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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 1150
March 19, 2026 - Introduced by Senators
Larson
,
L. Johnson
,
Habush Sinykin
,
Keyeski
,
Roys
,
Spreitzer
and
Carpenter
, cosponsored by Representatives
Tenorio
,
Johnson
,
Moore Omokunde
,
Arney
,
Brown
,
Clancy
,
Cruz
,
DeSanto
,
Hong
,
Hysell
,
Joers
,
Kirsch
,
Madison
,
Mayadev
,
Miresse
,
Phelps
,
Prado
,
Rivera-Wagner
,
Roe
,
Sinicki
,
Snodgrass
,
Stubbs
,
Taylor
,
Udell
,
Fitzgerald
,
Anderson
,
McCarville
,
Bare
,
Billings
,
Haywood
and
Vining
. Referred to Committee on Utilities, Technology and Tourism.
SB1150,2,14
1
An Act
to repeal
196.378 (1) (h), 196.378 (2) (d) 2. and 196.378 (2) (d) 3.;
to
2
renumber
196.378 (5) (a), 196.378 (5) (b) and 196.378 (5) (c);
to renumber
3
and amend
196.378 (1) (fg), 196.378 (1) (fm) (intro.), 196.378 (1) (fm) 1.,
4
196.378 (1) (fm) 2., 196.378 (1) (fr), 196.378 (1) (g), 196.378 (1) (i) and 196.378
5
(5) (intro.);
to consolidate, renumber and amend
196.378 (2) (d) (intro.)
6
and 1.;
to amend
16.75 (12) (a) 3., 16.75 (12) (a) 4., 16.75 (12) (b) 1., 16.75 (12)
7
(b) 2., 16.75 (12) (c) 2., 16.75 (12) (d), 66.0627 (1) (bk) 2., 70.111 (18), 79.005
8
(1b), 79.005 (4) (d), 196.025 (1) (c) (title), 196.025 (1) (c) 1., 196.025 (1) (c) 2.,
9
196.027 (1) (f), 196.027 (3) (b), 196.378 (title), 196.378 (1) (am), 196.378 (1)
10
(ar), 196.378 (1) (o) (intro.), 196.378 (1) (o) 1., 196.378 (1) (o) 2., 196.378 (2)
11
(title), 196.378 (2) (a) 1., 196.378 (2) (a) 2. a., 196.378 (2) (a) 2. b., 196.378 (2)
12
(a) 2. c., 196.378 (2) (a) 2. d., 196.378 (2) (a) 2. e., 196.378 (2) (a) 2. f., 196.378
13
(2) (b) 5., 196.378 (2) (bm), 196.378 (2) (c), 196.378 (2) (e) (intro.), 196.378 (2)
14
(e) 2., 196.378 (2) (e) 3., 196.378 (2) (e) 4., 196.378 (3) (title), 196.378 (3) (a) 1.,
1
196.378 (3) (a) 1m., 196.378 (3) (a) 2., 196.378 (3) (c), 196.378 (4), 196.378 (4m)
2
(a), 196.378 (4m) (b), 196.378 (4r), 196.491 (3) (d) 3., 196.491 (3) (d) 4., 238.15
3
(1) (g) and 285.48 (4) (a);
to create
1.12 (3) (d), 15.105 (35), 16.75 (12) (b) 3.,
4
16.75 (12) (b) 4., 16.75 (12) (b) 5., 16.75 (12) (b) 6., 16.75 (12) (b) 7., 16.951,
5
20.155 (1) (a), 106.135, 196.025 (1) (cm), 196.027 (1) (d) 3., 196.027 (3) (c),
6
196.378 (1) (ax), 196.378 (1) (e), 196.378 (1) (em), 196.378 (1) (n), 196.378 (1)
7
(ng), 196.378 (1) (nr), 196.378 (2) (a) 2. g., 196.378 (2) (a) 2. h., 196.378 (2) (a)
8
2. i., 196.378 (2) (a) 2. j., 196.378 (2) (a) 2. k., 196.378 (2) (b) 6., 196.378 (2m),
9
196.378 (3) (a) 3., 196.378 (4c), 196.378 (5) (bm), 196.49 (4m), 196.491 (3) (d) 9.,
10
196.491 (3) (d) 10., 196.491 (3) (d) 11., 196.491 (3) (d) 12., 196.491 (3) (d) 13.,
11
196.491 (3) (d) 14. and 196.491 (3) (em) of the statutes;
relating to:
net zero
12
emissions, carbon-free and renewable energy standards, and creating an office
13
of sustainability and clean energy, granting rule-making authority, making
14
an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill creates an office of sustainability and clean energy and establishes clean electricity and emissions standards that must be met by specific dates.
Office of sustainability and clean energy
The bill creates in the Department of Administration an office of sustainability and clean energy. The secretary of administration must direct the office of sustainability and clean energy to establish, using rigorous sector-based modeling, an economy-wide decarbonization roadmap that incorporates, as appropriate, the state’s clean energy plan issued in 2022. The roadmap must be updated periodically.
Emissions standards
The bill provides that, by 2050, the state must achieve 100 percent clean electricity production and emit no more carbon into the atmosphere than can be removed economy-wide.
Carbon-free and renewable energy standards
Current law generally requires electric providers, which include electric utilities and retail electric cooperatives, to ensure that, in a given year, a certain specified percentage of the electricity sold to customers and members is generated from renewable resources. The bill creates a definition of “carbon-free energy” and requires that for the years 2030 to 2034, electric providers and certain state agencies have a minimum carbon-free energy percentage of 50 percent. Later, the bill requires electric providers and certain state agencies to have the following minimum carbon-free energy percentages: 1) for the years 2035 to 2039, 65 percent; 2) for the years 2040 to 2044, 80 percent; 3) for the years 2045 to 2049, 90 percent, and 4) for 2050 and each year thereafter, 100 percent.
The bill requires each electric provider to submit a transition plan to PSC that includes the electric provider’s plan for satisfying the carbon-free energy percentage requirements. The transition plan must identify electric generating facilities that the electric provider proposes to add or retire. PSC may approve a transition plan only if certain criteria are satisfied, including that any continued use of an electric generating facility that is not a carbon-free facility is the most cost-effective decision for customers and that any retirements of such facilities are the most cost-effective decisions for customers.
In addition, the bill creates a definition of “specified renewable energy” and requires that for the years 2030 to 2034, each electric provider have a minimum specified renewable energy percentage of 20 percent. Later, the bill requires electric providers to have a minimum specified renewable energy percentage of 40 percent for the years 2035 to 2039, and to have a minimum specified renewable energy percentage of 60 percent for 2040 and each year thereafter. If an electric provider violates either the minimum carbon-free energy percentage requirement or the minimum specified renewable energy percentage requirement, PSC may order the electric provider to engage in activities that would satisfy the requirement. An electric provider that violates such an order is subject to a forfeiture in an amount not to exceed the estimated cost of the electric provider to satisfy the requirement for which the order was issued.
Also, under current law, a person seeking to construct a large electric generating facility having a nominal capacity of 100 megawatts or more or a high-voltage transmission line must obtain a CPCN from PSC. The bill requires PSC to, in taking action on CPCN applications, prioritize applications for facilities that minimize greenhouse gas emissions. Further, the bill requires PSC to make all of the following determinations to approve an application for a CPCN for a large electric generating facility: 1) that the proposed facility will not impede the applicant’s ability to satisfy the bill’s minimum carbon-free energy percentage requirement or minimum specified renewable energy percentage requirement; 2) that the applicant agreed to pay laborers, ironworkers, technicians, and mechanics the prevailing wage or the rate under an applicable collective bargaining agreement, whichever is greater; 3) that locations where other large electric generating facilities have been retired are used to the extent practicable; 4) that persons who previously worked at other large electric generating facilities that have been retired will be hired to the extent practicable; 5) that persons residing in this state will be hired to the extent practicable; and 6) that persons residing in the municipality where the large electric generating facility will be located will perform at least 15 percent of the labor hours on the project, to the extent practicable. Also, the bill allows PSC to determine that a proposed facility or high-voltage transmission does not satisfy certain requirements for granting a CPCN related to air pollution impact even if the proposed facility or high-voltage transmission line satisfies current state air pollution laws. The bill also prohibits PSC from issuing a certificate of authority (CA) to an electric utility for a project unless PSC determines that issuing the CA will not impede the ability of the electric utility to satisfy the bill’s minimum carbon-free energy percentage requirement or minimum specified renewable energy percentage requirement. Under current law, a public utility must obtain a CA from PSC to construct, extend, improve, or add to its existing facilities.
Under the bill, the office of sustainability and clean energy is directed to create, using rigorous sector-based modeling, an economy-wide decarbonization roadmap. The roadmap is to be updated periodically.
Apprentice utilization standards
Under the bill, a contractor or subcontractor on a construction project of certain electric-generating facilities with estimated construction costs of not less than $10,000,000 must make a good faith effort to utilize specific percentages of registered apprentices on the projects. A contractor or subcontractor that does not meet the utilization thresholds must provide a written explanation to the Department of Workforce Development of the good faith effort to meet the requirement accompanied by supporting documentation. Failure to provide the explanation and supporting documentation subjects the contractor or subcontractor to forfeiture.
For further information see the state and local 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:
SB1150,1
1
Section
1
.
1.12 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1150,3,4
2
1.12
(3)
(d)
Net zero economy-wide.
By 2050, the state shall achieve 100
3
percent clean electricity production and emit no more carbon into the atmosphere
4
than can be removed economy-wide.
SB1150,2
5
Section
2
.
15.105 (35) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1150,4,2
6
15.105
(35)
Office of sustainability and clean energy.
There is created
1
in the department of administration an office to be known as the office of
2
sustainability and clean energy.
SB1150,3
3
Section
3
.
16.75 (12) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1150,4,5
4
16.75
(12)
(a) 3.
“Renewable
“Carbon-free
percentage” means the percentage
5
of total annual electric energy that is derived from
renewable
carbon-free
resources.
SB1150,4
6
Section
4
.
16.75 (12) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1150,4,9
7
16.75
(12)
(a) 4.
“Renewable
“Carbon-free
resource” has the meaning given
for
8
“carbon-free resource”
in s. 196.378 (1)
(h) 1. or 2. and includes a resource, as
9
defined in s. 196.378 (1) (j), that derives electricity from hydroelectric power
(ax)
.
SB1150,5
10
Section
5
.
16.75 (12) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1150,4,13
11
16.75
(12)
(b) 1. That the renewable percentage
, as defined in s. 16.75 (12) (a)
12
3., 2023 stats.,
for total annual electric energy by December 31, 2007, is at least 10
13
percent.
SB1150,6
14
Section
6
.
16.75 (12) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1150,4,17
15
16.75
(12)
(b) 2. That the renewable percentage
, as defined in s. 16.75 (12) (a)
16
3., 2023 stats.,
for total annual electric energy by December 31, 2011, is at least 20
17
percent.
SB1150,7
18
Section
7
.
16.75 (12) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
SB1150,4,20
19
16.75
(12)
(b) 3. That the carbon-free percentage for total annual electric
20
energy by January 1, 2030, is at least 50 percent.
SB1150,8
21
Section
8
.
16.75 (12) (b) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
SB1150,4,23
22
16.75
(12)
(b) 4. That the carbon-free percentage for total annual electric
23
energy by January 1, 2035, is at least 65 percent.
SB1150,9
24
Section
9
.
16.75 (12) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
SB1150,5,2
1
16.75
(12)
(b) 5. That the carbon-free percentage for total annual electric
2
energy by January 1, 2040, is at least 80 percent.
SB1150,10
3
Section
10
.
16.75 (12) (b) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
SB1150,5,5
4
16.75
(12)
(b) 6. That the carbon-free percentage for total annual electric
5
energy by January 1, 2045, is at least 90 percent.
SB1150,11
6
Section
11
.
16.75 (12) (b) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
SB1150,5,8
7
16.75
(12)
(b) 7. That the carbon-free percentage for total annual electric
8
energy by January 1, 2050, is at least 100 percent.
SB1150,12
9
Section
12
.
16.75 (12) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1150,5,14
10
16.75
(12)
(c) 2. For any individual agency facility, consider only electric
11
energy that is purchased from the electric provider that serves the agency facility
12
under an arrangement with a term of 10 years or more and electric energy derived
13
from
renewable
carbon-free
resources owned by the state and produced for use in
14
the agency facility.
SB1150,13
15
Section
13
.
16.75 (12) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1150,5,19
16
16.75
(12)
(d) Notwithstanding par. (b), an agency is not required to generate
17
or purchase electric energy derived from renewable resources
, as defined in s. 16.75
18
(12) (a) 4., 2023 stats.,
if the generation or purchase is not technically feasible or
19
cost-effective.
Beginning on January 1, 2030, this paragraph does not apply.
SB1150,14
20
Section
14
.
16.951 of the statutes is created to read:
SB1150,6,2
21
16.951 Economy-wide decarbonization planning.
The secretary shall
22
direct the office of sustainability and clean energy to establish, using rigorous
23
sector-based modeling, an economy-wide decarbonization roadmap that
1
incorporates, as appropriate, the state’s clean energy plan issued in 2022. The
2
roadmap shall be updated periodically.
SB1150,15
3
Section
15
.
20.155 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1150,6,5
4
20.155
(1)
(a)
Carbon-free and renewable resource administration.
A sum
5
sufficient for technology necessary to implement 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act).
SB1150,16
6
Section
16
.
66.0627 (1) (bk) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1150,6,9
7
66.0627
(1)
(bk) 2. An improvement to a premises that allows for the small
8
scale derivation of electricity from a renewable resource listed under s. 196.378 (1)
9
(h)
, 2023 stats
.
SB1150,17
10
Section
17
.
70.111 (18) of the statutes is amended to read:
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