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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 1162
March 19, 2026 - Introduced by Representatives
Spaude
,
Sheehan
,
Stroud
,
Anderson
,
Brown
,
Emerson
,
Fitzgerald
,
Goodwin
,
Mayadev
,
McCarville
,
McGuire
,
Miresse
,
Neubauer
,
Palmeri
,
Roe
,
Sinicki
,
Stubbs
,
Subeck
and
Udell
, cosponsored by Senators
Spreitzer
,
Habush Sinykin
,
Dassler-Alfheim
,
Hesselbein
,
Pfaff
,
Roys
,
Wall
and
Carpenter
. Referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities.
AB1162,1,2
1
An Act
to create
196.03 (7) of the statutes;
relating to:
a very large customer
2
class for electric utilities and granting rule-making authority.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Public Service Commission to establish by order the definition and appropriate characteristics of a very large customer class or subclass for each electric utility. The bill requires any electric utility that offers a tariff or contract rate to a very large customer to file a rate case application with PSC by April 1 of every other year. In such a rate case, the bill requires the electric utility to provide information, according to rules promulgated by PSC, necessary for PSC to determine the total costs the electric utility incurs, and is forecasted to incur, in providing service to the very large customer under the tariff or contract rate. Considering the information provided by the electric utility, the bill requires PSC to determine if the rates charged to the very large customer are just and reasonable or whether they are unreasonable, preferential, or unjustly discriminatory. If deemed unreasonable, preferential, or unjustly discriminatory, the bill requires PSC to adjust rates or modify the terms of service for the very large customer in a manner appropriate to make the rates just and reasonable.
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:
AB1162,1
1
Section
1
.
196.03 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1162,2,2
2
196.03
(7)
(a) In this subsection:
AB1162,2,3
3
1. “Electric utility” has the meaning given in s. 196.378 (1) (d).
AB1162,2,5
4
2. “Very large customer” has the meaning assigned by the commission to a
5
class or subclass of an electric utility’s customers by order under par. (b).
AB1162,2,9
6
(b) By December 15, 2027, the commission shall establish by order the
7
definition and appropriate characteristics of a very large customer class or subclass
8
for each electric utility. The commission may satisfy the requirement under this
9
paragraph in a rate case for the electric utility or in another proceeding.
AB1162,2,14
10
(c) Any electric utility that offers a tariff or contract rate to a very large
11
customer shall file a rate case application with the commission by April 1 of every
12
other year. The chair of the commission may issue a waiver of the rate case
13
application filing deadline if the electric utility demonstrates exceptional
14
circumstances that necessitate such a waiver.
AB1162,3,5
15
(d) In a rate case under par. (c), the electric utility shall provide information
16
necessary for the commission to determine the total costs the electric utility incurs,
17
and is forecasted to incur, in providing service to the very large customer under the
18
tariff or contract rate. The commission shall promulgate rules to establish the
19
specific requirements electric utilities shall follow to justify how the current or
20
proposed rates in a rate case under this subsection pay for the costs of providing
21
service to a very large customer. Considering the information provided by the
22
electric utility, the commission shall determine whether the rates charged to the
1
very large customer are just and reasonable under sub. (1) and whether they are
2
unreasonable, preferential, or unjustly discriminatory under s. 196.37. If deemed
3
unreasonable, preferential, or unjustly discriminatory, the commission shall adjust
4
rates or modify the terms of service for the very large customer in a manner
5
appropriate to bring the rates into compliance with sub. (1) and s. 196.37.
AB1162,2
6
Section
2
. Initial applicability.
AB1162,3,9
7
(
1
)
Electric service to very large customers.
The treatment of s. 196.03
8
(7) first applies to a tariff or agreement submitted to the commission for its review
9
on the effective date of this subsection.
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