects have received all final approvals, licenses, and permits applicable to them
19under Canadian law and only if the commission determines that such final licenses
20and any other actions taken by the province of Manitoba or Manitoba Hydro-Electric
21Board constitute a reasonable resolution of the concerns of the First Nations affected
22by those projects.
AB649, s. 191
23Section
191. 196.378 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB649, s. 192
24Section
192. 196.378 (2) (b) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB649,108,3
1196.378
(2) (b) 2m. A wholesale supplier may demonstrate compliance with the
2renewable portfolio standard on behalf of a member or customer, or on behalf of its
3members or customers in the aggregate.