AB68,1300,1513 2. The owner brings the action within 30 days after receiving an appraisal from
14the electric provider, subsidiary, or supplier of broadband services under par. (b) 1.
15b.
AB68,1300,2316 (e) The maximum recovery under this subsection may not exceed the difference
17between the fair market value of the owner's real property interest immediately
18before an easement on the property is used for a purpose under sub. (2) (a) and the
19fair market value of the owner's real property interest immediately after an
20easement on the property is used for a purpose under sub. (2) (a). Evidence of
21revenues, profits, or fees received by an electric provider, a subsidiary of an electric
22provider, or a supplier of broadband services shall not be admissible as evidence in
23any proceeding or action under this subsection.
AB68,2395 24Section 2395 . 185.983 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1301,8
1185.983 (1) (intro.) Every voluntary nonprofit health care plan operated by a
2cooperative association organized under s. 185.981 shall be exempt from chs. 600 to
3646, with the exception of ss. 601.04, 601.13, 601.31, 601.41, 601.42, 601.43, 601.44,
4601.45, 611.26, 611.67, 619.04, 623.11, 623.12, 628.34 (10), 631.17, 631.89, 631.93,
5631.95, 632.72 (2), 632.729, 632.745 to 632.749, 632.775, 632.79, 632.795, 632.798,
6632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.862, 632.867, 632.87 (2) to (6), 632.871, 632.885,
7632.89, 632.895 (5) and (8) to (17), 632.896, and 632.897 (10) and chs. 609, 620, 630,
8635, 645, and 646, but the sponsoring association shall:
AB68,2396 9Section 2396 . 185.983 (1) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin
10Act .... (this act), section 2395 , is amended to read:
AB68,1301,1811 185.983 (1) (intro.) Every voluntary nonprofit health care plan operated by a
12cooperative association organized under s. 185.981 shall be exempt from chs. 600 to
13646, with the exception of ss. 601.04, 601.13, 601.31, 601.41, 601.42, 601.43, 601.44,
14601.45, 611.26, 611.67, 619.04, 623.11, 623.12, 628.34 (10), 631.17, 631.89, 631.93,
15631.95, 632.72 (2), 632.728, 632.729, 632.745 to 632.749, 632.775, 632.79, 632.795,
16632.798, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.862, 632.867, 632.87 (2) to (6), 632.871,
17632.885, 632.89, 632.895 (5) and (8) to (17), 632.896, and 632.897 (10) and chs. 609,
18620, 630, 635, 645, and 646, but the sponsoring association shall:
AB68,2397 19Section 2397 . 185.983 (1) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin
20Act .... (this act), section 2396 , is amended to read:
AB68,1302,321 185.983 (1) (intro.) Every voluntary nonprofit health care plan operated by a
22cooperative association organized under s. 185.981 shall be exempt from chs. 600 to
23646, with the exception of ss. 601.04, 601.13, 601.31, 601.41, 601.42, 601.43, 601.44,
24601.45, 611.26, 611.67, 619.04, 623.11, 623.12, 628.34 (10), 631.17, 631.89, 631.93,
25631.95, 632.72 (2), 632.728, 632.729, 632.745 to 632.749, 632.775, 632.79, 632.795,

1632.798, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.861, 632.862, 632.867, 632.87 (2) to (6),
2632.871, 632.885, 632.89, 632.895 (5) and (8) to (17), 632.896, and 632.897 (10) and
3chs. 609, 620, 630, 635, 645, and 646, but the sponsoring association shall:
AB68,2398 4Section 2398 . 194.025 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1302,8 5194.025 Discrimination prohibited. No motor carrier may engage in any
6practice, act or omission which results in discrimination on the basis of race, creed,
7sex or, national origin, or status as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03
8(3r)
.
AB68,2399 9Section 2399. 196.01 (5) (b) 8. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1302,1210 196.01 (5) (b) 8. A person who supplies electricity through the person's electric
11vehicle charging station to users' electric vehicles, if the person does not otherwise
12directly or indirectly provide electricity to the public.
AB68,2400 13Section 2400. 196.025 (1h) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1302,1614 196.025 (1h) Social cost of carbon emissions. (a) In this subsection, “social
15cost of carbon” means a measure of the economic harms and other impacts expressed
16in dollars that result from emitting one ton of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
AB68,1303,217 (b) In consultation with the department of natural resources, the commission
18shall evaluate and set the social cost of carbon and shall evaluate and adjust as
19necessary that dollar amount every 2 years. The evaluations shall use integrated
20assessment models and consider appropriate discount rates. Any adjustment shall
21be consistent with the international consensus on the social cost of carbon. No later
22than December 31, 2021, and no later than December 31 every odd-numbered year
23thereafter, the commission shall submit to the appropriate standing committees of
24the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) a report that describes the commission's

1evaluation and, if the commission adjusts the previously set dollar amount, specifies
2the social cost of carbon as adjusted by the commission.
AB68,1303,43 (d) The commission shall consider the social cost of carbon in determining
4whether to issue certificates under ss. 196.49 and 196.491 (3).
AB68,2401 5Section 2401. 196.025 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1303,126 196.025 (8) Model ordinance for repaying local governments for certain
7improvements.
The commission shall develop and make available a model ordinance
8that addresses political subdivisions, as defined in s. 66.0627 (1) (b), making loans
9or entering into agreements for making or installing energy efficiency
10improvements, as defined in s. 66.0627 (1) (am), water efficiency improvements, as
11defined in s. 66.0627 (1) (d), or renewable resource applications to premises under
12s. 66.0627 (8).
AB68,2402 13Section 2402. 196.027 (1) (d) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1303,1514 196.027 (1) (d) 3. The retiring of any existing electric generating facility fueled
15by nonrenewable combustible energy resources.
AB68,2403 16Section 2403. 196.027 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1303,2517 196.027 (1) (f) “Environmental control cost" means capital cost, including
18capitalized cost relating to regulatory assets, incurred or expected to be incurred by
19an energy utility in undertaking an environmental control activity and, with respect
20to an environmental control activity described in par. (d) 2. or 3., includes the
21unrecovered value of property that is retired, including any demolition or similar cost
22that exceeds the salvage value of the property. “Environmental control cost" does not
23include any monetary penalty, fine, or forfeiture assessed against an energy utility
24by a government agency or court under a federal or state environmental statute, rule,
25or regulation.
AB68,2404
1Section 2404. 196.218 (5) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1304,62 196.218 (5) (a) 5. To pay costs incurred under contracts under s. 16.971 (13) to
3(16) to the extent that these costs are not paid under s. 16.997 (2) (d), except that no
4moneys in the universal service fund may be used to pay installation costs that are
5necessary for a political subdivision to obtain access to bandwidth under a shared
6service agreement under s. 16.997 (2r) (a)
.
AB68,2405 7Section 2405. 196.218 (5) (a) 10. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1304,98 196.218 (5) (a) 10. To make broadband expansion grants and administer the
9program under s. 196.504 (2).
AB68,2406 10Section 2406. 196.31 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1304,1411 196.31 (1) (intro.) In Except as provided in sub. (2m), in any proceeding before
12the commission, the commission shall compensate any participant in the proceeding
13who is not a public utility, for some or all of the reasonable costs of participation in
14the proceeding if the commission finds that:
AB68,2407 15Section 2407. 196.31 (2m) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB68,1304,1816 196.31 (2m) The commission may grant no more than $100,000 annually in
17compensation under this section to the consumer advocate, as defined in s. 196.315
18(2) (a).
AB68,2408 19Section 2408. 196.31 (2r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1304,2220 196.31 (2r) From the appropriation under s. 20.155 (1) (j), the commission shall
21reserve $50,000 annually to compensate equity-focused participants who review
22economic and environmental issues impacting low-income populations.
AB68,2409 23Section 2409. 196.315 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1305,5 24196.315 Consumer advocate funding. (1) Legislative statement of intent
25and purpose.
It is in the public interest that there be an independent, nonpartisan

1consumer advocate for residential, small commercial, and small industrial energy
2utility consumers of this state and that the advocate be sufficiently funded by those
3customers to allow for the representation and protection of their interests before the
4commission and other venues. All actions by the advocate funded under this section
5shall be directed toward such duty.
AB68,1305,6 6(2) Definitions. In this section:
AB68,1305,87 (a) “Consumer advocate” means the body created under s. 199.04 (1), dissolved
8under s. 199.17, and reorganized as a nonstock, nonprofit corporation under ch. 181.
AB68,1305,109 (b) “Energy utility” means an investor-owned electric or natural gas public
10utility.
AB68,1305,1111 (c) “Municipal utility” has the meaning given in s. 196.377 (2) (a) 3.
AB68,1305,16 12(3) Funding. (a) Annually, within 60 days after a budget under sub. (5) is
13approved, each energy utility shall pay to the consumer advocate the amount
14specified under sub. (5) (e). In any year, the total of all amounts required to be paid
15by energy utilities to the consumer advocate under this subsection may not exceed
16$900,000.
AB68,1305,1717 (b) The funds provided under par. (a) may not be used for any of the following:
AB68,1305,1818 1. Lobbying, as defined in s. 13.62 (10).
AB68,1305,2019 2. Defraying the cost of participating in proceedings involving rates or practices
20of municipal utilities and no other public utilities.
AB68,1305,2321 (c) The consumer advocate shall retain all relevant records supporting its
22expenditure of funds provided under par. (a) for 3 years after receipt of the funds and
23shall grant the commission access to the records upon request.
AB68,1306,2 24(4) Cost recovery. (a) Rate-making orders. The commission shall ensure in
25rate-making orders that an energy utility recovers from its residential, small

1commercial, and small industrial customers the amounts the energy utility pays
2under sub. (3) (a).
AB68,1306,43 (b) Accounting. The commission shall apply escrow accounting treatment to
4expenditures required under this section.
AB68,1306,6 5(5) Budget review; approval. (a) The commission shall review the budgeting
6and expenditure of funds provided to the consumer advocate under sub. (3) (a).
AB68,1306,127 (b) Annually, by a date specified by the commission, the consumer advocate
8shall file for the commission's approval an annual budget as approved by the
9consumer advocate's board of directors. The commission may request additional
10information from the consumer advocate related to the budget, and may consider any
11relevant factors, including existing operating reserves and actual costs in prior years
12compared to the budgets approved by the commission.
AB68,1306,2013 (c) The commission shall approve a budget filed under this subsection if the
14commission determines it is consistent with sub. (1) and covers the reasonable
15annual costs of the consumer advocate, including salaries, benefits, overhead
16expenses, the maintenance of an operating reserve, and any other cost directly or
17indirectly related to representing and protecting the interests of residential, small
18commercial, and small industrial energy utility customers. The commission may
19approve the budget with such conditions and modifications as the commission
20determines are necessary.
AB68,1306,2321 (d) If the commission fails to take final action under par. (c) within 60 days after
22a budget is filed with the commission, the commission is considered to have approved
23the budget that was submitted by the consumer advocate.
AB68,1307,324 (e) Subject to sub. (3) (a), the total amount of the approved budget shall be paid
25to the consumer advocate by the energy utilities. Each energy utility's share of the

1total amount shall be based on the energy utility's proportionate share of the total
2number of residential, small commercial, and small industrial customer meters
3reported by energy utilities under s. 196.07 (1).
AB68,2410 4Section 2410. 196.374 (1) (gm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1307,65 196.374 (1) (gm) “Low-income household” has the meaning given in s. 16.957
6(1) (m).
AB68,2411 7Section 2411. 196.374 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1307,158 196.374 (2) (a) 1. The energy utilities in this state shall collectively establish
9and fund statewide energy efficiency and renewable resource programs , including
10programs for low-income households
. The energy utilities shall contract, on the
11basis of competitive bids, with one or more persons to develop and administer the
12programs. The utilities may not execute a contract under this subdivision unless the
13commission has approved the contract. The commission shall require each energy
14utility to spend the amount required under sub. (3) (b) 2. to fund statewide energy
15efficiency and renewable resource programs.
AB68,2412 16Section 2412. 196.374 (2) (a) 2. f. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1307,2017 196.374 (2) (a) 2. f. Components to promote energy efficiency and renewable
18energy measures for low-income households in this state and initiatives and market
19strategies to address the energy needs and decrease the energy burden of
20low-income households.
AB68,2413 21Section 2413. 196.374 (2) (a) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1308,222 196.374 (2) (a) 2m. The programs under this paragraph may include activities
23advertising the availability of loans under s. 66.0627 (8) for making or installing
24energy efficiency improvements, as defined in s. 66.0627 (1) (am), water efficiency

1improvements, as defined in s. 66.0627 (1) (d), or renewable resource applications to
2premises.
AB68,2414 3Section 2414. 196.374 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1308,134 196.374 (3) (b) 1. At least every 4 years, after notice and opportunity to be
5heard, the commission shall, by order, evaluate the energy efficiency and renewable
6resource programs under sub. (2) (a) 1., (b) 1. and 2., and (c) and ordered programs
7and set or revise goals, priorities, and measurable targets for the programs. The
8commission shall give priority to programs that moderate the growth in electric and
9natural gas demand and usage, facilitate markets and assist market providers to
10achieve higher levels of energy efficiency, promote energy reliability and adequacy,
11promote energy efficiency and renewable energy measures for low-income
12households,
avoid adverse environmental impacts from the use of energy, and
13promote rural economic development.
AB68,2415 14Section 2415. 196.374 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1308,2015 196.374 (3) (b) 2. The commission shall require each energy utility to spend 1.2
162.4 percent of its annual operating revenues derived from retail sales to fund the
17utility's programs under sub. (2) (b) 1., the utility's ordered programs, the utility's
18share of the statewide energy efficiency and renewable resource programs under
19sub. (2) (a) 1., and the utility's share, as determined by the commission under subd.
204., of the costs incurred by the commission in administering this section.
AB68,2416 21Section 2416. 196.374 (3) (f) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1308,2422 196.374 (3) (f) 5. Minimum requirements for energy efficiency and renewable
23resource programs under sub. (2) (a) 1. for low-income households and eligibility
24requirements for programs for low-income households.
AB68,2417 25Section 2417. 196.376 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1309,6
1196.376 Residential energy improvement program. The commission may
2establish and implement a program under which a public utility may finance energy
3improvements at a specific dwelling and recover the cost of those improvements over
4time through a surcharge periodically placed on the public utility's customer account
5for that dwelling. If the commission establishes such a program, it shall promulgate
6rules to implement the program.
AB68,2418 7Section 2418. 196.379 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1309,9 8196.379 Voluntary innovative technology programs. (1) In this section,
9“energy utility” has the meaning given in s. 196.374 (1) (e).
AB68,1309,13 10(2) (a) An energy utility may, with commission approval, administer or fund a
11voluntary innovative technology program. An energy utility may pay for a program
12under this subsection through rate charges to customers of the energy utility, as
13approved by the commission, or by another method approved by the commission.
AB68,1309,1514 (b) The commission shall promulgate rules related to implementing a program
15under this subsection.
AB68,1309,2016 (c) Upon approving a program under this subsection, the commission shall
17establish an initial pilot period for the program and a timeline for reevaluating the
18program. The commission shall reevaluate a program under this subsection
19according to the timeline established under this paragraph and shall set or revise
20goals, priorities, and measurable targets for the program.
AB68,1309,2221 (d) The commission may not order an energy utility to administer or fund a
22program under this subsection.
AB68,1309,2523 (e) An energy utility that administers or funds a program under this subsection
24may request at any time, and the commission may approve an energy utility's
25request, to modify or discontinue, in whole or in part, the program.
AB68,2419
1Section 2419. 196.491 (3g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1310,92 196.491 (3g) (a) A person who receives a certificate of public convenience and
3necessity for a high-voltage transmission line that is designed for operation at a
4nominal voltage of 345 kilovolts or more under sub. (3) shall pay the department of
5administration
commission an annual impact fee as specified in the rules
6promulgated by the department of administration commission under s. 16.969
7196.492 (2) (a) and shall pay the department of administration commission a
8one-time environmental impact fee as specified in the rules promulgated by the
9department of administration commission under s. 16.969 196.492 (2) (b).
AB68,2420 10Section 2420. 196.504 (1) (ac) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1310,1211 196.504 (1) (ac) 4. A political subdivision that is underserved or that is located
12in an unserved area.
AB68,2421 13Section 2421. 196.504 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1310,1714 196.504 (2) (a) To make broadband expansion grants to eligible applicants for
15the purpose of constructing broadband infrastructure in underserved areas
16designated under par. (d). Grants awarded under this section subsection shall be
17paid from the appropriations under s. 20.155 (3) (a), (r), and (rm).
AB68,2422 18Section 2422. 196.504 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1310,2319 196.504 (2) (b) To prescribe the form, nature, and extent of the information that
20shall be contained in an application for a grant under this section subsection. The
21application shall require the applicant to identify the area of the state that will be
22affected by the proposed project and explain how the proposed project will increase
23broadband access.
AB68,2423 24Section 2423. 196.504 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1311,17
1196.504 (2) (c) To establish criteria for evaluating applications and awarding
2grants under this section subsection. The criteria shall prohibit grants that have the
3effect of subsidizing the expenses of a provider of telecommunications service, as
4defined in s. 182.017 (1g) (cq), or the monthly bills of customers of those providers.
5The criteria shall give priority to projects that include matching funds, that involve
6public-private partnerships, that affect unserved areas, that are scalable, that
7promote economic development, that will not result in delaying the provision of
8broadband service to areas neighboring areas to be served by the proposed project,
9or that affect a large geographic area or a large number of underserved individuals
10or communities. When evaluating grant applications under this section subsection,
11the commission shall consider the degree to which the proposed projects would
12duplicate existing broadband infrastructure, information about the presence of
13which is provided to the commission by the applicant or another person within a time
14period designated by the commission; the impacts of the proposed projects on the
15ability of individuals to access health care services from home and the cost of those
16services; and the impacts of the proposed projects on the ability of students to access
17educational opportunities from home.
AB68,2424 18Section 2424. 196.504 (2g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1311,2019 196.504 (2g) The commission shall administer the broadband connector
20program and shall have the following powers:
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