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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 683 |
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| 5 | 5 | | November 27, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives GUSTAFSON, NEYLON, BALDEH, |
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| 6 | 6 | | GREEN, KRUG, MURPHY, O'CONNOR, RETTINGER, ROZAR, SPIROS, TITTL and |
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| 7 | 7 | | TRANEL, cosponsored by Senators COWLES and STROEBEL. Referred to |
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| 8 | 8 | | Committee on Energy and Utilities. |
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| 9 | 9 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT to amend 196.03 (4) of the statutes; relating to: the amount certain |
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| 11 | 11 | | public utilities may recover in rates relating to amounts assessed by the Public |
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| 12 | 12 | | Service Commission. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 14 | 14 | | This bill lowers the total amount that certain public utilities can recover in |
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| 15 | 15 | | rates for PSC proceeding expenditures. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Under current law, a public utility, sewerage system, or power district |
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| 17 | 17 | | (collectively, utility) may not raise the rates that it charges to customers without first |
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| 18 | 18 | | applying to the PSC for approval of the change. The PSC may assess to utilities |
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| 19 | 19 | | certain amounts corresponding to the PSC's expenditures in carrying out its duties |
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| 20 | 20 | | relating to utilities. Generally under current law, a public utility that supplies gas |
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| 21 | 21 | | or electricity to its customers and that is not a city, town, or village may recover in |
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| 22 | 22 | | rates any expenditure for costs in a proceeding before the PSC up to four times the |
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| 23 | 23 | | total amount assessed to that public utility by the PSC. This bill reduces this limit |
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| 24 | 24 | | to the total amount assessed to that public utility by the PSC. |
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| 25 | 25 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 26 | 26 | | enact as follows: |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 1. 196.03 (4) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 683 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 196.03 (4) Any public utility which that is not a city, town, or village and which |
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| 35 | 35 | | that supplies gas or electricity to its customers may not recover in rates set by the |
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| 36 | 36 | | commission from any customer for any expenditure for costs in a proceeding before |
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| 37 | 37 | | the commission which that exceed 4 times the total amount assessed to the utility |
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| 38 | 38 | | under s. 196.85 (1) and (2) unless the object of the expenditure has been ordered by |
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| 39 | 39 | | the commission. The commission, by rule, shall establish procedures whereby a |
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| 40 | 40 | | public utility may recover its expenditures under this subsection. |
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| 41 | 41 | | (END) |
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