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Bills from the 2015–16 session

Senate Bill 794

Renewable portfolio standards applicable to certain electric utilities and cooperatives

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 21, 2016

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 13, 2016: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

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

This bill eliminates requirements under current law for electric utilities and retail electric cooperatives (electric providers) to ensure 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.

The requirements are commonly and collectively referred to as renewable portfolio standards (RPSs). "Renewable resource" is defined to include a resource deriving electricity from any of the following: certain fuel cells; tidal or wave action;

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solar thermal electric or photovoltaic energy; wind power; geothermal technology;

biomass; certain synthetic gases; certain densified fuel pellets; fuels produced by pyrolysis of organic or waste material; and certain hydroelectric facilities. In addition, current law allows the Public Service Commission (PSC) to promulgate rules designating other resources as renewable resources. Under that authority, the PSC has promulgated rules designating biogas a renewable resource. Current law also provides for the creation of credits based on the electricity that an electric provider derives from renewable resources. An electric provider may use the credits it creates to comply with an RPS for a particular year or sell the credits to another electric provider who may use the purchased credits to comply with an RPS. The bill eliminates all of the foregoing requirements and provisions.

The bill also eliminates a goal under current law that, by December 31, 2015, 10 percent of all electricity consumed in the state is derived from renewable resources. In addition, the bill eliminates a requirement under current law for the PSC to make annual reports regarding the goal.

Who's behind it

Duey Stroebel, a Republican, is its ⁠.

8 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Author (1)

Signed on in support (8)

What happened

  1. Apr 13, 2016

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 21, 2016

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy.

  3. Mar 21, 2016

    Introduced in the Senate.

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  1. Mar 21, 2016 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Stroebel; cosponsored by Representatives Craig, R. Brooks, Hutton, Jacque, Katsma, Kremer, J. Ott and Sanfelippo

  2. Mar 21, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy

  3. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

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Public hearing

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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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Author

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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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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

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