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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
May 23, 2019 - Introduced by Senator Cowles, cosponsored by Representatives
Neylon, Kuglitsch, Allen, Kitchens, Krug, Kulp, Mursau, Petryk,
Skowronski, Spiros and Tauchen. Referred to Committee on Utilities and
Housing.
SB236,1,3 1An Act to amend 20.855 (4) (h); and to create 16.047 (4s), 20.395 (6) (az) and
2196.025 (8) of the statutes; relating to: charging facility grant program and
3making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Public Service Commission to establish a program for
awarding grants to businesses for installing electric vehicle charging facilities along
a clean energy corridor that the PSC must designate. The corridor must consist of
contiguous state trunk highways that connect Wisconsin to Minnesota, Michigan,
Iowa, and Illinois. For the designation, the PSC must attempt to connect the corridor
with similar corridors in those other states and to designate heavily-travelled
highways. The funding source for the grants is moneys received under a settlement
that the state received from a legal action against Volkswagen. The bill allows the
PSC to award not more than $10,065,000 in total grants. An individual grant may
not exceed 50 percent of the cost to purchase, install, and maintain an electric vehicle
charging facility. The PSC may award multiple grants to an individual applicant.
In addition, the bill allows a business that is awarded a grant and installs an electric
vehicle charging facility to charge a parking fee determined by the business to any
person who uses the facility. However, the parking fee must be based on the time
length of a session of use and not on the amount of electricity consumed by a person
during a session of use.
The bill provides that the awarding of grants does not confer any ownership
interest to the PSC or the state in electric vehicle charging facilities installed under

the grants. In addition, the bill provides that a business that is awarded a grant is
responsible for the operation and maintenance of a charging station installed under
the grant.
Also under the bill, if an electric utility receives revenue collected from rates
charged to users of electric vehicle charging facilities for which grants are awarded,
the electric utility must remit 20 percent of that revenue to the PSC for deposit in
the transportation fund to repay transportation-related bonds. The bill requires the
PSC to ensure in rate-making orders that electric utilities recover the amounts
remitted to the PSC from their ratepayers.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB236,1 1Section 1. 16.047 (4s) of the statutes is created to read:
SB236,2,22 16.047 (4s) Charging facility grant program. (a) In this subsection:
SB236,2,53 1. “Charging facility” means electric vehicle charging equipment, including
4Level 1, Level 2, and fast charging equipment and analogous successor technologies,
5that is available to the general public.
SB236,2,66 2. “Commission” means the public service commission.
SB236,2,87 3. “Eligible applicant” means a business that has a place of business located
8along a clean energy corridor designated under par. (b).
SB236,2,139 (b) The commission shall designate a clean energy corridor consisting of
10contiguous state trunk highways connecting this state to Minnesota, Michigan,
11Iowa, and Illinois. In designating this corridor, the commission shall attempt to
12connect with any similar corridors existing in the states of Minnesota, Michigan,
13Iowa, and Illinois and shall attempt to designate heavily-travelled highways.
SB236,3,514 (c) 1. The commission shall establish a program to award grants of settlement
15funds from the appropriation under s. 20.855 (4) (h) to eligible applicants for the
16installation of charging facilities at places of business located along a clean energy

1corridor designated under par. (b). An eligible applicant that is awarded a grant and
2installs a charging facility may charge a parking fee determined by the eligible
3applicant to any person who uses the facility if the fee is based on the time length of
4a session of use and not on the amount of electricity consumed by the user during a
5session of use.
SB236,3,76 2. A grant under this subsection may not exceed 50 percent of the cost to
7purchase, install, and maintain a charging facility.
SB236,3,98 3. The commission may award multiple grants under this subsection to a single
9eligible applicant.
SB236,3,1110 4. The commission may not award more than $10,065,000 in grants under this
11subsection.
SB236,3,1512 (d) The awarding of grants under this subsection does not confer any ownership
13interest to the commission or the state in charging facilities that are installed under
14the grants. An eligible applicant that is awarded a grant is responsible for the
15operation and maintenance of a charging station installed under the grant.
SB236,2 16Section 2. 20.395 (6) (az) of the statutes is created to read:
SB236,3,1917 20.395 (6) (az) Transportation facilities and highway projects, debt retirement.
18All moneys received under s. 196.027 (8) (b) for the purpose of retiring revenue
19obligations issued under s. 84.59.
SB236,3 20Section 3. 20.855 (4) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB236,4,221 20.855 (4) (h) Volkswagen settlement funds. All moneys received from the
22trustee of the settlement funds, as defined in s. 16.047 (1) (a), for the replacement of
23vehicles in the state fleet under s. 16.047 (2) and for the grants under s. 16.047 (4m)
24and (4s). No more than $21,000,000 may be expended from this appropriation in

1fiscal year 2017-18.
No moneys may be expended from this appropriation after June
230, 2027.
SB236,4 3Section 4. 196.025 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
SB236,4,74 196.025 (8) Charging facility revenue. (a) In this subsection, “charging
5facility” means a charging facility, as defined in s. 16.047 (4s) (a) 1., for which the
6commission has awarded a grant under the program established under s. 16.047 (4s)
7(c) 1.
SB236,4,148 (b) The commission shall require each electric public utility that receives
9revenue collected from rates charged to users of charging facilities to remit to the
10commission 20 percent of that revenue. The commission shall deposit the amounts
11remitted under this paragraph into the transportation fund and credit those
12amounts to the appropriation account under s. 20.395 (6) (az). The commission shall
13ensure in rate-making orders that an electric public utility recovers from its
14ratepayers the amounts remitted under this paragraph.
SB236,4,1515 (End)
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