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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 SENATE BILL 784 |
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| 5 | 5 | | December 8, 2023 - Introduced by Senators SMITH, TAYLOR, WIRCH, SPREITZER, |
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| 6 | 6 | | LARSON, HESSELBEIN and CARPENTER, cosponsored by Representatives MOORE |
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| 7 | 7 | | OMOKUNDE, MADISON, EMERSON, SINICKI, CONSIDINE, STUBBS, CONLEY, ANDRACA, |
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| 8 | 8 | | PALMERI, SUBECK, JOERS, J. ANDERSON, BALDEH, RATCLIFF, NEUBAUER, OHNSTAD, |
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| 9 | 9 | | CLANCY, SHELTON, VINING, BARE and C. ANDERSON. Referred to Committee on |
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| 10 | 10 | | Utilities and Technology. |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT to create 196.376 of the statutes; relating to: on-bill financing of energy |
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| 12 | 12 | | improvements and granting rule-making authority. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 14 | 14 | | This bill requires the Public Service Commission to establish and implement |
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| 15 | 15 | | a program under which a public utility may finance energy improvements at a |
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| 16 | 16 | | specific dwelling for a residential customer. Under the bill, a public utility may |
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| 17 | 17 | | recover the cost of such an energy improvement through a surcharge periodically |
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| 18 | 18 | | placed on the customer's account. |
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| 19 | 19 | | For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as |
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| 20 | 20 | | an appendix to this bill. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 22 | 22 | | enact as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. 196.376 of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 24 | 24 | | 196.376 Residential energy improvement program. The commission |
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| 25 | 25 | | shall establish and implement a program under which a public utility may finance |
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| 26 | 26 | | energy improvements at a specific dwelling and recover the cost of those |
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| 27 | 27 | | improvements over time through a surcharge periodically placed on the public |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 784 |
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| 37 | 37 | | utility's customer account for that dwelling. The commission shall promulgate rules |
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| 38 | 38 | | to implement this program. |
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| 39 | 39 | | (END) |
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