The Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC) released a report, A Tale of Two States: Minnesota’s Clean Energy Policies Outpace Wisconsin’s, that compares the clean energy policies and performance of the two states. Minnesota’ s electrical …
Policy
Curbs on Methane, Potent Greenhouse Gas, to Be Relaxed in U.S.
Article originally published by The New York Times The Trump administration laid out on Thursday [August 29] a far-reaching plan to cut back on the regulation of methane emissions, a major contributor to climate change. …
PACE Wisconsin Remains a Commercial Financing Program
A bill being circulated in the Wisconsin legislature about property assessed clean energy (PACE) financing would not impact the commercial PACE Wisconsin program adopted by 42 Wisconsin counties and that is governed under uniform standards by a PACE Commission …
Settlement would limit We Energies rate increase to 1.3% in 2020
Article originally published by BizTimes A settlement between WEC Energy Group and two major customer groups would limit We Energies’ overall electric rate increase to 1.3% in 2020 with no additional rate increase in 2021. …
PSC Approves Cardinal Hickory Creek Transmission Line
The nearly $500 million Cardinal-Hickory Creek transmission line is southwestern Wisconsin was approved by all three commissioners of the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. Their decision was based on improving access to wind energy from …
Governor’s Executive Order Creates Path to 100% Carbon-free Electricity by 2050
Governor Evers signed an Executive Order (EO #38) creating the Office of Sustainability and Clean Energy in the Department of Administration. The Office will work toward the goal of 100 percent carbon-free electricity statewide by 2050 …
Governor’s Budget Funding for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Challenged in Veto Power Lawsuit
Governor Evers used his partial veto, in the state budget he signed in early July, to designate that up to $10 million for electric vehicle charging stations be allocated from VW settlement funds. That is among four …
Rule Rollback for Clean Cars Meets Diverse Opposition
Twenty-four governors representing 52% of US population have asked the Trump administration to stop the rollback of rules for auto emissions. Wisconsin is not among them. Seventeen automakers asked the President to soften his approach …
New EPA Proposal Suggest a Modest Increase in Biofuel Quotas
The EPA’s proposal to reset the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) would require refiners and importers to increase their renewable fuel use in 2020 by 0.6 percent from 19.92 billion gallons to 20.04 billion gallons. Fifteen …
Calling Out Proposed Rules on Federal Appliance Standards ASAP
US Department of Energy (US DOE) actions to weaken efficiency standards for gas furnaces, water heaters, dishwashers and light bulbs are being called out by The Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP) and ACEEE. A 2016 report by ASAP …