Assembly Bill 34
The use of nuclear energy to comply with renewable portfolio standards and the time period for using credits to comply with such standards
Stopped in committee
It never got a , 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
Feb 18, 2013
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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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, Apr 8, 2014: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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 (utility or cooperative) is subject to certain requirements for ensuring that, in a given year, a specified percentage of the electricity that the utility or cooperative sells to retail customers is derived from renewable resources. Such requirements are commonly referred to as "renewable portfolio standards." A utility or cooperative creates renewable resource credits based on the amount of electricity derived from renewable resources that the utility or cooperative sells to its customers or members in a year. Current law allows a utility or cooperative to use the credits to comply with a renewable portfolio standard for a particular year, bank the credits for use in a subsequent year, or sell the credits to another utility or cooperative. Current law defines "renewable resource" to include solar and wind power, geothermal technology, biomass, and other specified resources. A utility or cooperative may not create a credit based on electricity derived from a "conventional resource," which current law defines to include coal, oil, nuclear power, and, with certain exceptions, natural gas.
This bill allows a utility or cooperative to use electricity derived from nuclear power to comply with a renewable portfolio standard. The bill achieves that result by allowing a utility or cooperative to create credits based on the amount of electricity derived from nuclear power that the utility or cooperative sells to its customers or members in a year, in addition to the amount of electricity derived from renewable resources. However, only electricity generated at a nuclear facility in this state may be used to comply with a renewable portfolio standard. In addition, the electricity may not be used if it is subject to a power purchase agreement that was entered into before the bill's effective date.
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The bill also eliminates a restriction on the use of credits to comply with renewable portfolio standards. Under current law, a credit may not be used after the fourth year in which the credit is created, unless the Public Service Commission promulgates rules specifying a different time period. This bill eliminates that restriction.
Who's behind it
10 lawmakers are its . All 10 are Republicans.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (10)
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Ott · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Jeffrey Stone · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Richard Gudex · Republican, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Apr 8, 2014
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 18, 2013
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities.
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Feb 18, 2013
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 18, 2013 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Jacque, Tittl, Bies, Brooks, LeMahieu, Murphy, J. Ott, Schraa, Stone and Marklein; cosponsored by Senators Lasee, Grothman and Gudex
- Feb 18, 2013 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities
- Apr 8, 2014 · 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