Subjects

Electric utility

151 bills across 7 sessions, from the Legislature's subject index.

• AB 25 Relating to: an incumbent transmission facility owner’s right to construct, own, and maintain certain transmission facilities and Public Service Commission procedures if the transmission facility is a regionally cost-shared transmission line. Died at session end 2025
• AB 35 Relating to: withdrawal of candidacy for certain offices filled at the general election and providing a penalty. (FE) Became law 2025
• AB 50 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AJR 6 Relating to: recognizing that the Wisconsin State Legislature supports nuclear power and fusion energy as clean energy sources that are critical to safely meeting Wisconsin’s growing energy demands and declaring the legislature’s commitment to the continuation and expansion of nuclear power and nuclear technologies, the development of nuclear technologies and fusion energy, and employing the leadership and resources necessary to support the development of and investment in nuclear power, fusion energy, and related technologies in the state. Died at session end 2025
• SB 28 Relating to: an incumbent transmission facility owner’s right to construct, own, and maintain certain transmission facilities and Public Service Commission procedures if the transmission facility is a regionally cost-shared transmission line. Died at session end 2025
• SB 34 Relating to: withdrawal of candidacy for certain offices filled at the general election and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 45 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) Became law 2025
• SJR 7 Relating to: recognizing that the Wisconsin State Legislature supports nuclear power and fusion energy as clean energy sources that are critical to safely meeting Wisconsin’s growing energy demands and declaring the legislature’s commitment to the continuation and expansion of nuclear power and nuclear technologies, the development of nuclear technologies and fusion energy, and employing the leadership and resources necessary to support the development of and investment in nuclear power, fusion energy, and related technologies in the state. Passed one chamber 2025
• AB 108 Relating to: a nuclear power siting study and time limits for taking final action on certain certificate of public convenience and necessity applications. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 132 Relating to: creating a board to organize, promote, and host a Wisconsin nuclear power summit. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 174 Relating to: transmission facilities; installation of large wind energy, large solar energy, and battery energy storage systems; installation of light-mitigating technology systems; and prioritizing nuclear energy resources. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 207 Relating to: information provided to voters concerning proposed constitutional amendments and other statewide referenda. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 472 Relating to: a nuclear energy generation tax credit; prioritizing nuclear energy resources; approval of certain electric tariffs for very large customers; and authorizing electric utilities to recover certain precertification costs through rates. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 493 Relating to: authorizing community solar programs and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 574 Relating to: verifying a voter’s change of address and registration status and removing ineligible voters from the official voter registration list. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 618 Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption and an income and franchise tax credit for nuclear energy facilities. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 657 Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for nuclear fusion technology projects. (FE) Became law 2025
• AB 722 Relating to: large energy customer fees; electric utility very large customer class; a renewable resource tariff; building requirements for data centers; water usage by large customers; required pay rate on large-scale data center projects; and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 768 Relating to: operation of drones over certain utility facilities and providing a penalty. Became law 2025
• AB 858 Relating to: Public Service Commission consideration of the social cost of carbon emissions and the recovery of costs relating to fossil fuel energy production infrastructure and transitioning to renewable resource energy production. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 869 Relating to: increasing the Focus on Energy rate and including residential energy storage in Focus on Energy. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 937 Relating to: including a space for write-in candidates on city election ballots; eliminating independent candidates from the partisan primary ballot; and using a temporary operator’s license or identification card to establish proof of residence for voter registration (suggested as remedial legislation by the Elections Commission). Died at session end 2025
• SB 124 Relating to: creating a board to organize, promote, and host a Wisconsin nuclear power summit. (FE) Became law 2025
• SB 125 Relating to: a nuclear power siting study and time limits for taking final action on certain certificate of public convenience and necessity applications. (FE) Became law 2025
• SB 205 Relating to: information provided to voters concerning proposed constitutional amendments and other statewide referenda. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 502 Relating to: a nuclear energy generation tax credit; prioritizing nuclear energy resources; approval of certain electric tariffs for very large customers; and authorizing electric utilities to recover certain precertification costs through rates. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 559 Relating to: authorizing community solar programs and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 567 Relating to: verifying a voter’s change of address and registration status and removing ineligible voters from the official voter registration list. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 636 Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for nuclear fusion technology projects. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 637 Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption and an income and franchise tax credit for nuclear energy facilities. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 729 Relating to: large energy customer fees; electric utility very large customer class; a renewable resource tariff; building requirements for data centers; water usage by large customers; required pay rate on large-scale data center projects; and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 766 Relating to: operation of drones over certain utility facilities and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2025
• SB 869 Relating to: increasing the Focus on Energy rate and including residential energy storage in Focus on Energy. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 916 Relating to: including a space for write-in candidates on city election ballots; eliminating independent candidates from the partisan primary ballot; and using a temporary operator’s license or identification card to establish proof of residence for voter registration (suggested as remedial legislation by the Elections Commission). Died at session end 2025
• SB 925 Relating to: automatic voter registration. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1151 Relating to: securitization of retiring power plants. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1162 Relating to: a very large customer class for electric utilities and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1167 Relating to: prohibiting recovery of a rate of return on retired electric generating facilities; an exemption from certificate requirements for constructing a large electric generating facility; and a permit dashboard for applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1177 Relating to: notice provided to electric utility customers with rate case information... Died at session end 2025
• AB 1203 Relating to: net zero emissions, carbon-free and renewable energy standards, and creating an office of sustainability and clean energy, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 1120 Relating to: securitization of retiring power plants. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 1122 Relating to: prohibiting recovery of a rate of return on retired electric generating facilities; an exemption from certificate requirements for constructing a large electric generating facility; and a permit dashboard for applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 1125 Relating to: priorities for siting certain electric transmission facilities. Died at session end 2025
• SB 1141 Relating to: notice provided to electric utility customers with rate case information... Died at session end 2025
• SB 1150 Relating to: net zero emissions, carbon-free and renewable energy standards, and creating an office of sustainability and clean energy, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 1152 Relating to: requirements for granting a certificate for certain electric facilities and use of environmental trust bonds to finance the costs of retiring electric facilities. Died at session end 2025
• AB 43 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2023 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 73 Relating to: changing the phase-out of utility aid payments for decommissioned power plants. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 67 Relating to: changing the phase-out of utility aid payments for decommissioned power plants. (FE) Became law 2023
• SB 70 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2023 legislature. (FE) Became law 2023
• AB 258 Relating to: authorizing community solar programs and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 275 Relating to: damages claims relating to delayed relocation of utilities in a highway right-of-way and modifying administrative rules promulgated by the Department of Transportation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 470 Relating to: an incumbent transmission facility owner's right to construct, own, and maintain certain transmission facilities and Public Service Commission procedures if the transmission facility is a regionally cost-shared transmission line. Died at session end 2023
• AB 572 Relating to: absentee voting in certain residential care facilities and retirement homes and court determinations of incompetency and ineligibility to vote. Vetoed 2023
• AB 582 Relating to: facilitating voter registration for those who have their voting rights restored. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 682 Relating to: use of environmental trust bonds to finance the costs of retiring electric generating facilities; integrated resource and reliability planning by electric utilities and cooperatives; closure of large electric generating facilities; and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 811 Relating to: considering the social cost of carbon emissions. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 226 Relating to: authorizing community solar programs and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 270 Relating to: damages claims relating to delayed relocation of utilities in a highway right-of-way and modifying administrative rules promulgated by the Department of Transportation. (FE) Became law 2023
• SB 481 Relating to: an incumbent transmission facility owner's right to construct, own, and maintain certain transmission facilities and Public Service Commission procedures if the transmission facility is a regionally cost-shared transmission line. Died at session end 2023
• SB 593 Relating to: absentee voting in certain residential care facilities and retirement homes and court determinations of incompetency and ineligibility to vote. Died at session end 2023
• SB 622 Relating to: facilitating voter registration for those who have their voting rights restored. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 651 Relating to: use of environmental trust bonds to finance the costs of retiring electric generating facilities; integrated resource and reliability planning by electric utilities and cooperatives; closure of large electric generating facilities; and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 760 Relating to: considering the social cost of carbon emissions. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 1165 Relating to: the installation of light-mitigating technology systems on certain wind energy systems and high-voltage transmission line towers. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 1175 Relating to: the Public Service Commission's authority to obtain information about Internet service availability. Died at session end 2023
• SB 1085 Relating to: the Public Service Commission's authority to obtain information about Internet service availability. Died at session end 2023
• AB 68 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2021 legislature. (FE) Became law 2021
• AB 489 Relating to: changing the phase-out of utility aid payments for decommissioned power plants. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 527 Relating to: authorizing community solar programs and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 801 Relating to: evaluating the social cost of carbon emissions. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 892 Relating to: an incumbent transmission facility owner's right to construct, own, and maintain certain transmission facilities. Died at session end 2021
• SB 111 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2021 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 468 Relating to: changing the phase-out of utility aid payments for decommissioned power plants. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 490 Relating to: authorizing community solar programs and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 760 Relating to: evaluating the social cost of carbon emissions. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 838 Relating to: an incumbent transmission facility owner's right to construct, own, and maintain certain transmission facilities. Died at session end 2021
• SB 1095 Relating to: the Public Service Commission's authority to obtain information about Internet service availability. Died at session end 2021
• SB 1104 Relating to: broadband expansion grants; assistance for paying for Internet service; regulations of broadband service; electric providers using easements to provide broadband; municipal broadband service; counting pupils for state school aid purposes; calculating the amount to be appropriated for state general school aid; school aid factors; special adjustment aids; hold harmless aid; per pupil aid; school district revenue limits; the first dollar and school levy property tax credits; creating a one-year fee remission program to cover tuition and fees for resident students enrolled in technical colleges and University of Wisconsin System two-year campuses; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 56 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2019 legislature. Became law 2019
• SB 59 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2019 legislature. Died at session end 2019
• AB 233 Relating to: charging facility grant program and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 235 Relating to: exception from local levy limits for political subdivisions receiving certain utility aid payments. (FE) Became law 2019
• AB 766 Relating to: evaluating the social cost of carbon emissions. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 959 Relating to: the Public Service Commission's authority to obtain information about Internet service availability, broadband expansion grants, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 236 Relating to: charging facility grant program and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 251 Relating to: exception from local levy limits for political subdivisions receiving certain utility aid payments. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 839 Relating to: the Public Service Commission's authority to obtain information about Internet service availability, broadband expansion grants, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 32 Relating to: the prosecution and venue for trial of certain offenses by certain state residents. Died at session end 2017
• AB 64 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2017 legislature. Became law 2017
• SB 30 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2017 legislature. Died at session end 2017
• AB 153 Relating to: aggrieved parties petitioning for a recount and making an appropriation. Became law 2017
• AB 198 Relating to: public service commission authority over leased generation contracts. Died at session end 2017
• AB 204 Relating to: resources eligible for renewable resource credits. Died at session end 2017
• AB 257 Relating to: requiring candidates for president or vice president to file tax returns with the elections commission. Died at session end 2017
• AB 322 Relating to: authorization for electors to vote in the primary of more than one political party. Died at session end 2017
• AB 375 Relating to: review and modification of voter registration lists. Died at session end 2017
• AB 532 Relating to: one-call system enforcement and other requirements, Public Service Commission authority regarding state energy policy, settlements between parties in Public Service Commission dockets, various public utility regulatory requirements, the regulation of utility facilities under a county construction site erosion control and storm water management zoning ordinance, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) Became law 2017
• AB 578 Relating to: increasing funding to the Elections Commission for elections administration positions and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 609 Relating to: automatic voter registration and the integration of registration information with information maintained by the Department of Transportation and other state agencies and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 637 Relating to: using an electronic voting machine to cast a vote with an in-person absentee ballot. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 743 Relating to: post-election risk-limiting audits and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AJR 71 Relating to: reserving to the people the power of referendum to reject acts of the legislature and the power of initiative to propose and approve at an election laws and constitutional amendments (first consideration). Died at session end 2017
• SB 102 Relating to: aggrieved parties petitioning for a recount and making an appropriation. Died at session end 2017
• SB 115 Relating to: public service commission authority over leased generation contracts. Died at session end 2017
• SB 144 Relating to: resources eligible for renewable resource credits. Became law 2017
• SB 166 Relating to: requiring candidates for president or vice president to file tax returns with the elections commission. Died at session end 2017
• SB 229 Relating to: authorization for electors to vote in the primary of more than one political party. Died at session end 2017
• SB 413 Relating to: political expenditures by corporations and cooperative associations. Died at session end 2017
• SB 475 Relating to: one-call system enforcement and other requirements, Public Service Commission authority regarding state energy policy, settlements between parties in Public Service Commission dockets, various public utility regulatory requirements, the regulation of utility facilities under a county construction site erosion control and storm water management zoning ordinance, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 482 Relating to: increasing funding to the Elections Commission for elections administration positions and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 498 Relating to: deceptive election practices and providing a criminal penalty. Died at session end 2017
• SB 524 Relating to: using an electronic voting machine to cast a vote with an in-person absentee ballot. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 335 Relating to: utility aid payments for decommissioned or closed production plants. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 384 Relating to: requirements for approval of construction of nuclear power plants and changes to the state's energy priorities policy. Became law 2015
• AB 490 Relating to: utility aid payments to towns and counties for production plants that generate electricity from wind power. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 547 Relating to: trespass and damage to property owned or used by an energy provider and providing a criminal penalty. (FE) Became law 2015
• AB 560 Relating to: disconnection devices for distributed generation facilities. Died at session end 2015
• AB 804 Relating to: one-call system violations; sulfur dioxide compliance plans; assessment authority of the Public Service Commission; funding for statewide energy efficiency and renewable resource programs; public utility contracts with affiliated interests; local access and transport areas for telephone service; railroad telecommunications service; Department of Natural Resources permit application procedures related to the construction of a high-voltage transmission line; navigable water general permits and individual permits related to utility facilities; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 252 Relating to: utility aid payments for decommissioned or closed production plants. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 288 Relating to: requirements for approval of construction of nuclear power plants and changes to the state's energy priorities policy. Died at session end 2015
• SB 457 Relating to: trespass and damage to property owned or used by an energy provider and providing a criminal penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 580 Relating to: disconnection devices for certain distributed generation facilities. Died at session end 2015
• SB 654 Relating to: one-call system violations; sulfur dioxide compliance plans; assessment authority of the Public Service Commission; funding for statewide energy efficiency and renewable resource programs; public utility contracts with affiliated interests; local access and transport areas for telephone service; railroad telecommunications service; Department of Natural Resources permit application procedures related to the construction of a high-voltage transmission line; navigable water general permits and individual permits related to utility facilities; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 794 Relating to: renewable portfolio standards applicable to certain electric utilities and cooperatives. Died at session end 2015
• AB 1015 Relating to: renewable portfolio standards applicable to certain electric utilities and cooperatives. Died at session end 2015
• AB 1 Relating to: regulation of ferrous metallic mining and related activities, procedures for obtaining approvals from the Department of Natural Resources for the construction of utility facilities, making an appropriation, and providing penalties. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 1 Relating to: regulation of ferrous metallic mining and related activities, procedures for obtaining approvals from the Department of Natural Resources for the construction of utility facilities, making an appropriation, and providing penalties. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 34 Relating to: the use of nuclear energy to comply with renewable portfolio standards and the time period for using credits to comply with such standards. Died at session end 2013
• AB 39 Relating to: powers and duties of an electric transmission company and certificates of public convenience and necessity and permits for certain electric generating facilities and high-voltage transmission lines. Died at session end 2013
• AB 40 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2013 legislature. (FE) Became law 2013
• SB 35 Relating to: powers and duties of an electric transmission company and certificates of public convenience and necessity and permits for certain electric generating facilities and high-voltage transmission lines. Became law 2013
• SB 47 Relating to: renewable energy requirements for retail electric utilities and cooperatives. Died at session end 2013
• AB 197 Relating to: utility aid payments to towns and counties for production plants that generate electricity from wind power. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 257 Relating to: exemption from civil liability for electric service providers. Died at session end 2013
• AB 425 Relating to: the maximum width of, and projecting loads on, vehicles carrying poles, pipe, girders, and similar materials. Died at session end 2013
• AB 594 Relating to: renewable energy portfolio standards. Became law 2013
• AB 595 Relating to: Public Service Commission certificates for certain activities; tampering with telecommunications or electric wires; regulation of pay telephone service providers and cable television telecommunications service providers; accident reporting by telecommunications utilities; the definition of transmission facility; availability of public utility rate schedules; and rule-making procedures. Became law 2013
• AB 596 Relating to: renewable resource credits, removal of certain natural gas service laterals, natural gas public utility service in municipalities, and granting rule-making authority. Became law 2013
• AB 774 Relating to: procedures for utility projects that require a permit from the Department of Natural Resources. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 876 Relating to: renewable portfolio standards and credits; electricity derived from biofuels; electric utility purchases of renewable energy and customer-generated electricity; distributed generation rules; granting rule-making authority; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 899 Relating to: value of solar tariffs for electric utilities. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 900 Relating to: energy supply and demand study and electric utility integrated resource plans. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 180 Relating to: utility aid payments to towns and counties for production plants that generate electricity from wind power. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 341 Relating to: the maximum width of, and projecting loads on, vehicles carrying poles, pipe, girders, and similar materials. Became law 2013
• SB 470 Relating to: Public Service Commission certificates for certain activities; tampering with telecommunications or electric wires; regulation of pay telephone service providers and cable television telecommunications service providers; accident reporting by telecommunications utilities; the definition of transmission facility; availability of public utility rate schedules; and rule-making procedures. Died at session end 2013
• SB 473 Relating to: renewable resource credits, removal of certain natural gas service laterals, natural gas public utility service in municipalities, and granting rule-making authority. Died at session end 2013
• SB 474 Relating to: renewable energy portfolio standards. Died at session end 2013
• SB 517 Relating to: collection of certain utility arrearages by a municipal utility and the provision of municipal utility service to tenants. (FE) Became law 2013
• SB 625 Relating to: procedures for utility projects that require a permit from the Department of Natural Resources. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 660 Relating to: renewable portfolio standards and credits; electricity derived from biofuels; electric utility purchases of renewable energy and customer-generated electricity; distributed generation rules; granting rule-making authority; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2013