Assembly Bill 901
Net metering for rooftop solar energy systems
Topics: Energy conservation, Public utility
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Jan 23, 2026
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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, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities. The committee's chair at the time was David Steffen. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 892. That version died when the session ended.
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
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 this bill, an electric provider may not prohibit an interconnection with a rooftop solar energy system on the basis of the system’s generating capacity if the system’s generating capacity does not exceed 500 kilowatts for a commercial building or 30 kilowatts for a residential building. Under the bill, an electric provider is a public utility that owns or operates a retail electric distribution system, or a retail electric cooperative. The bill provides that, in determining whether a rooftop solar energy system’s generating capacity exceeds those limits, an electric provider may not include the generating capacity, energy storage capacity, or discharge power rating of a battery energy storage system associated with the rooftop solar energy system. The bill also provides that a rooftop solar energy system may not interconnect to electric distribution facilities unless the system includes advanced metering infrastructure and allows for meter aggregation.
The bill requires each electric provider to establish a standardized net metering agreement to be used for all customer-owned rooftop solar energy systems that meet the generating capacity limits described above. The bill applies a number of requirements to such a standardized net metering agreement, including that the electric provider must issue to a customer a credit for any electricity generated by the customer’s rooftop solar energy system that is delivered to the electric power distribution grid. The bill requires that this credit be valued at 100 percent of the retail rate of electricity and applied against the customer’s electric bill in any subsequent month. The bill provides that such credits expire on March 31 of each calendar year, and that any unexpired credits are transferable to a new building owner at the time of sale.
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Under the bill, an electric provider may revise a standardized net metering agreement if the adoption rate of rooftop solar energy systems in its service territory exceeds 10 percent in any of the preceding 12 months. The same requirements apply to a revised net metering agreement, except that the value of a credit issued to a customer is 90 percent of the retail rate of electricity. The bill provides that a revised agreement takes effect 60 days after written notice is provided to all customers in the electric provider’s service area.
Who's behind it
6 representatives are its . All 6 are Republicans.
1 more lawmaker .
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Authors (6)
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Joy Goeben · Republican, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Melotik · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (1)
- Eric Wimberger · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 23, 2026
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities.
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Jan 23, 2026
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 23, 2026 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Krug, Behnke, Goeben, Kaufert, Knodl and Melotik; cosponsored by Senator Wimberger
- Jan 23, 2026 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities
- Mar 23, 2026 · 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