196.191(3)(b)
(b) If a telecommunications utility or alternative telecommunications utility files a new tariff under sub.
(2) (b) to comply with sub.
(1) for intrastate switched access service that includes intrastate switched access rates higher than the intrastate switched access rates it charged on January 1, 2011, the tariff shall not be effective unless the new tariff is consistent with the public interest factors set forth in s.
196.03 (6) and does not violate s.
196.212 or
196.219 (2r) and the commission by order, after investigation and opportunity for a hearing, approves the new tariff and rates, except that an increase in intrastate switched access rates shall be effective at the time specified in the new tariff as filed with the commission if sub.
(2) (d) 2. a. is satisfied or, if the telecommunications utility or alternative telecommunications utility is a small telecommunications utility, sub.
(2) (d) 2. a. or
b. is satisfied.
196.191(4)
(4) Nothing in this section shall give the commission jurisdiction over the rates, tolls, and charges or the terms and conditions of any service that is not subject to a tariff under this section.
196.191(5)
(5) Every telecommunications utility or alternative telecommunications utility that files a tariff with the commission under this section shall include all rates, tolls, and charges and all terms and conditions that apply to the services specified in the tariff.
196.191(6)
(6) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a tariff for a service that permits a telecommunications utility or alternative telecommunications utility to enter into a contract with a customer for that tariffed service that includes rates, tolls, and charges and terms and conditions that are different from those in the tariff.
196.191(7)
(7) Except as provided in sub.
(6), no telecommunications utility or alternative telecommunications utility may charge, demand, collect, or receive more or less compensation for any service for which a tariff is filed under this section than is specified in the tariff, as may at the time be in force, or demand, collect, or receive any rate, toll, or charge for such service not specified in the tariff.
196.191(8)
(8) A copy of the tariffs filed under this section shall be made available to consumers in a form and place readily accessible to the public.
196.191 History
History: 2011 a. 22.
196.192
196.192
Market-based compensation, rates and contracts. 196.192(1)(a)
(a) “Electric public utility" means a public utility whose purpose is the generation, distribution and sale of electric energy.
196.192(2)(bm)(bm) Except as provided in par.
(br), the commission shall approve market-based rates for each investor-owned electric public utility that satisfy all of the following:
196.192(2)(bm)1.
1. The rates result in customers receiving market-based compensation for voluntary interruptions of firm load during peak periods of electric use.
196.192(2)(bm)2.
2. The rates include market-based pricing options and options for individual contracts that allow a retail customer, through service from its existing public utility, to receive market benefits and take market risks for the customer's purchases of capacity or energy.
196.192(2)(br)
(br) The commission may not approve a market-based rate under par.
(bm) unless the commission determines that the rate will not harm shareholders of the investor-owned electric public utility or customers who are not subject to the rate.
196.192(2)(c)
(c) Subject to any approval of the commission that is necessary, an electric public utility that is not an investor-owned electric public utility may implement market-based rates approved under par.
(bm).
196.192(2m)(a)(a) No later than January 1, 2020, an electric public utility providing service to an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone shall file with the commission tariffs that include market-based pricing and options that allow a new retail customer that is within the electronics and information technology manufacturing zone and that the commission determines is eligible for a credit under s.
71.07 (3wm) to receive market benefits and take market risks for some or all of the customer's purchases of capacity or energy, subject to the maximum capacity or energy purchase limits that shall be established by the commission. The electric public utility shall include the following requirements in the tariffs:
196.192(2m)(a)1.
1. The customer shall annually nominate the amount of capacity and energy subject to the market-based tariff.
196.192(2m)(a)2.
2. The customer shall provide not less than 12 months' notice to terminate service under the market-based tariff.
196.192(2m)(a)3.
3. The term of the market-based tariff may not be less than 10 years.
196.192(2m)(a)4.
4. The customer shall pay the difference, if any, between the otherwise applicable retail rate and the market-based tariff rate if the customer does any of the following:
196.192(2m)(a)4.a.
a. Supplies false or misleading information regarding its applicability for the market-based tariff.
196.192(2m)(a)4.b.
b. Leaves the electronics and information technology manufacturing zone to conduct substantially the same business outside the electronics and information technology manufacturing zone.
196.192(2m)(a)4.c.
c. Ceases operations in the electronics and information technology manufacturing zone and does not renew operation of the business or a similar business within the electronics and information technology manufacturing zone within 12 months.
196.192(2m)(b)
(b) The commission shall approve market-based rates that are consistent with par.
(a).