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Policy

Enbridge Oil Pipeline Comment Period Extended to April 15

Posted on April 1, 2022

The Wisconsin DNR is extending the public comment period to April 15th for the analysis of the draft environmental impact statement that it prepared for the proposed 41-mile relocation of Enbridge’s Line 5 natural gas and oil …

Posted in Featured Newsletter Blog Post, Policy

Wisconsin Legislature Passes One Energy Bill – Expanding PACE Access

Posted on April 1, 2022

The Wisconsin Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program that finances building energy efficiency, renewable energy, and water conservation upgrades for businesses will be expanded to include energy reliability improvements, weather-related resiliency projects, electric vehicle …

Posted in Featured Newsletter Blog Post, Policy

Wisconsin Agriculture/Carbon/Energy/Water Initiative

Posted on December 1, 2021

A-CEW, an initiative of policy makers and the private sector, has been developing recommendations on energy and carbon in agriculture. Gary Tauchen, chair of the Agriculture Committee of the Wisconsin legislature working with UW-Extension, Clean …

Posted in Featured Newsletter Blog Post, Policy

BLM prioritizes renewable energy on federal lands

Posted on December 1, 2021

The Bureau of Land Management currently has more than 40 renewable energy projects in the permitting pipeline, making significant inroads toward meeting President Biden’s onshore green energy goal, a senior Interior Department official said today. …

Posted in Newsletter Blog Post, Policy

Clean Hydrogen Research Proposed to De-carbonize Industry and Heavy Transportation

Posted on December 1, 2021

On the same November day the infrastructure bill was signed, legislation (H.R. 5965, The Clean Hydrogen Deployment Act of 2021) to create a clean hydrogen R&D program at the Department of Energy to advance clean …

Posted in Newsletter Blog Post, Policy

Bifacial Solar Panels Exempt from Tariffs Again

Posted on December 1, 2021

An exemption from Section 201 tariffs was reinstated for imported bifacial solar panels as of November 16th, based on a decision in the US Court of International Trade. Tariffs that were placed on imported silicon …

Posted in Newsletter Blog Post, Policy

Untapped potential: Rooftop solar could meet 2/3 of Wisconsin’s electricity needs, study finds

Posted on December 1, 2021

Wisconsin’s rooftops could support enough solar panels to meet two-thirds of the state’s electricity needs, generating more electricity than all fossil fuel sources combined last year. Yet a new study predicts fewer than 2% of …

Posted in Newsletter Blog Post, Policy

Farmers and Rural Businesses REAP Substantial Funding for Clean Energy 

Posted on September 14, 2021

The Rural Energy for America Program or REAP would receive $2.5 billion over 10 years with the additional appropriations made by the Congressional Agriculture Committee September 9 (sec.12005, p29+) as part of the $3.5 trillion …

Posted in Featured Newsletter Blog Post, Newsletter Blog Post, Policy

Executive Order Sets Aggressive EV Goals Supported by Industry

Posted on August 6, 2021

President Biden signed an Executive Order August 5, 2021 to strengthen America’s leadership in clean cars and trucks setting the goal that half of all new passenger vehicles sold in the US will be electric …

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Federal Infrastructure Bill Would Provide $79 Million for Wisconsin EV Charging

Posted on August 1, 2021

The federal infrastructure bill would provide Wisconsin $79 million over 5 years for electric vehicle charging stations should it pass the House. It passed in the Senate in early August. This would be key to …

Posted in Featured Newsletter Blog Post, Newsletter Blog Post, Policy
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