196.025 Duties of the commission.

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(1)State energy policy.

(ag)Definitions. In this subsection:

1. “Renewable resource” has the meaning given in s. 196.374

(j).

2. “Wholesale supplier” has the meaning given in s. 16.957

(w).

(ar)Consideration of energy priorities. Except as provided in pars.

(b)to

(d), to the extent cost-effective, technically feasible and environmentally sound, the commission shall implement the priorities under s. 1.12

(4)in making all energy-related decisions and orders, including strategic energy assessment, rate setting and rule-making orders.

(b)Energy conservation and efficiency.

1. In a proceeding in which an investor-owned electric public utility is a party, the commission shall not order or otherwise impose energy conservation or efficiency requirements on the investor-owned electric public utility if the commission has fulfilled all of its duties under s. 196.374 and the investor-owned electric public utility has satisfied the requirements of s. 196.374 for the year prior to commencement of the proceeding, as specified in s. 196.374

(8).

2. In a proceeding in which a wholesale supplier is a party, the commission shall not order or otherwise impose energy conservation or efficiency requirements on the wholesale supplier if the commission has fulfilled all of its duties under s. 196.374 and the wholesale supplier’s members are in the aggregate substantially in compliance with s. 196.374

(7).

(c)Renewable resources.

1. In a proceeding in which an investor-owned electric public utility is a party, the commission shall not order or otherwise impose any renewable resource requirements on the investor-owned electric public utility if the commission has fulfilled all of its duties under s. 196.378 and the commission has informed the utility under s. 196.378

(c)that, with respect to the most recent report submitted under s. 196.378

(c), the utility is in compliance with the requirements of s. 196.378

(a)2.

2. In a proceeding in which a wholesale supplier is a party, the commission shall not order or otherwise impose any renewable resource requirements on the wholesale supplier if the commission has fulfilled all of its duties under s. 196.378 and the wholesale supplier’s members are in the aggregate substantially in compliance with s. 196.378

(2).

(d)Transmission facilities. In a proceeding regarding a request by a public utility or wholesale supplier to acquire, construct, install, or operate an electric transmission facility or associated equipment, the commission shall not order or otherwise impose requirements on the public utility or wholesale supplier.

(1m)Transmission corridors. The commission shall implement the policy specified in s. 1.12

(6)in making all decisions, orders, and rules affecting the siting of new electric transmission facilities.

(2)Environmental impacts. The commission shall promulgate rules establishing requirements and procedures for the commission to carry out the duties under s. 1.11 . Rules promulgated under this subsection shall include requirements and procedures for the commission to comply with sub.

(2m)and for each of the following:

(a)Standards for determining the necessity of preparing an environmental impact statement.

(b)Adequate opportunities for interested persons to be heard on environmental impact statements, including adequate time for the preparation and submission of comments.

(c)Deadlines that allow thorough review of environmental issues without imposing unnecessary delays in addressing the need for additional electric transmission capacity in this state.

(2m)Coordination with department of natural resources.

(a)In this subsection:

1. “Department” means the department of natural resources.

2. “Project” means a project or construction requiring a certificate under s. 196.49 or 196.491

(3)and requiring a permit or approval from the department.

(b)The commission and the department shall coordinate the execution of their respective duties under s. 1.11 for any action of the commission or department regarding a project as follows:

1. If the rules of either the commission or the department require the commission or the department to prepare an environmental impact statement on the project, the commission and the department shall cooperatively prepare an environmental impact statement.

2. If subd. 1. does not apply and the rules of either the commission or the department require the commission or the department to prepare an environmental assessment on the project, the commission and the department shall cooperatively prepare an environmental assessment.

3. The environmental impact statement or environmental assessment under subd. 1. or 2. shall include all of the information required for both the commission and the department to carry out their respective duties under s. 1.11 .

(c)Paragraph

(b)does not waive any duty of the commission or the department to comply with s. 1.11 or to take any other action required by law regarding a project, except that, in the consideration of alternative locations, sites, or routes for a project, the commission and the department are required to consider only the location, site, or route for the project identified in an application for a certificate under s. 196.49 and no more than one alternative location, site, or route; and, for a project identified in an application for a certificate under s. 196.491

(3), the commission and the department are required to consider only the location, site, or route for the project identified in the application and one alternative location, site, or route.

(3)Reliability reports. The commission shall promulgate rules establishing requirements and procedures for electric utilities, as defined under s. 196.491

(d), to file reports with the commission, on a frequency that the commission determines is reasonably necessary, on their current reliability status, including the status of operating and planning reserves, available transmission capacity and outages of major operational units and transmission lines. A report filed under the rules promulgated under this subsection is subject to inspection and copying under s. 19.35

(1), except that the commission may withhold the report from inspection and copying for a period of time that the commission determines is reasonably necessary to prevent an adverse impact on the supply or price of energy in this state.

(6)911 fee.