LRB-3675/1
EHS:skw
2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
January 4, 2022 - Introduced by Representatives Moore Omokunde, Emerson,
Sinicki, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Brostoff, Cabrera, Conley, Considine,
Hebl, Hong, B. Meyers, Milroy, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, S. Rodriguez,
Shankland, Shelton, Snodgrass, Stubbs, Subeck, Vining and Vruwink,
cosponsored by Senators Smith, Erpenbach, Roys, L. Taylor and Larson.
Referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities.
AB795,1,2
1An Act to create 196.376 of the statutes;
relating to: on-bill financing of energy
2improvements and granting rule-making authority.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Public Service Commission to establish and implement
a program under which a public utility may finance energy improvements at a
specific dwelling for a residential customer. Under the bill, a public utility may
recover the cost of such an energy improvement through a surcharge periodically
placed on the customer's account.
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:
AB795,1
3Section
1. 196.376 of the statutes is created to read:
AB795,2,2
4196.376 Residential energy improvement program. The commission
5shall establish and implement a program under which a public utility may finance
6energy improvements at a specific dwelling and recover the cost of those
7improvements over time through a surcharge periodically placed on the public
1utility's customer account for that dwelling. The commission shall promulgate rules
2to implement this program.
