SB459-SSA1,15,2515 76.28 (1) (d) "Gross revenues" for a light, heat and power company other than
16a qualified wholesale electric company or a transmission company means total
17environmental control charges paid to the company under a financing order issued
18under s. 196.027 (2) and total operating revenues as reported to the public service
19commission except revenues for interdepartmental sales and for interdepartmental
20rents as reported to the public service commission and deductions from the sales and
21use tax under s. 77.61 (4), except that the company may subtract from revenues
22either the actual cost of power purchased for resale, as reported to the public service
23commission, by a light, heat and power company, except a municipal light, heat and
24power company, that purchases under federal or state approved wholesale rates
25more than 50% of its electric power from a person other than an affiliated interest,

1as defined in s. 196.52 (1), if the revenue from that purchased electric power is
2included in the seller's gross revenues or the following percentages of the actual cost
3of power purchased for resale, as reported to the public service commission, by a
4light, heat and power company, except a municipal light, heat and power company
5that purchases more than 90% of its power and that has less than $50,000,000 of
6gross revenues: 10% for the fee assessed on May 1, 1988, 30% for the fee assessed on
7May 1, 1989, and 50% for the fee assessed on May 1, 1990, and thereafter. For a
8qualified wholesale electric company, "gross revenues" means total business
9revenues from those businesses included under par. (e) 1. to 4. For a transmission
10company, "gross revenues" means total operating revenues as reported to the public
11service commission, except revenues for transmission service that is provided to a
12public utility that is subject to the license fee under sub. (2) (d), to a public utility, as
13defined in s. 196.01 (5), or to a cooperative association organized under ch. 185 for
14the purpose of providing electricity to its members only. For an electric utility, as
15defined in s. 16.957 (1) (g), "gross revenues" does not include public benefits
16low-income assistance fees collected by the electric utility under s. 16.957 (4) (a) or
17(5) (a). For a generator public utility, "gross revenues" does not include any grants
18awarded to the generator public utility under s. 16.958 (2) (b). For a wholesale
19supplier, as defined in s. 16.957 (1) (w), "gross revenues" does not include any public
20benefits
low-income assistance fees that are received from a municipal utility or
21retail electric cooperative or under a joint program established under s. 16.957 (5)
22(f). For a municipal utility, "gross revenues" does not include public benefits
23low-income assistance fees received by the municipal utility from a municipal utility
24or retail electric cooperative under a joint program established under s. 16.957 (5)
25(f).
SB459-SSA1, s. 50
1Section 50. 76.48 (1g) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB459-SSA1,16,192 76.48 (1g) (d) "Gross revenues" means total operating revenues, except
3revenues for interdepartmental sales and for interdepartmental rents, less
4deductions from the sales and use tax under s. 77.61 (4) and, in respect to any electric
5cooperative that purchases more than 50% of the power it sells, less the actual cost
6of power purchased for resale by an electric cooperative, if the revenue from that
7purchased electric power is included in the seller's gross revenues or if the electric
8cooperative purchased more than 50% of the power it sold in the year prior to
9January 1, 1988, from a seller located outside this state. For an electric cooperative,
10"gross revenues" does not include grants awarded to the electric cooperative under
11s. 16.958 (2) (b). For a retail electric cooperative, "gross revenues" does not include
12public benefits low-income assistance fees collected by the retail electric cooperative
13under s. 16.957 (5) (a), public benefits low-income assistance fees received by the
14retail electric cooperative from a retail electric cooperative or municipal utility under
15a joint program established under s. 16.957 (5) (f). For a wholesale supplier, as
16defined in s. 16.957 (1) (w), "gross revenues" does not include any public benefits
17low-income assistance fees that are received from a municipal utility, as defined in
18s. 16.957 (1) (q), or retail electric cooperative or under a joint program established
19under s. 16.957 (5) (f).
SB459-SSA1, s. 51 20Section 51. 77.54 (44) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB459-SSA1,16,2221 77.54 (44) The gross receipts from the collection of public benefits low-income
22assistance
fees that are charged under s. 16.957 (4) (a) or (5) (a).
SB459-SSA1, s. 52 23Section 52. 79.005 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB459-SSA1,17,224 79.005 (4) (d) Replacing steam generating equipment at a combustion-based
25renewable facility, as defined in s. 196.378 (1) (g), that is located in this state, to

1increase efficiency or capacity, if the facility remains a combustion-based renewable
2facility, as defined in s. 196.378 (1) (g), after replacing the equipment.
SB459-SSA1, s. 53 3Section 53. 101.027 (1) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated,
4renumbered 101.027 (1) and amended to read:
SB459-SSA1,17,85 101.027 (1) In this section: (a) "Energy, "energy conservation code" means the
6energy conservation code promulgated by the department that sets design
7requirements for construction and equipment for the purpose of energy conservation
8in public buildings and places of employment.
SB459-SSA1, s. 54 9Section 54. 101.027 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB459-SSA1, s. 55 10Section 55. 101.027 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB459-SSA1,18,211 101.027 (2) The department shall review the energy conservation code and
12shall promulgate rules that change the requirements of the energy conservation code
13to improve energy conservation. No rule may be promulgated that has not taken into
14account the cost of the energy conservation code requirement, as changed by the rule,
15in relationship to the benefits derived from that requirement, including the
16reasonably foreseeable economic and environmental benefits to the state from any
17reduction in the use of imported fossil fuel. The proposed rules changing the energy
18conservation code shall be submitted to the legislature in the manner provided under
19s. 227.19. In conducting a review under this subsection, the department shall
20consider incorporating, into the energy conservation code, design requirements from
21the most current national energy efficiency design standards, including standard
2290.1 - 1989
the International Energy Conservation Code or an energy efficiency code
23other than standard 90.1 - 1989 the International Energy Conservation Code if that
24energy efficiency code is used to prescribe design requirements for the purpose of

1conserving energy in buildings and is generally accepted and used by engineers and
2the construction industry.
SB459-SSA1, s. 56 3Section 56. 101.027 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB459-SSA1,18,54 101.027 (3) (a) 1. A revision of standard 90.1 - 1989 the International Energy
5Conservation Code
is published.
SB459-SSA1, s. 57 6Section 57. 101.027 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB459-SSA1,18,97 101.027 (3) (a) 2. Five Three years have passed from the date on which the
8department last submitted to the legislature proposed rules changing the energy
9conservation code.
SB459-SSA1, s. 58 10Section 58. 101.027 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB459-SSA1,18,1711 101.027 (3) (b) 1. If the department begins a review under sub. (2) because a
12revision of standard 90.1 - 1989 the International Energy Conservation Code is
13published, the department shall complete its review of the energy conservation code,
14as defined in sub. (1),
and submit to the legislature proposed rules changing the
15energy conservation code, as defined in sub. (1), no later than 18 months after the
16date on which the revision of standard 90.1 - 1989 the International Energy
17Conservation Code
is published.
SB459-SSA1, s. 59 18Section 59. 101.027 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB459-SSA1,18,2419 101.027 (3) (b) 2. If the department begins a review under sub. (2) because 5
203 years have passed from the date on which the department last submitted to the
21legislature proposed rules changing the energy conservation code, the department
22shall complete its review of the energy conservation code and submit to the
23legislature proposed rules changing the energy conservation code no later than 9
24months after the last day of the 5-year 3-year period.
SB459-SSA1, s. 60 25Section 60. 196.025 (1) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
SB459-SSA1,19,1
1196.025 (1) (title) State energy policy.
SB459-SSA1, s. 61 2Section 61. 196.025 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 196.025 (1) (a) and
3amended to read:
SB459-SSA1,19,84 196.025 (1) (a) Consideration of energy priorities. To Except as provided in
5pars. (b) to (d), to
the extent cost-effective, technically feasible and environmentally
6sound, the commission shall implement the priorities under s. 1.12 (4) in making all
7energy-related decisions and orders, including advance plan strategic energy
8assessment
, rate setting and rule-making orders.
SB459-SSA1, s. 62 9Section 62. 196.025 (1) (b) to (d) of the statutes are created to read:
SB459-SSA1,19,1610 196.025 (1) (b) Energy conservation and efficiency. In a proceeding regarding
11a request by an investor-owned electric public utility or wholesale supplier, as
12defined in s. 16.957 (1) (w), under s. 196.49, 196.491 (3), or 196.80 for authority to
13acquire, construct, install, or operate any plant, equipment, property, or facility, the
14commission is not required to evaluate energy conservation and efficiency as an
15element of or alternative to the proposal if the commission has fulfilled all of its
16duties and responsibilities under s. 196.374 and one of the following applies:
SB459-SSA1,19,1817 1. If the applicant is an investor-owned electric public utility, the applicant has
18satisfied the requirements of s. 196.374 for that year, as specified in s. 196.374 (8).
SB459-SSA1,19,2119 2. If the applicant is a wholesale supplier, as defined in s. 16.957 (1) (w), the
20commission determines that the applicant's members are in the aggregate
21substantially in compliance with s. 196.374 (7).
SB459-SSA1,19,2222 (c) Renewable resources. 1. In this paragraph:
SB459-SSA1,19,2323 a. "Renewable resource" has the meaning given in s. 196.374 (1) (j).
SB459-SSA1,19,2424 b. "Wholesale supplier" has the meaning given in s. 16.957 (1) (w).
SB459-SSA1,20,6
12. In a proceeding regarding a request by an investor-owned electric public
2utility or wholesale supplier under s. 196.49, 196.491 (3), or 196.80 for authority to
3acquire, construct, install, or operate any plant, equipment, property, or facility, the
4commission is not required to consider renewable resources as an element of or
5alternative to the proposal if the commission has fulfilled all of its duties and
6responsibilities under s. 196.378 and one of the following applies:
SB459-SSA1,20,87 a. If the applicant is an investor-owned electric public utility, the applicant is
8in compliance with the requirements of s. 196.378 (2) for that year.
SB459-SSA1,20,119 b. If the applicant is a wholesale supplier, the commission determines that the
10applicant's members are in the aggregate substantially in compliance with s. 196.378
11(2).
SB459-SSA1,20,1612 (d) Transmission facilities. In a proceeding regarding a request by a public
13utility under s. 196.49, 196.491 (3), or 196.80, to acquire, construct, install, or operate
14an electric transmission facility or associated equipment, the commission is not
15required to find that approval of the proposal would implement the policies under s.
161.12 (4).
SB459-SSA1, s. 63 17Section 63. 196.025 (1m) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
SB459-SSA1,20,1818 196.025 (1m) (title) Transmission corridors.
SB459-SSA1, s. 64 19Section 64. 196.025 (2) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
SB459-SSA1,20,2020 196.025 (2) (title) Environmental impacts.
SB459-SSA1, s. 65 21Section 65. 196.025 (2m) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
SB459-SSA1,20,2222 196.025 (2m) (title) Coordination with department of natural resources.
SB459-SSA1, s. 66 23Section 66. 196.025 (3) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
SB459-SSA1,20,2424 196.025 (3) (title) Reliability reports.
SB459-SSA1, s. 67 25Section 67. 196.025 (4) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
SB459-SSA1,21,1
1196.025 (4) (title) Small-scale generation incentives.
SB459-SSA1, s. 68 2Section 68. 196.025 (5) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
SB459-SSA1,21,33 196.025 (5) (title) Market power study.
SB459-SSA1, s. 69 4Section 69. 196.374 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB459-SSA1,21,6 5196.374 Energy efficiency and renewable resource programs. (1)
6Definitions. In this section:
SB459-SSA1,21,87 (a) "Agricultural producer" means a person engaged in an agricultural activity,
8as defined in s. 101.10 (1) (a).
SB459-SSA1,21,119 (b) "Commitment to community program" means an energy efficiency or load
10management program by or on behalf of a municipal utility or retail electric
11cooperative.
SB459-SSA1,21,1412 (c) "Customer application of renewable resources" means the generation of
13energy from renewable resources that takes place on the premises of a customer of
14an energy utility or municipal utility or a member of a retail electric cooperative.
SB459-SSA1,21,1815 (d) "Energy efficiency program" means a program for reducing the usage or
16increasing the efficiency of the usage of energy by a customer or member of an energy
17utility, municipal utility, or retail electric cooperative. "Energy efficiency program"
18does not include load management.
SB459-SSA1,21,2019 (e) "Energy utility" means an investor-owned electric or natural gas public
20utility.
SB459-SSA1,21,2521 (f) "Load management program" means a program to allow an energy utility,
22municipal utility, wholesale electric cooperative, as defined in s. 16.957 (1) (v), retail
23electric cooperative, or municipal electric company, as defined in s. 66.0825 (3) (d),
24to control or manage daily or seasonal customer demand associated with equipment
25or devices used by customers or members.
SB459-SSA1,22,1
1(g) "Local unit of government" has the meaning given in s. 23.24 (4) (a) 1.
SB459-SSA1,22,22 (h) "Municipal utility" has the meaning given in s. 16.957 (1) (q).
SB459-SSA1,22,63 (i) "Ordered program" means an energy efficiency or renewable resource
4program that an energy utility commenced on or after January 1, 2001, under a
5commission order issued on or after January 1, 2001, and in effect before the effective
6date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date].
SB459-SSA1,22,107 (j) "Renewable resource" means a resource that derives energy from any source
8other than coal, petroleum products, nuclear power or, except as used in a fuel cell,
9natural gas. "Renewable resource" includes resources deriving energy from any of
10the following:
SB459-SSA1,22,1111 1. Solar energy.
SB459-SSA1,22,1212 2. Wind power.
SB459-SSA1,22,1313 3. Water power.
SB459-SSA1,22,1414 4. Biomass.
SB459-SSA1,22,1515 5. Geothermal technology.
SB459-SSA1,22,1616 6. Tidal or wave action.
SB459-SSA1,22,1817 7. Fuel cell technology that uses, as determined by the commission, a renewable
18fuel.
SB459-SSA1,22,2419 (k) "Renewable resource program" means a program for encouraging the
20development or use of customer applications of renewable resources, including
21educating customers or members about renewable resources, encouraging
22customers or members to use renewable resources, and encouraging the transfer of
23new or emerging technologies from research, development, and demonstration to
24commercial implementation.
SB459-SSA1,22,2525 (L) "Retail electric cooperative" has the meaning given in s. 16.957 (1) (t).
SB459-SSA1,23,4
1(m) "Shared savings program" means a program under which a person finances
2the installation of energy efficiency improvements or renewable resources systems
3in the facilities of a customer and recovers the cost of the installation from a portion
4of the cost savings realized by the customer as a result of the installation.
SB459-SSA1,23,55 (n) "Wholesale supplier" has the meaning given in s. 16.957 (1) (w).
SB459-SSA1,23,66 (o) "Wholesale supply percentage" has the meaning given in s. 16.957 (1) (x).
SB459-SSA1,23,14 7(2) Energy efficiency and renewable resource programs. (a) Statewide
8programs.
1. The energy utilities in this state shall collectively establish and fund
9statewide energy efficiency and renewable resource programs. The energy utilities
10shall contract, on the basis of competitive bids, with one or more persons to
11administer the programs. The utilities may not execute a contract under this
12subdivision unless the commission has approved the contract. The commission shall
13require each energy utility to spend the amount required under sub. (3) (b) 2. to fund
14statewide energy efficiency and renewable resource programs.
SB459-SSA1,23,1915 2. The purpose of the programs under this paragraph shall be to help achieve
16environmentally sound and adequate energy supplies at reasonable cost, consistent
17with the commission's responsibilities under s. 196.025 (1) (a) and the utilities'
18obligations under this chapter. The programs shall include, at a minimum, all of the
19following:
SB459-SSA1,23,2220 a. Components to address the energy needs of residential, commercial,
21agricultural, institutional, and industrial energy users and local units of
22government.
SB459-SSA1,24,623 b. Components to reduce the energy costs incurred by local units of government
24and agricultural producers, by increasing the efficiency of energy use by local units
25of government and agricultural producers. The commission shall ensure that not

1less than 10 percent of the moneys utilities are required to spend under subd. 1. or
2sub. (3) (b) 2. is spent annually on programs under this subdivision except that, if the
3commission determines that the full amount cannot be spent on cost-effective
4programs for local units of government and agricultural producers, the commission
5shall ensure that any surplus funds be spent on programs to serve commercial,
6institutional, and industrial customers.
SB459-SSA1,24,107 c. Initiatives and market strategies that address the needs of individuals or
8businesses facing the most significant barriers to creation of or participation in
9markets for energy efficient products that the individual or business manufactures
10or sells or energy efficiency services that the individual or business provides.
SB459-SSA1,24,1511 3. The commission may not require an energy utility to administer or fund any
12energy efficiency or renewable resource program that is in addition to the programs
13required under subd. 1. and any ordered program of the utility. This subdivision does
14not limit the authority of the commission to enforce an energy utility's obligations
15under s. 196.378.
SB459-SSA1,24,2216 (b) Utility-administered programs. 1. An energy utility may, with commission
17approval, administer or fund one or more energy efficiency programs that is limited
18to large commercial, industrial, institutional, or agricultural customers in its service
19territory. An energy utility shall pay for a program under this subdivision with a
20portion of the amount required under sub. (3) (b) 2., as approved by the commission.
21The commission may not order an energy utility to administer or fund a program
22under this subdivision.
SB459-SSA1,25,223 2. An energy utility may, with commission approval, administer or fund an
24energy efficiency or renewable resource program that is in addition to the programs

1required under par. (a) or authorized under subd. 1. The commission may not order
2an energy utility to administer or fund a program under this subdivision.
SB459-SSA1,25,73 3. An energy utility that administers or funds a program under subd. 1. or 2.
4or an ordered program may request, and the commission may approve, to modify or
5discontinue, in whole or in part, the ordered program. An energy utility shall request
6the establishment, modification, or discontinuation of a program under subd. 1. or
72. or an ordered program as part of a proceeding under sub. (3) (b) 1.
SB459-SSA1,25,148 (c) Customer programs. A customer of an energy utility may, with commission
9approval, administer and fund its own energy efficiency programs. A customer that
10funds a program under this paragraph may deduct the amount of the funding from
11the amount the customer is required to pay for the energy utility's recovery of
12amounts under sub. (5) (a) and the energy utility may credit the amount of the
13funding against the amount the energy utility is required to spend under sub. (3) (b)
142.
SB459-SSA1,25,24 15(3) Commission duties. (a) In general. The commission shall have oversight
16of programs under sub. (2). The commission shall maximize coordination of program
17delivery, including coordination between programs under subs. (2) (a) 1., (b) 1. and
182., and (c) and (7), ordered programs, low-income weatherization programs under s.
1916.957, renewable resource programs under s. 196.378, and other energy efficiency
20or renewable resource programs. The commission shall cooperate with the
21department of natural resources to ensure coordination of energy efficiency and
22renewable resource programs with air quality programs and to maximize and
23document the air quality improvement benefits that can be realized from energy
24efficiency and renewable resource programs.
SB459-SSA1,26,9
1(b) Programs and funding. 1. At least every 4 years, after notice and
2opportunity to be heard, the commission shall, by order, evaluate the energy
3efficiency and renewable resource programs under sub. (2) (a) 1., (b) 1. and 2., and
4(c) and ordered programs and set or revise goals, priorities, and measurable targets
5for the programs. The commission shall give priority to programs that moderate the
6growth in electric and natural gas demand and usage, facilitate markets and assist
7market providers to achieve higher levels of energy efficiency, promote energy
8reliability and adequacy, avoid adverse environmental impacts from the use of
9energy, and promote rural economic development.
SB459-SSA1,26,1610 2. The commission shall require each energy utility to spend 1.2 percent of its
11annual operating revenues to fund the utility's programs under sub. (2) (b) 1., the
12utility's ordered programs, and the utility's share of the statewide energy efficiency
13and renewable resource programs under sub. (2) (a) 1. Subject to approval under
14subd. 3., the commission may require each energy utility to spend a larger percentage
15of its annual operating revenues to fund these programs. The commission may make
16such a requirement based on the commission's consideration of all of the following:
SB459-SSA1,26,2017 a. Studies of potential energy-efficiency improvements that could be made in
18this state, including at least one study completed within the preceding 2 years that
19provides a prospective 5-year and 10-year estimate of such potential that is
20cost-effective.
SB459-SSA1,26,2221 b. The potential short-term and long-term impacts on electric and natural gas
22rates and alternative means to mitigate such impacts.
SB459-SSA1,26,2523 c. The impact on the continuation and effectiveness of existing energy efficiency
24and renewable resource programs, and the ability of such programs to capture
25time-limited and cost-effective energy-efficiency opportunities.
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1d. The impact on the reliability and adequacy of systems for the generation and
2transmission of electricity and the transmission of natural gas.
SB459-SSA1,27,33 e. Societal impacts.
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