Assembly Bill 146
Use of renewable resource credits to comply with renewable portfolio standards
Topics: Electric utility, Energy conservation, Public Service Commission
Stopped in committee
It had a but no committee vote, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
May 20, 2011
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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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 ”
It sat with the Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities.
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Terms on this page
Committee
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Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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
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. Such requirements, which are commonly referred to as renewable portfolio standards (RPSs), are administered by the Public Service Commission (PSC). Current law allows for the creation of renewable resource credits that electric providers can use, sell, or purchase to help comply with an RPS. Current law imposes certain restrictions on the use of renewable resource credits, including a restriction that a credit may not be used after the fourth year after which the credit is created, unless the PSC promulgates rules specifying a different time period that is necessary for consistency with a regional renewable resource credit trading program that applies in this state.
This bill eliminates that restriction.
Who's behind it
16 lawmakers are its . All 16 are Republicans.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (16)
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Honadel · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Chris Kapenga · Republican, Senate
- John Klenke · Republican, Assembly
- Dean Knudson · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Michelle Litjens · Republican, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Roger Rivard · Republican, Assembly
- Erik Severson · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Larson · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Terry Moulton · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Sep 6, 2011
The committee held a public hearing.
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May 20, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities.
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May 20, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- May 20, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Severson, Honadel, Petryk, Klenke, T. Larson, Bernier, Brooks, Jacque, Kapenga, Knudson, Kooyenga, Krug, LeMahieu, Litjens, Rivard and Spanbauer;Cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Moulton and Wanggaard
- May 20, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Energy and Utilities
- Sep 6, 2011 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Sep 14, 2011 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Severson
- Dec 14, 2011 · Assembly
Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representative Severson
- 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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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