CO2 Emission Reduction – SOUL of Wisconsin

MISO FERMENTS A $1.8 TRILLION ENERGY PLAN

- May 25, 2021 | July 17, 2023 - Rob Danielson comment

State regulators, state lawmakers, federal lawmakers, and community energy planners: Does the prospect of households paying an additional $160 per month on their electric bills prompt you to wonder what else could be done with these funds? WISCONSIN REGULATORS AND MISO ESTIMATING THE COST OF MISO’S LONG RANGE PLAN MISO’S ELECTRIFICATION IMPACTS MISO’S POWER PLANT […]

CO2 Emission Reduction / Distributed Solar / Energy Laws / Policies / PSCW / Ratepayer Impacts

Governor Evers Okays PSCW to Explore a Fairer Distributed Solar Rate

- February 9, 2021 | October 24, 2021 - Rob Danielson comment

SOUL is uncertain whether intervenors will be able to participate in Docket 1-AC-256 “Section 119 rule making,” but the new rules established by the Commission are likely to either propel or limit investment in distributed grid modernization in Wisconsin. On February 8, Wisconsin Public Service Commission staff posted a memo from Governor Ever’s office announcing it […]

CO2 Emission Reduction / Energy Laws / Policies / Focus on Energy / Land Use / Non-Transmission Alternatives / DERS / PSCW / Utility-Scale Renewables

Multi-National Wind Developer Seeks Wisconsin Landowner Commitments without Public Information Meetings

- September 25, 2020 | October 16, 2020 - Rob Danielson comment

Very few residents of Iowa and Lafayette Counties in Wisconsin are aware that a Canadian-owned, multinational corporation, Pattern LLC,1 has salespeople on the ground courting landowners to exchange a few hundred dollars for signed agreements so that Pattern can build about 86, ~650 foot high2 Wind Turbines. Unless landowners slow down and make an effort […]

CO2 Emission Reduction / Distributed Solar / Energy Efficiency / Energy Laws / Policies / Focus on Energy / MISO / Non-Transmission Alternatives / DERS / PSCW / Ratepayer Impacts

Getting Serious About CO2 -Part II

- August 10, 2020 | September 20, 2020 - Rob Danielson comment

State Efficiency Programs vs. Regional Transmission Expansion Planning Through Fall 2019 and early Winter 2020, a team of five, volunteer citizen public intervenors accomplished what no organizations, public utilities, government entities or law firms had previously achieved. They uncovered and exposed costs and benefits of region-wide utility expansion “planning” designed to study the […]

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Getting Serious About CO2 -Part I

- July 31, 2020 | August 13, 2020 - Rob Danielson comment

Section I: Have I Got a Deal for You! Question: What business would make a similar investment seven times and not stop to check its performance? Answer: One that is guaranteed 10.2% return no matter what the performance is. Collectively, the electric customers or ratepayers of Wisconsin utilities function as one, big investment business. We […]

CO2 Emission Reduction / Distributed Solar / Land Use / Transmission

Are You RIMBY Too?

- July 15, 2020 | August 15, 2020 - Terese Agnew comment

For decades, promoters of for-profit utility interests have been calling me NIMBY, as in: Not In My Back Yard. The labeling evades the fact that I’m really a RIMBY. I welcome alternative power sources like solar Right In My Back Yard, and on my roof, and on my neighbor’s properties too. I like my energy use right-sized and close to where it […]