Assembly Bill 114
Eligibility of hydroelectric resources under the renewable portfolio standard
Topics: Cooperative associations, Electric utility, Energy conservation
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Apr 27, 2011
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, an electric utility or retail electric cooperative (electric provider) is subject to certain requirements for ensuring that, in a given year, a specified percentage of the electricity that the electric provider sells to retail customers or members is derived from renewable resources. These requirements are commonly collectively referred to as the renewable portfolio standard (RPS).
"Renewable resource" is defined to include certain resources, including a resource deriving electricity from hydroelectric power that has a capacity of less than 60 megawatts. An electric provider may count toward compliance with the RPS electricity purchased by the electric provider that is generated from such a hydroelectric resource. Subject to certain requirements, an electric provider can also count electricity generated from such a hydroelectric resource that the electric provider owns or operates.
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Effective December 31, 2015, this bill allows, under certain circumstances, an electric provider to count toward compliance with the RPS electricity derived by a hydroelectric facility with a capacity of 60 megawatts or more, which the bill defines as a "large hydroelectric facility." The bill allows an electric provider to count electricity derived from a large hydroelectric facility only if the facility was initially placed in service on or after December 31, 2010. In addition, for a large hydroelectric facility located in Manitoba, Canada, the electricity may be counted toward compliance only if the following are satisfied: 1) the Province of Manitoba informs the Public Service Commission in writing that final licenses have replaced interim licenses for two specified hydroelectric projects located in the province; and 2) those final licenses are in effect under Canadian law. The bill does not change the requirements under current law relating to electricity derived from a hydroelectric facility with a capacity of less than 60 megawatts, except that the bill defines such a facility as a "small hydroelectric facility."
Who's behind it
17 lawmakers are its . 16 are Republicans and 1 is a Independent.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (17)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Honadel · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- John Klenke · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Meyer · Republican, Assembly
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Steineke · Republican, Assembly
- Gary Tauchen · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Tiffany · Republican, Senate
- Karl Van Roy · Republican, Assembly
- Chad Weininger · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Ziegelbauer · Independent, Assembly
Signed on in support (8)
- Pam Galloway · Republican, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Randy Hopper · Republican, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities vote to recommend it
Passed, 9 to 1 · May 11, 2011
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 9, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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May 17, 2011
1 more representative signed on in support.
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May 11, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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May 11, 2011
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 9 to 1.
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May 3, 2011
The committee held a public hearing.
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Apr 27, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities.
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Apr 27, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 27, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Klenke, Weininger, Jacque, Honadel, Steineke, Ziegelbauer, Nygren, Tauchen, Petersen, A. Ott, Bies, Meyer, Petrowski, Van Roy, LeMahieu, Tiffany and Spanbauer;Cosponsored by Senators Lasee, Galloway, Leibham, Hopper, Wirch, Holperin and Hansen
- Apr 27, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Energy and Utilities
- May 3, 2011 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- May 11, 2011 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- May 11, 2011 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 9, Noes 1
- May 11, 2011 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- May 12, 2011 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 5-17-2011 by committee on Rules
- May 17, 2011 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Hulsey
- May 17, 2011 · Assembly
Representative Strachota added as a coauthor
- Sep 13, 2011 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote