196.378(3)(b)
(b) The commission may promulgate rules that establish requirements and procedures for a sale under
par. (a) 1.
196.378(3)(c)
(c) A renewable resource credit created under s.
196.378 (3) (a), 2003 stats., may not be used after December 31, 2011. A renewable resource credit created under
par. (a) 1. or
2., as affected by
2005 Wisconsin Act 141, may not be used after the 4th year after the year in which the credit is created, except the commission may promulgate rules specifying a different period of time if the commission determines that such period is necessary for consistency with any regional renewable resource credit trading program that applies in this state.
196.378(4)
(4) Rules. The commission may promulgate rules that designate a resource, except for a conventional resource, as a renewable resource in addition to the resources specified in
sub. (1) (h) 1. and
1m.
196.378(4m)
(4m) Additional renewable resources requirements. 196.378(4m)(a)(a) The commission may not impose on an electric provider any requirement that increases the electric provider's renewable energy percentage beyond that required under
sub. (2) (a) 2. If an electric provider is in compliance with the requirements of
sub. (2) (a) 2., the commission may not require the electric provider to undertake, administer, or fund any other renewable energy program. This paragraph does not limit the authority of the commission to enforce an electric provider's obligations under
s. 196.374.
196.378(4m)(b)
(b) An electric utility may, with commission approval, administer or fund a program that increases the electric utility's renewable energy percentage beyond that required under
sub. (2) (a) 2. The commission may not order an electric utility to administer or fund a program under this paragraph.
196.378(4r)
(4r) Reports. No later than July 1 of each even-numbered year, the commission shall submit a report to the governor and chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the legislature under
s. 13.172 (2) that evaluates the impact of the requirements of this section on the rates and revenue requirements of electric providers and compares that impact with the impact that would have occurred if renewable energy practices of electric providers were subject to market forces in the absence of the requirements of this section.
196.378(5)
(5) Penalty. Any person who violates
sub. (2) or any renewable energy supplier who provides an electric provider with a false or misleading certification regarding the sources or amounts of renewable energy supplied at wholesale to the electric provider shall forfeit not less than $5,000 nor more than $500,000. Forfeitures under this subsection shall be enforced by action on behalf of the state by the attorney general. A court imposing a forfeiture under this subsection shall consider all of the following in determining the amount of the forfeiture:
196.378(5)(a)
(a) The appropriateness of the forfeiture to the person's or wholesale supplier's volume of business.
196.378(5)(c)
(c) Whether a violation of
sub. (2) is due to circumstances beyond the violator's control.
196.378 History
History: 1999 a. 9;
2001 a. 30;
2005 a. 141.
196.378 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
PSC 118, Wis. adm. code.
196.39
196.39
Change, amendment and rescission of orders; reopening cases. 196.39(1)(1) The commission at any time, upon notice to the public utility and after opportunity to be heard, may rescind, alter or amend any order fixing rates, tolls, charges or schedules, or any other order made by the commission, and may reopen any case following the issuance of an order in the case, for any reason.
196.39(2)
(2) An interested party may request the reopening of a case under
s. 227.49.
196.39(3)
(3) Any order rescinding, altering, amending or reopening a prior order shall have the same effect as an original order.
196.39(4)
(4) Within 30 days after service of an order, the commission may correct an error or omission in the order related to transcription, typing or calculation without hearing if the correction does not alter the intended effect of the order.
196.39 Annotation
The PSC cannot order a change in rates by order, without notice and hearing, on the ground that the order is only a clarification of an earlier order. Mid-Plains Telephone, Inc. v. PSC
56 Wis. 2d 780,
202 N.W.2d 907 (1973).
196.395
196.395
Test, conditional, emergency and supplemental orders; waiver of conditions in orders. The commission may issue an order calling for a test of actual results under requirements prescribed by the order, during which test period the commission may retain jurisdiction of the subject matter. The commission may issue conditional, temporary, emergency and supplemental orders. If an order is issued upon certain stated conditions, any party acting upon any part of the order shall be deemed to have accepted and waived all objections to any condition contained in the order.
196.395 History
History: 1983 a. 53.
196.395 Annotation
Temporary and emergency rates may be appropriately and widely used by the public service commission when justified by the circumstances. Friends of the Earth v. PSC,
78 Wis. 2d 388,
254 N.W.2d 299 (1977).
196.40
196.40
Orders and determinations; time of taking effect. Every order or determination of the commission shall take effect 20 days after the order or determination has been filed and served by personal delivery or mail to all parties to the proceeding in which the order or determination was made or to their attorneys, unless the commission specifies a different date upon which the order or determination shall be effective. After the effective date every order or determination shall be on its face lawful and reasonable unless a court determines otherwise under
s. 227.57.
196.40 History
History: 1983 a. 53;
1985 a. 182 s.
57.
196.41
196.41
Court review. Any order or determination of the commission may be reviewed under
ch. 227.
196.41 History
History: 1983 a. 53.
196.43
196.43
Injunction procedure. 196.43(1)
(1) No injunction may be issued in any proceeding for review under
ch. 227 of an order of the commission, suspending or staying the order except upon application to the circuit court or presiding judge thereof, notice to the commission and any other party, and hearing. No injunction which delays or prevents an order of the commission from becoming effective may be issued in any other proceeding or action in any court unless the parties to the proceeding before the commission in which the order was made are also parties to the proceeding or action before the court.
196.43(2)
(2) No injunction may be issued in any proceeding for review under
ch. 227, or in any other proceeding or action, suspending or staying any order of the commission or having the effect of delaying or preventing any order of the commission from becoming effective, unless at least 2 sureties enter into an undertaking on behalf of the petitioner or plaintiff. The court or presiding judge of the court shall direct that the sum of the undertaking be enough to effect payment of any damage which the opposite party may sustain by the delay or prevention of the order of the commission from becoming effective, and to such further effect as the judge or court in its discretion directs. No order or judgment in any proceeding or action may be stayed upon appellate court review unless the petitioner or plaintiff enters into the undertaking under this subsection in addition to any undertaking required under
s. 808.07.
196.43(3)
(3) No injunction may be issued in any proceeding for review under
ch. 227 of an order of the commission under
s. 196.199 (3) (a) 2., suspending or staying the order, unless the court finds that the person seeking review of the order is likely to succeed on the merits and suffer irreparable harm without the suspension or stay and that the suspension or stay is in the public interest.
196.43 History
History: Sup. Ct. Order,
67 Wis. 2d 585, 775 (1975);
1977 c. 187 s.
135;
1983 a. 53;
1997 a. 218.
196.44
196.44
Law enforcement. 196.44(1)(1)
Duty of commission. The commission shall inquire into the neglect or violation of the laws of this state by public utilities, or by their officers, agents or employees or by persons operating public utilities, and shall enforce all laws relating to public utilities, and report all violations to the attorney general.
196.44(2)
(2) Duties of attorney general and district attorneys. Upon request of the commission, the attorney general or the district attorney of the proper county shall aid in any investigation, hearing or trial had under this chapter, and shall institute and prosecute all necessary actions or proceedings for the enforcement of all laws relating to public utilities or telecommunications providers, and for the punishment of all violations.
196.44(3)
(3) Actions, character, venue. Any forfeiture, fine or other penalty under this chapter may be recovered as a forfeiture in a civil action brought in the name of the state in the circuit court of Dane County or in the county that would be the proper place of trial under
s. 801.50.
196.48
196.48
Incriminating evidence. No person may be excused from testifying or from producing books, accounts and papers in any proceeding based upon or growing out of any violation of
chs. 195 to
197, on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence may tend to incriminate or subject the person to penalty or forfeiture. A person who testifies under this section may not be:
196.48(1)(a)(a) Prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for testifying or producing evidence.
196.48(2)
(2) Exempted from prosecution or punishment for perjury in testifying.
196.485
196.485
Transmission system requirements. 196.485(1)(a)
(a) "Affiliated interest of a person" means any of the following:
196.485(1)(a)1.
1. Any person owning or holding directly or indirectly 5% or more of the voting securities of the person.
196.485(1)(a)2.
2. Any person in any chain of successive ownership of 5% or more of voting securities of the person.
196.485(1)(a)3.
3. Any corporation 5% or more of whose voting securities is owned by any person owning 5% or more of the voting securities of the person or by any person in any chain of successive ownership of 5% or more of the voting securities of the person.
196.485(1)(a)4.
4. Any person who is an officer or director of the person or of any corporation in any chain of successive ownership of 5% or more of the voting securities of the person.
196.485(1)(a)5.
5. Any corporation operating a servicing organization for furnishing supervisory, construction, engineering, accounting, legal or similar services to the person, which corporation has one or more officers or one or more directors in common with the person, and any other corporation which has directors in common with the person if the number of directors of the corporation is more than one-third of the total number of the person's directors.
196.485(1)(am)
(am) "Contribute a transmission facility" means to divest a person's interest in the transmission facility and to transfer ownership of the transmission facility, and associated deferred tax reserves and deferred investment tax credits to the extent permitted by law, to another person.
196.485(1)(b)
(b) "Cooperative" means a cooperative association organized under
ch. 185.
196.485(1)(be)
(be) "Director" means, with respect to a transmission company organized as a corporation under
ch. 180, a member of the board of directors of the transmission company.
196.485(1)(bs)1.
1. A public utility that is involved in the generation, transmission, distribution or sale of electric energy.
196.485(1)(c)
(c) "Federal agency" means, with respect to a transmission utility that is a cooperative, the rural utilities service and, with respect to a transmission utility that is a public utility, the federal energy regulatory commission.
196.485(1)(d)
(d) "Independent system operator" means an independent system operator that requires the approval of a federal agency to operate transmission facilities in this state or a region.
196.485(1)(dm)1m.a.
a. The person does not own electric generation facilities or does not sell electric generation capacity or energy in a market within the geographic area that, on December 31, 1997, was served by the Mid-America Interconnected Network, Inc., Mid-Continent Area Power Pool, East Central Area Reliability Coordination Agreement or Southwest Power Pool reliability council of the North American Electric Reliability Council.
196.485(1)(do)
(do) "Land right" means any right in real property, including fee simple ownership or a right-of-way or easement, that has been acquired for a transmission facility that is located or intended to be located on the real property.
196.485(1)(dq)
(dq) "Manager" means, with respect to a transmission company organized as a limited liability company under
ch. 183, the representatives of the security holders that are elected or appointed under
sub. (3m) (c).
196.485(1)(dr)
(dr) "Merger enforcement policy" means the enforcement policy of the federal department of justice and the federal trade commission regarding horizontal acquisitions and mergers that are subject to
15 USC 1,
18 or
45.
196.485(1)(ds)
(ds) "Midwest independent system operator" means the independent system operator the establishment of which the federal energy regulatory commission has conditionally authorized in an order issued on September 16, 1998, or the successor to such independent system operator.
196.485(1)(dt)
(dt) "Nontransmission utility security holder" means a security holder that is not a transmission utility security holder.
196.485(1)(dv)
(dv) "Organizational start-up date" means, with respect to a transmission company that is organized as a limited liability company under
ch. 183, the date on which the articles of organization become effective under
s. 183.0111 or, with respect to a transmission company that is organized as a corporation under
ch. 180, the date on which the articles of incorporation become effective under
s. 180.0123.
196.485(1)(e)
(e) "Region" means an interstate geographic area that includes any portion of this state.
196.485(1)(em)
(em) "Retail electric cooperative" means a cooperative that provides retail electric service to its members.
196.485(1)(f)
(f) "Rural utilities service" means the agency in the federal department of agriculture that is the successor to the rural electrification administration.
196.485(1)(fe)
(fe) "Security" means, with respect to a transmission company organized as a corporation under
ch. 180, a share, as defined in
s. 180.0103 (15), and, with respect to a transmission company organized as a limited liability company under
ch. 183, a limited liability company interest, as defined in
s. 183.0102 (11).
196.485(1)(fm)
(fm) "Subsidiary" means any person, 5% or more of the securities of which are directly or indirectly owned by another person.
196.485(1)(g)
(g) "Transmission area" means the area of the state that, on January 1, 1997, was served by the Mid-America Interconnected Network, Inc., reliability council of the North American Electric Reliability Council.
196.485(1)(ge)
(ge) "Transmission company" means a corporation organized under
ch. 180 or a limited liability company organized under
ch. 183 that has as its sole purpose the planning, constructing, operating, maintaining and expanding of transmission facilities that it owns to provide for an adequate and reliable transmission system that meets the needs of all users that are dependent on the transmission system and that supports effective competition in energy markets without favoring any market participant.
196.485(1)(gm)
(gm) "Transmission dependent utility" means an electric utility that is not a transmission utility and that is dependent on the transmission system of another person for delivering electricity to the electric utility's customers.
196.485(1)(h)
(h) "Transmission facility" means any pipe, pipeline, duct, wire, line, conduit, pole, tower, equipment or other structure used for the transmission of electric power as determined by the public service commission on the basis of factors for identifying a transmission facility that are specified in the orders of the federal energy regulatory commission under
16 USC 824d and
824e.
196.485(1)(i)
(i) "Transmission utility" means a cooperative or public utility that owns a transmission facility in this state and that provides transmission service in this state.
196.485(1)(j)
(j) "Transmission utility security holder" means a person that is a security holder of a transmission company, is an investor-owned transmission utility in the transmission area and has contributed its transmission facilities to the transmission company.
196.485(1)(k)
(k) "Wholesale electric cooperative" means a cooperative that provides wholesale electric service to its members.
196.485(1m)(a)(a) The duty of any electric utility that has contributed its transmission facilities to the transmission company to finance, construct, maintain or operate a transmission facility shall terminate on the date, as determined by the commission under
sub. (2) (d), that the transmission company begins operations.
196.485(1m)(b)
(b) After beginning operations, the transmission company shall, except for transmission service provided by an electric utility that has not transferred its transmission facilities to the transmission company, have the exclusive duty to provide transmission service in those areas in which transmission facilities have been contributed. The duty under this paragraph shall terminate on the date, as determined by the commission under
sub. (2) (d), that the Midwest independent system operator begins operations, except that the duty shall revert to the transmission company if the transmission company withdraws from the Midwest independent system operator under
sub. (3m) (b) 3. If the transmission company makes such a withdrawal, the transmission company shall assume any power or duty granted by state law before the withdrawal to the Midwest independent system operator.
196.485(1m)(c)
(c) After beginning operations, the Midwest independent system operator shall, except for transmission service provided by an electric utility that has not transferred control over its transmission facilities to the Midwest independent system operator, and except as provided in
par. (b), have the exclusive duty to provide transmission service in the transmission area and shall ensure that each transmission facility in the transmission area that is under its operational control is planned, constructed, operated, maintained and controlled as part of a single transmission system.
