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Chapter PSC 111
REQUIREMENTS FOR STRATEGIC ENERGY ASSESSMENTS, CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY, AND FIXED FINANCIAL PARAMETERS FOR CERTAIN RATE BASE ELECTRIC GENERATING FACILITIES
Subchapter I — General
PSC 111.01   Definitions.
PSC 111.03   Period covered by SEA; data; filing date.
PSC 111.05   SEA filing procedures.
PSC 111.07   Supplemental data requests for SEA; waivers.
PSC 111.09   Confidentiality.
Subchapter II — Assessment of Electric Demand
PSC 111.11   Electric demand data.
PSC 111.13   Calculation of adjusted electric demand.
Subchapter III — Assessment of Electric Power Supply
PSC 111.21   Capacity data.
PSC 111.23   Capacity purchase and sale data affecting electric power supply.
PSC 111.25   Calculation of electric power supply.
Subchapter IV — Economic, Environmental, and Conservation Data
PSC 111.31   Economic data.
PSC 111.33   Pollutant data.
PSC 111.35   Energy conservation data.
Subchapter V — Transmission System Operation Data
PSC 111.41   Transmission system reservations data from electricity providers.
PSC 111.43   Data from transmission providers.
Subchapter VI — CPCN Applications
PSC 111.51   CPCN applications for facilities – general.
PSC 111.53   CPCN applications for large electric generating facilities.
PSC 111.55   CPCN applications for high-voltage transmission lines.
PSC 111.56   Expedited review.
Subchapter VII — Fixed Financial Parameter Applications
PSC 111.61   Purpose.
PSC 111.62   Applicability.
PSC 111.63   Information required.
PSC 111.64   Procedure.
PSC 111.65   Order.
Subchapter VIII — Pre-Construction Notices
PSC 111.71   Notification of additional work areas.
Ch. PSC 111 History History: Chapter PSC 111 as it existed on June 30, 2000 was repealed and a new chapter PSC 111 was created, Register, June, 2000, No. 534, effective July 1, 2000.
subch. I of ch. PSC 111 Subchapter I — General
PSC 111.01 PSC 111.01 Definitions. The definitions specified in ss. 196.01 and 196.491 (1), Stats., apply to this chapter. In addition, in this chapter:
PSC 111.01(1) (1) “Btu" means British thermal unit.
PSC 111.01(2) (2) “CO2" means carbon dioxide.
PSC 111.01(3) (3) “CPCN" means a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under s. 196.491 (3), Stats.
PSC 111.01(3g) (3g) “Commence construction" means site clearing, excavation, placement of facilities, or other substantial action adversely affecting the natural environment of the site or physical modification to equipment at the site that would not be required if the proposed project was not approved, but does not include borings necessary to determine foundation conditions or other preconstruction monitoring or surveying to establish background information related to site or environmental suitability.
PSC 111.01(3r) (3r) “Department" means the Wisconsin department of natural resources.
PSC 111.01(4) (4) “Electricity provider" means any of the following:
PSC 111.01(4)(a) (a) Any person who owns, operates, manages or controls, or expects to own, operate, manage or control generation larger than 5 MW in Wisconsin.
PSC 111.01(4)(b) (b) Any person who provides retail electric service in Wisconsin.
PSC 111.01(4)(c) (c) Self-providers.
PSC 111.01(5) (5) “FERC" means the federal energy regulatory commission.
PSC 111.01(6) (6) “Hg" means mercury.
PSC 111.01(7) (7) “kW" means kilowatt.
PSC 111.01(8) (8) “kWh" means kilowatt-hour.
PSC 111.01(9) (9) “MW" means megawatt.
PSC 111.01(10) (10) “Net rated capacity" means a generation facility's maximum electrical output, in MW, net of electricity use internal to the generation facility, under the ambient conditions expected during peak demand.
PSC 111.01(11) (11) “N2O" means nitrous oxide.
PSC 111.01(12) (12) “NOx" means all oxides of nitrogen except nitrous oxide.
PSC 111.01(13) (13) “SEA" means strategic energy assessment.
PSC 111.01(14) (14) “Self-provider" means any person, other than an operator of a wholesale merchant plant, who meets all of the following:
PSC 111.01(14)(a) (a) The person owns, operates, manages or controls, or expects to own, operate, manage or control generation larger than 5 MW.
PSC 111.01(14)(b) (b) The person uses or will use all or a portion of the generation to satisfy the person's own demand.
PSC 111.01(14)(c) (c) The person sells or will sell any excess generation only to an electric public utility.
PSC 111.01(15) (15) “SO2" means sulfur dioxide.
PSC 111.01(16) (16) “Transmission provider" means any person who owns, operates or controls, or expects to own, operate or control electric transmission facilities in Wisconsin.
PSC 111.01(17) (17) “Wholesale electricity supplier" means any entity that is a wholesale generation and transmission cooperative or a municipal electric company under s. 66.0825, Stats.
PSC 111.01 History History: Cr. Register, June, 2000, No. 534, eff. 7-1-00; correction in (17) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register September 2005 No. 597; CR 07-044: cr. (3g) and (3r) Register May 2008 No. 629, eff. 6-1-08.
PSC 111.03 PSC 111.03 Period covered by SEA; data; filing date.
PSC 111.03(1)(1)  Seven-year period encompassing the SEA.
PSC 111.03(1)(a)(a) The SEA is biennial, covering 2 calendar years. All data required in subch. II, III, IV or V to be filed for the 7-year period encompassing the SEA shall cover this 2-year period, plus 5 succeeding calendar years, or fewer succeeding calendar years if a shorter time period is stated.
PSC 111.03(1)(b) (b) The first SEA shall cover the period commencing January 1, 2000, and ending on December 31, 2001.
PSC 111.03(1)(c) (c) Subsequent SEAs shall commence on January 1 of each even-numbered year.
PSC 111.03(1)(d) (d) The commission shall issue its draft of the SEA on or before July 1 of each even-numbered year, as required by s. 196.491 (2) (b), Stats.
PSC 111.03(2) (2) Historical data requirements.
PSC 111.03(2)(a)(a) For the initial SEA, the data specified in ss. PSC 111.11, 111.23 and 111.41 shall also include 5 years of historical data. For subsequent SEAs, the data specified in ss. PSC 111.11, 111.23 and 111.41 shall also include 2 years of historical data.
PSC 111.03(2)(b) (b) For all SEAs, the data specified in ss. PSC 111.31, 111.33, 111.35 (1) and (2) and 111.43 (4) shall also include 2 years of historical data.
PSC 111.03(2)(c) (c) The 5 years of historical data for the initial SEA shall cover January 1, 1995, through December 31, 1999 and contain actual, historical data through December 31, 1998. To the extent actual data are unavailable for 1999, the initial SEA shall contain forecasted data and the forecasting worksheets.
PSC 111.03(3) (3) Date of filing.
PSC 111.03(3)(a)(a) The initial submission of data required under this chapter shall occur no later than February 15, 2000.
PSC 111.03(3)(b) (b) Subsequent submissions of data shall occur biennially, no later than September 15 of each odd-numbered year.
PSC 111.03 History History: Cr. Register, June, 2000, No. 534, eff. 7-1-00; CR 03-086: am. (1) (a), (b) and (3) (b) Register September 2005 No. 597, eff. 10-1-05.
PSC 111.05 PSC 111.05 SEA filing procedures.
PSC 111.05(1) (1)  Printed and electronic format. Except for the data required under s. PSC 111.35 (3), data required under subch. II, III or IV shall be in printed, tabular form and in electronic spreadsheet format. Data required under s. PSC 111.35 (3) shall be in printed, tabular form. Data required under subch. V shall be in printed, tabular form, unless specifically exempted, and in electronic spreadsheet format. If the commission provides tabular reporting or electronic format specifications, data filings shall comply with these specifications. All data filings shall be up to date and fully documented. All data filings shall indicate and provide the source of the data.
PSC 111.05(2) (2) Joint filings.
PSC 111.05(2)(a)(a) Any electricity provider may file the data required under subch. II, III, IV or V jointly, combining its information with that of other electricity providers. Any transmission provider may file the data required under subch. V jointly, combining its information with that of other transmission providers. Except as provided in par. (b), information in joint filings may not be aggregated in a manner that obscures provider-specific data.
PSC 111.05(2)(b) (b) A wholesale electricity supplier may file data that is required under subch. II, III, IV or V on behalf of one or more municipal electric utilities or cooperatives.
PSC 111.05(3) (3) Multi-state electricity and transmission providers.
PSC 111.05(3)(a)(a) Except as provided in par. (b), electricity and transmission providers with multi-state operations may, if Wisconsin-specific information is not available, file prorated data based on an allocation of Wisconsin demand to total company system demand.
PSC 111.05(3)(b) (b) Electricity and transmission providers with multi-state operations shall provide Wisconsin-specific information for all of the following:
PSC 111.05(3)(b)1. 1. Conservation activities, as required under s. PSC 111.35.
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Published under s. 35.93, Stats. Updated on the first day of each month. Entire code is always current. The Register date on each page is the date the chapter was last published.