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Bills from the 2013–14 session

Assembly Bill 594

Renewable energy portfolio standards

Became law

The governor signed it on Apr 16, 2014. It's ⁠.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jan 3, 2014

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Jan 21, 2014

  4. Senate vote, passed

    Passed Jan 22, 2014

  5. Governor, passed

    Signed

  6. Law, here now

    2013 Wisconsin Act 290

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 16, 2014: “Published 4-17-2014”

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What it does

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, electric utilities and retail electric cooperatives (electric providers) are required to ensure that, in a given year, a specified percentage of the electricity that the utility or cooperative sells to customers is renewable energy.

These requirements are commonly referred to as renewable portfolio standards (RPSs), and they include deadlines that apply to an electric provider's renewable energy percentage (REP). In general, an electric provider's REP for a particular year is the percentage that results from dividing the renewable energy sold in year, augmented by certain credits, by the total electricity sold in that year. For the year 2009, current law prohibited an electric provider from decreasing its REP below its baseline renewable percentage (BRP), which is defined as the average of the electric provider's REP for 2001, 2002, and 2003. For the year 2010, current law required an electric provider to increase its REP at least two percentage points above its BRP.

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For the years 2011 to 2014, current law prohibits an electric provider from decreasing its REP below the percentage required in 2010. For the year 2015, current law requires an electric provider to increase its REP at least six percentage points above its BRP, and for each year thereafter, current law prohibits an electric provider from decreasing its REP below the percentage required in 2015.

This bill creates an exception to the above requirements for the years 2015 and thereafter. The exception applies to an electric provider whose BRP exceeds 12 percent and whose REP for the year 2014 exceeds 14 percent. Under the bill, an electric provider who qualifies for the exception must maintain its REP in the years 2015 and thereafter at a level that is at least two percentage points above its BRP.

Who's behind it

6 representatives are its ⁠. 5 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.

6 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (6)

Signed on in support (6)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities vote to recommend it

Passed, 10 to 0 · Jan 16, 2014

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 10, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 16, 2014

    The new law was published.

  2. Apr 16, 2014

    The governor signed it. It became 2013 Wisconsin Act 290.

  3. Apr 15, 2014

    Sent to the governor.

  4. Jan 22, 2014

    The Senate passed it too.

  5. Jan 22, 2014

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.

  6. Jan 21, 2014

    The Senate received it.

  7. Jan 21, 2014

    4 more representatives signed on in support.

  8. Jan 21, 2014

    The Assembly passed it.

  9. Jan 16, 2014

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  10. Jan 16, 2014

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 10 to 0.

  11. Jan 9, 2014

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  12. Jan 9, 2014

    The committee held a public hearing.

  13. Jan 3, 2014

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities.

  14. Jan 3, 2014

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jan 3, 2014 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Krug, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Severson, T. Larson and Kahl; cosponsored by Senators Farrow, Petrowski, Grothman and Lassa

  2. Jan 3, 2014 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities

  3. Jan 9, 2014 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Jan 9, 2014 · Assembly

    Representative Shankland added as a coauthor

  5. Jan 15, 2014 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Jan 16, 2014 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  7. Jan 16, 2014 · Assembly

    Referred to Committee on Rules

  8. Jan 16, 2014 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-21-2014 by Committee on Rules

  9. Jan 21, 2014 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  10. Jan 21, 2014 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Jan 21, 2014 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  12. Jan 21, 2014 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  13. Jan 21, 2014 · Assembly

    Representatives Wright, Barca, Bewley and Zepnick added as coauthors

  14. Jan 21, 2014 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  15. Jan 21, 2014 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  16. Jan 22, 2014 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  17. Jan 22, 2014 · Senate

    Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Senate Organization and take up

  18. Jan 22, 2014 · Senate

    Read a second time

  19. Jan 22, 2014 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  20. Jan 22, 2014 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  21. Jan 22, 2014 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  22. Jan 22, 2014 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  23. Jan 22, 2014 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  24. Feb 4, 2014 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 2-4-2014

  25. Apr 15, 2014 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-15-2014

  26. Apr 16, 2014 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-16-2014. 2013 Wisconsin Act 290

  27. Apr 16, 2014 · Assembly

    Published 4-17-2014

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Wisconsin Act

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Official term: Act. More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

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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

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Wisconsin Act

The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.

Official term: Act

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