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Third-party Solar Financing in Wisconsin Unsettled
The first municipality to test the ambiguity of Wisconsin’s third-party solar financing law was the City of Monona in 2014, when they successfully installed four rooftop solar PV systems financed by a third party (see Solar Energy Financing …
Wisconsin Utilities Will Report on Diversity and Customer Energy Burden
The PSC is requiring Wisconsin’s 609 regulated electric, gas and water utilities to include in annual reporting demographic information on their employees, boards of directors and supply chains, as well as the percent of household income spent …
As panels proliferate, Wisconsin to study rooftop solar potential
Article originally published by Wisconsin State Journal. The Public Service Commission voted … to study the potential for customer-owned generation, paying special attention to low-income households. The results could inform the commission’s policy decisions in …
President’s Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis
A substantial focus of President Biden’s Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis moves the country to a clean energy economy by using federal government procurement to stimulate the clean energy industry and good paying jobs. It …
NBI Releases Code Language to Achieve Carbon Neutral Buildings
Energy use in the built environment accounts for 39% of U.S. CO2 emissions. To help mitigate that, the New Buildings Institute (NBI) released the Building Decarbonization Code that aims to deliver carbon neutral performance in both residential and commercial …
Alliant Energy Will Shut Down Its Last Coal Plant In Wisconsin
Article originally published by Wisconsin Public Radio. Madison-based Alliant Energy announced February 2 [Tuesday] it’s shuttering its roughly 1,100-megawatt coal plant in Columbia County by the end of 2024. The facility is the utility’s last remaining coal …
Brown County Buys Prime Riverfront to Relocate Coal Piles
Brown County will buy nearly 44 acres of Wisconsin Public Service Corp’s Pulliam Power Plant to relocate the coal piles located on the valuable Shipyard District waterfront development. Ultimately, the purchase was made possible with …
Aspirus Health receives “Renewable Energy Catalyst of the Year” award
Article originally published by Wausau Pilot and Review. RENEW Wisconsin recently [Jan 2021] presented two champions of Aspirus Health’s sustainability efforts with a “2020 Renewable Energy Catalyst of the Year” award… “At Aspirus, we recognize …
Wisconsin’s First Large-Scale Solar Plus Storage Project Advances
WEC Energy Group and Madison Gas & Electric (MGE) filed with the PSC to purchase the Paris Solar-Battery Park for roughly $400 million. The 310 MW solar plus storage project includes a 200 MW PV farm, which would generate enough electricity to power approximately 60,000 homes, and a …