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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 100 - Affiliations between public utilities and other persons › Subchapter II - Affiliated Wholesale Merchant Plant Market Power › Section PSC 100.11 - Purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
The purpose of this subchapter is to effectuate and implement
				  s.
				  196.491(3m),
				  Stats., as enacted by 1997 Wis. Act 204, generally effective May 12, 1998. The
				  rules promulgated in this subchapter establish requirements and procedures to
				  be applied to the ownership, control, or operation of an affiliated wholesale
				  merchant plant.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 100 - Affiliations between public utilities and other persons › Subchapter II - Affiliated Wholesale Merchant Plant Market Power › Section PSC 100.13 - Approval requirements

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The commission shall grant the approval
				required under s.
				196.491(3m)
				(a), Stats., necessary for an affiliated
				interest of a public utility to own, operate, or control a wholesale merchant
				plant if pars. (a) and (b) are met.
(a) The
				applicant's public utility affiliates have done any of the following:
1. Transferred control over their
				transmission facilities, as defined in s.
				196.485(1)
				(h), Stats., to an independent system
				operator, as defined in s.
				196.485(1)
				(d), Stats., that is approved by the federal
				energy regulatory commission.
2.
				Divested their interest in the transmission facilities to an independent
				transmission owner, as defined in s.
				196.485(1)
				(dm), Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 100 - Affiliations between public utilities and other persons › Subchapter II - Affiliated Wholesale Merchant Plant Market Power › Section PSC 100.14 - Approval procedure

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) APPLICATION. An applicant making
				application for approval under s.
				196.491(3m)
				(a), Stats., shall file a market power screen
				analysis, as set forth in s.
				PSC
				100.15, no later than the date on which it files its
				application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity under s.
				196.491(3)
				(a), Stats.
(2) HEARINGS ON PROPOSALS TO OWN, OPERATE, OR
				CONTROL A WHOLESALE MERCHANT PLANT. The commission may waive a hearing on the
				proposal unless any of the following occurs:
(a) A party to the proceeding, as defined in
				s.
				PSC
				2.02, files a written request for a hearing, pursuant
				to s.
				227.42,
				Stats., within 10 days of the issuance of a notice of investigation regarding
				an application of an affiliated interest to own, operate, or control a
				wholesale merchant plant.
(b) The
				applicant requests a hearing as required under s.
				PSC
				100.13(2) for commission
				approval.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 100 - Affiliations between public utilities and other persons › Subchapter II - Affiliated Wholesale Merchant Plant Market Power › Section PSC 100.16 - Bright line safe harbors

Current through June 24, 2024
Any of the following bright line safe harbors are available
				  to affiliated wholesale merchant plants and are subject to all provisions of
				  ss.
				  196.491(3m)
				  (c) and
				  196.52,
				  Stats.
(1) The applicant is a passive
				investor in the wholesale merchant plant. The applicant and its affiliates do
				not participate in the decisions regarding the operation of the
				plant.
(2) The applicant's and its
				affiliates' combined ownership interest is less than 5%.
(3) The affiliated wholesale merchant plant
				facility has a capacity of less than 20 megawatts. This safe harbor may be
				elected only once per calendar year in aggregate for all affiliated interests
				of a public utility, irrespective of multiple affiliated interests or
				combinations.
(4) The commission
				shall have the right to obtain any information or data which it deems necessary
				in order to exercise its authority under this section.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 100 - Affiliations between public utilities and other persons › Subchapter II - Affiliated Wholesale Merchant Plant Market Power › Section PSC 100.17 - Affiliated electric sales

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) For purposes of
				this subsection:
(a) "Electric sale" has the
				meaning set forth in s.
				196.491(3m)
				(c) 1 a., Stats.
(b) "Firm sale" has the meaning set forth in
				s.
				196.491(3m)
				(c) 1 b., Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 102 - Accounting for disbursements by public utilities › Section PSC 102.01 - Record of disbursements

Current through June 24, 2024
Each public utility for which a system of accounts is
				prescribed by this commission shall so maintain its records as to disclose full
				particulars concerning any disbursement, including the name of the payee and
				the purpose of the payment. The records shall likewise disclose the name of the
				person intended to be paid and the purpose of such disbursement, regardless of
				whether payment is made by check, cash, cashier's check, bank draft, postal
				money order, property, or other means, whether paid directly to the ultimate
				recipient, or indirectly through an affiliated company, officer, employee,
				attorney, or other intermediary. The purpose of any disbursement, regardless of
				size, shall be shown by the records and the provisions of this order shall
				apply in their entirety to each disbursement in excess of $10. This chapter
				does not apply to a telecommunications provider, as defined in s.
				196.01(8p),
				Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 103 - Allocation of joint expenses among departments of class A and class B utilities › Section PSC 103.01 - Joint utility operations, accounting

Current through June 24, 2024
Each utility operating more than one utility department
				(electric, gas, water, etc.) shall observe the general procedure set forth in
				this order classifying customers accounting and collecting expenses, sales
				expenses, and administrative and general expenses among utility
				departments.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 103 - Allocation of joint expenses among departments of class A and class B utilities › Section PSC 103.02 - General

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Expenses directly applicable to the
			 operations of a specific utility shall be charged to the accounts of that
			 utility. The charges for wages and expenses of employes shall, to the extent
			 practicable, be assigned directly based upon the actual time engaged on a
			 particular utility department, or on the basis of a study of the time actually
			 spent during a representative period.
(2) Expenses applicable to joint utility
			 operations shall be charged initially to separate joint utility expense
			 accounts unless the utility elects to apportion such expense accounts among
			 utility departments as incurred. The apportionment or allocation of joint
			 utility expenses thus accumulated shall be made in accordance with the general
			 provisions set forth herein.
(3)
			 Each utility shall include in its first annual report to the commission,
			 following adoption of the joint expense allocation procedure set forth herein,
			 a statement giving a full explanation of its procedure, including the weighting
			 factors used in computing the weighted number of meters or customers used in
			 making allocations. This statement may be referred to in annual reports of
			 following years with any significant changes in allocation procedures being
			 noted.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 103 - Allocation of joint expenses among departments of class A and class B utilities › Section PSC 103.03 - Customer accounts expenses

Current through June 24, 2024
Joint utility customers accounting and collection expenses
				shall be allocated among utility departments on the basis of the weighted
				number of customers or meters. The weighting assigned to the different classes
				of service should be prepared by each utility giving effect to its operating
				and service characteristics.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 103 - Allocation of joint expenses among departments of class A and class B utilities › Section PSC 103.04 - Sales expenses

Current through June 24, 2024
Joint utility sales expenses shall be allocated among utility
				departments on the basis of the directly assigned sales expenses; provided,
				however, that deviation from such procedure may be made in instances where the
				activities of sales personnel do not conform with the distribution of directly
				assignable expenses.
The entire cost of sales expenses applicable to merchandising
				  operations must be charged to account 416, costs and expenses of merchandising,
				  jobbing, and contract work.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 103 - Allocation of joint expenses among departments of class A and class B utilities › Section PSC 103.05 - Administrative and general expenses

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Accounts 925,
			 injuries and damages, and 926, employe pensions and benefits shall be
			 apportioned on the basis of dollars of operating payroll of each utility
			 department.
(2) The remaining joint
			 utility administrative and general expenses shall be apportioned on the basis
			 of the average of the ratios which the amount of the following for each
			 department bears to the total for all departments:
Gross operating revenue; Utility plant in service; Supervised
				operating expenses.
Supervised operating expenses includes total of accounts 401,
				operation expense, and 402, maintenance expense, less amount of general and
				administrative expenses to be allocated.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 104 - Recording and reporting utility accidents › Section PSC 104.01 - General

Current through June 24, 2024
(2) The requirements of ch. PSC 104 shall be
			 observed by all public utilities, both privately and publicly owned.
(3) The manner of enforcing the rules in ch.
			 PSC 104 is prescribed in s.
			 196.66,
			 Stats., and such other means as provided in sections administered by the public
			 service commission.
(4) The purpose
			 of these rules is to obtain information to enable the public service commission
			 to make rules regarding safety in supplying utility service.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 104 - Recording and reporting utility accidents › Section PSC 104.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
As used in these rules, the following words shall have the
				meaning hereinafter stated, unless the context clearly requires
				otherwise.
(1) "Accident" as used in
			 ch. PSC 104 is any unscheduled or unforeseen event occurring upon a public
			 utility's premises or directly or indirectly arising from or connected with its
			 maintenance or operation which:
(a) Results in
			 any of the following:
1. A fatality.
2. More than 3 days' lost time by an
			 employee.
3. Personal injury to
			 non-employe requiring hospital confinement.
4. Property damage or other loss to the
			 utility or another person exceeding $500.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 104 - Recording and reporting utility accidents › Section PSC 104.03 - Recording of accidents

Current through June 24, 2024
Every public utility shall keep a record of all known
				accidents, which record shall contain insofar as is known, a general
				description of the accident, the location, cause, personnel involved and
				injuries or damages sustained. Such record shall be made available to the
				commission or its agents for inspection at the utility's principal office and
				reports as to individual accidents shall be supplied to the commission when
				requested.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 104 - Recording and reporting utility accidents › Section PSC 104.04 - Notification of accidents

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The utility
			 shall notify the commission immediately or as soon as reasonably possible by
			 telephone or telegraph of all fatal accidents and explosions involving property
			 damage exceeding $1,500.
(2) The
			 utility shall notify the commission of the failure of any principal unit of
			 equipment which results in an interruption of service to the extent set forth
			 in s.
			 PSC
			 104.02(1) (b) 2. and 3.; of accidents
			 involving property loss to others in excess of $1,500; or of accidents
			 involving loss or damage to utility property estimated to exceed $10,000. Such
			 notification shall be given within 6 days after knowledge of such failure or
			 accident.
(3) The utility shall
			 notify the commission of accidents resulting in personal injuries to
			 non-employes requiring hospital confinement. Such notification shall be given
			 within 6 days after knowledge of such accident.
(4) The utility shall notify the commission
			 of accidents to employees resulting in more than 3 days' disability. Advice
			 given promptly by the utility that notice has been given to the workers'
			 compensation division of the department of workforce development shall be
			 considered compliance with this subsection.
(5) The notification shall indicate the
			 location of the accident, its nature, the names of any injured persons and
			 whether any such persons are employees.
(6) The utility and others are urged to
			 notify the commission of any unusual occurrences which, because of their number
			 or dangerous potential, indicate the desirability of corrective
			 action.
(7) Notifications provided
			 for in s. PSC 104.04 and reports provided for in s.
			 PSC
			 104.05 shall be required only for occurrences which
			 result from functions directly connected with the furnishing of service by a
			 utility. Accidents arising for reasons not related to specific public utility
			 functions and which arise out of circumstances common to general business
			 operations require no notification or report. Such matters as motor vehicle
			 accidents, accidents occurring on the premises of a utility or third person due
			 to slippery floors, falls or the like, are types of situations where
			 notification or reports are not required. The enumeration is not exclusive but
			 is intended to be indicative of the type of case where notification or reports
			 are not required.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 104 - Recording and reporting utility accidents › Section PSC 104.05 - Commission procedure

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) When a notification of an accident is
			 received, the commission may make an investigation or request a report from the
			 utility.
(2) If notice of an
			 accident is received from a source other than a utility the commission may
			 direct that an investigation be made or request the utility to investigate and
			 report.
(3) If the commission
			 requests a report from a utility, such report shall contain information usually
			 gathered in the case of accident investigations plus any special information
			 requested. Such report shall be transmitted within 6 days after the date the
			 request is made, unless the time therefor shall be extended by the commission.
			 The receipt of a report from a utility does not preclude the commission from
			 making its own investigation.
(4)
			 Every utility shall furnish a report in any specific case not covered by the
			 above, when requested by the public service commission.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 104 - Recording and reporting utility accidents › Section PSC 104.06 - Status of notification and reports

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) All utility
			 reports furnished at the commission's request under s.
			 PSC
			 104.05 shall be considered restricted as provided for
			 in s.
			 196.72(1)
			 (b), Stats.
(2) Information obtained by the commission or
			 its staff as a result of its own inquiry or investigation shall be treated in
			 the same manner as other information in the commission's files.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 108 - Competitive bidding for securities › Section PSC 108.01 - Securities subject to ch. PSC 108

Current through June 24, 2024
Each public service corporation as defined in s.
				201.01(2),
				Stats., offering any security, as defined in s.
				201.01(3),
				Stats., to be issued in accordance with ch. 201, Stats., shall invite in the
				manner hereinafter provided written sealed bids for the purchase of such
				security, except that the following securities shall be exempt from this
				requirement:
(1) Any capital stock
			 offered pro rata to existing holders thereof, including any unsubscribed
			 portion thereof purchased by others.
(2) Any security issued in exchange for an
			 outstanding security in connection with a merger, consolidation, or
			 reorganization of the corporation, or in a transaction approved by the
			 commission pursuant to s.
			 196.80,
			 Stats.
(3) Any debt security
			 payable in 10 years or less after date to a commercial bank, insurance company,
			 governmental investment board, or similar institution, not for resale to the
			 public, provided no fee or remuneration is to be paid directly or indirectly
			 for negotiating the loan represented by such security.
(4) Any security where the total
			 consideration received by the issuer is less than $4,000,000.
(5) Any security for which a contract for its
			 sale is approved by the commission under s.
			 196.52,
			 Stats.
(6) Any security as to which
			 the commission shall find upon due consideration that the sale thereof at
			 competitive bidding should not be required in the public interest.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 108 - Competitive bidding for securities › Section PSC 108.02 - Public invitation of bids

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Each such
			 public service corporation shall publicly invite the submission of written
			 sealed bids to be received at a stated date, hour, and place for the purchase
			 of the specified security. Such invitation shall be given at least 6 days prior
			 to the opening of the bids, or for such shorter interval as the commission may
			 approve. The invitation shall state the name and address of the person, firm,
			 or corporation from whom information regarding the public service corporation
			 and the proposed issue may be obtained. The duly authorized representative of
			 any party submitting a bid shall be entitled to be present at the opening of
			 the bids and to examine each bid submitted.
(2) Conformity with the provisions of Rule
			 U-50 of the federal securities and exchange commission with respect to public
			 invitation of proposals for the purchase or underwriting of securities shall be
			 deemed compliance with the rule prescribed by ch. PSC 108.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 109 - Tax equivalent for municipal utilities › Section PSC 109.01 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter
(1)
			 "Assessment ratio" means the decimal fraction rounded to the nearest ten
			 thousandth obtained when the assessed value of all taxable nonmanufacturing
			 property as taken from the clerk's statement of assessment filed with the
			 department of revenue is divided by the value of all taxable nonmanufacturing
			 property in the taxation district as determined by the department of revenue
			 prior to adjustments under s.
			 70.57,
			 Stats.
(2) "Gross book value for
			 the calendar year" means the book value as of January 1 of that year.
(3) "Local and school tax rates for the
			 calendar year" means those rates established by local authority for the same
			 calendar year.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 109 - Tax equivalent for municipal utilities › Section PSC 109.02 - Municipal utilities; computing tax equivalent

Current through June 24, 2024
The maximum "tax equivalent" for any municipal utility (except
				a sewer utility) shall be determined by applying the local and school tax rates
				for the calendar year to the gross book value for the calendar year of plant
				plus materials and supplies multiplied by the assessment ratio for the
				municipality involved.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 110 - Distribution of wholesale electric refunds › Section PSC 110.02 - Distribution of wholesale refunds

Current through June 24, 2024
A retail electric utility which has received a refund from its
				wholesale supplier as a result of a reduction in rates set by a federal
				regulatory authority shall distribute the refund to its retail customers,
				including former customers, if they can be located, in the following
				manner:
(1) Except as provided in sub.
			 (2), the retail electric utility shall distribute the refund on the basis of
			 actual kilowatt-hours used by each customer during the period for which the
			 refund is made.
(2) If the utility
			 can show that the cost of making the refund on the basis of actual usage will
			 substantially diminish the benefit, it may, after commission authorization,
			 distribute the refund through an adjustment to the power cost adjustment
			 clause. The utility shall be required to keep a file for a minimum of 2 years
			 of sales history for the purpose of making a refund based on actual usage.
Note: The 2-year record-keeping requirement of this section
				does not affect any other record-keeping requirements of the PSC code.
(3) If the utility has the billing
			 capability, it shall show as a separate item on the customer's bill the refund
			 dollar amount or the change in the purchased power adjustment clause level due
			 to the refund. If the utility does not have the billing capability, it shall
			 inform customers of the refund through bill inserts or a newspaper
			 announcement.
(4) If through
			 inaccurate operation or application of the power cost adjustment clause, a
			 utility has not recovered from retail ratepayers the full amount of the
			 increased costs which it had been temporarily charged by the wholesale supplier
			 and which is the subject of a refund under these rules, the utility may,
			 following commission approval, retain a portion or all of the wholesale refund
			 to cover such costs.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 110 - Distribution of wholesale electric refunds › Section PSC 110.03 - Distribution of other monies

Current through June 24, 2024
A retail electric utility which has received a patronage
				dividend or capital credit refund from its wholesale supplier as a result of
				cooperative policies shall distribute the refund to its retail customers in the
				following manner:
(1) The utility,
			 after commission approval, shall distribute the refund through adjustment to
			 the power cost adjustment clause.
(2) If the utility has the billing
			 capability, it shall show as a separate item on the customer's bill the refund
			 dollar amount or the change in the purchased power adjustment clause level due
			 to the refund. If the utility does not have the billing capability, it shall
			 inform customers of the refund through bill inserts or a newspaper
			 announcement.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 110 - Distribution of wholesale electric refunds › Section PSC 110.04 - Notification

Current through June 24, 2024
An electric utility shall notify the public service commission
				within 30 days of receipt of a refund or other monies from its wholesale
				supplier. The notice shall contain a proposal for distribution of the money and
				the date by which the distribution is proposed to be made. The money shall be
				distributed only after commission approval. The utility shall notify the
				commission as to the date the distribution was made to retail customers, and
				the total amount distributed.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 110 - Distribution of wholesale electric refunds › Section PSC 110.05 - Interest

Current through June 24, 2024
Amounts refunded to customers shall include interest on the
				total amount received from the wholesale supplier from the date of receipt by
				the electric utility to the date of distribution to its retail customers. If
				the amount received by the electric utility was not actually invested, simple
				interest on the refund shall be calculated at the legal rate. Interest does not
				apply to patronage dividends and capital credits.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › Chapter PSC 110 - Distribution of wholesale electric refunds › Section PSC 110.06 - Intervention expenses

Current through June 24, 2024
Costs of intervention in federal regulatory proceedings by
				electric utilities which purchase electricity from a wholesale supplier are
				normal operating expenses to be considered in a rate case. Intervention
				expenses shall not be deducted from wholesale refunds which are distributed to
				retail customers.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › 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 › Section PSC 111.01 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
The definitions specified in ss.
				  196.01 and
				  196.491(1),
				  Stats., apply to this chapter. In addition, in this chapter:
(1) "Btu" means British thermal
				unit.
(2) "CO2" means carbon
				dioxide.
(3) "CPCN" means a
				certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under s.
				196.491(3),
				Stats.
(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.
(3r) "Department"
				means the Wisconsin department of natural resources.
(4) "Electricity provider" means any of the
				following:
(a) Any person who owns, operates,
				manages or controls, or expects to own, operate, manage or control generation
				larger than 5 MW in Wisconsin.
(b)
				Any person who provides retail electric service in Wisconsin.
(c) Self-providers.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › 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 › Section PSC 111.03 - Period covered by SEA; data; filing date

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) SEVEN-YEAR
				PERIOD ENCOMPASSING THE SEA.
(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.
(b) The first SEA shall cover the period
				commencing January 1, 2000, and ending on December 31, 2001.
(c) Subsequent SEAs shall commence on January
				1 of each even-numbered year.
(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.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › 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 › Section PSC 111.05 - SEA filing procedures

Current through June 24, 2024
(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.
(2) JOINT
				FILINGS.
(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.
(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.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › 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 › Section PSC 111.07 - Supplemental data requests for SEA; waivers

Current through June 24, 2024
Electricity providers or transmission providers shall provide
				  additional information, as the commission may request to prepare its SEA. The
				  commission may also waive data filing requirements under this chapter to avoid
				  undue hardship if preparation of the SEA can still be accomplished in a timely
				  manner.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › 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 › Section PSC 111.09 - Confidentiality

Current through June 24, 2024
The commission shall consider information submitted under
				  this chapter to be confidential, if the provider shows that the information is
				  competitive under s.
				  196.14,
				  Stats., a trade secret under s.
				  19.36(5)
				  or
				  134.90,
				  Stats., or is otherwise exempt from public records laws under subch. II,
				  Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › 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 II - Assessment of Electric Demand › Section PSC 111.11 - Electric demand data

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITIONS. In this section:
(a) "Capacity purchase including reserves"
				means a purchase of firm electric generating capacity that has actually
				occurred or that is subject to an existing contract, including options to
				purchase or contracts subject to contingencies, and that includes all of the
				following terms:
1. A firm transmission path
				from source to destination.
2. The
				seller has responsibility for reserves.
3. The seller is obliged to supply across
				peak conditions with no unilateral curtailment option.
4. The seller will count the sale as an
				additional demand obligation.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › 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 II - Assessment of Electric Demand › Section PSC 111.13 - Calculation of adjusted electric demand

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITION. In
				this section, "adjusted electric demand" means peak demand including
				responsibility for power losses, less the effect of direct load control,
				interruptible load, or capacity purchases including reserves as defined in s.
				PSC
				111.11(1) (a), plus the effect of
				capacity sales including reserves as defined in s.
				PSC
				111.11(1) (b).
(2) DATA SUBMISSION. Each electricity
				provider, except operators of wholesale merchant plants, shall calculate
				adjusted electric demand for the 7-year period encompassing the SEA and submit
				the results to the commission. Any transmission loss responsibility associated
				with delivery of a particular capacity purchase including reserves, as defined
				in s.
				PSC
				111.11(1) (a), shall be separately
				identified. All miscellaneous demand factors that decrease peak demand shall be
				deductions when calculating adjusted electric demand. All miscellaneous demand
				factors that increase peak demand shall be additions when calculating adjusted
				electric demand.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › 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 III - Assessment of Electric Power Supply › Section PSC 111.21 - Capacity data

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DATA ABOUT GENERATING FACILITIES. Each
				electricity provider shall submit all of the following data for any generation
				in the state or generation used to supply an ultimate end user in the state:
(a) A complete current inventory of its
				installed electric generating capacity, including all of the following:
1. The name and location of each
				facility.
2. The type of load of
				the facility, including peaking, intermediate, or base load.
3. The type of fuel used.
4. The summer and winter net rated
				capacity.
5. The operational status
				of the facility, as of the filing date.
6. Emissions of particulates, ash, SO2, NOx,
				CO2, N2O and Hg, per kWh of output.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › 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 III - Assessment of Electric Power Supply › Section PSC 111.23 - Capacity purchase and sale data affecting electric power supply

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)
				DEFINITIONS. In this section:
(a) "Capacity
				purchase without reserves" means a purchase of electric generating capacity
				that has actually occurred or that is subject to an existing contract,
				including options to purchase or contracts subject to contingencies, and that
				includes all of the following terms:
1. A firm
				transmission path from source to destination.
2. The buyer has responsibility for
				reserves.
3. The seller is obliged
				to supply across peak conditions with no unilateral curtailment option, except
				for particular contingencies that are specified in the contract.
4. The seller will count the sale as an
				available capacity reduction.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › 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 III - Assessment of Electric Power Supply › Section PSC 111.25 - Calculation of electric power supply

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITION. In
				this section, "electric power supply" means aggregate generating capacity plus
				capacity additions, capacity upgrades or improvements at existing units, and
				capacity purchases without reserves as defined in s.
				PSC
				111.23(1) (a), less unit retirements,
				capacity downgrades at existing units, and capacity sales without reserves as
				defined in s.
				PSC
				111.23(1) (b).
(2) DATA SUBMISSION. Each electricity
				provider, except operators of wholesale merchant plants, shall calculate
				electric power supply for the 7-year period encompassing the SEA and submit the
				results to the commission. Any part of a capacity purchase without reserves, as
				defined in s.
				PSC
				111.23(1) (a), that is intended to
				compensate for transmission losses associated with delivery of that purchase,
				shall be excluded from the calculation of electricity power supply. All
				miscellaneous supply factors that decrease supply resources shall be deducted
				from electric power supply. All miscellaneous supply factors that increase
				supply resources shall be added to electric power supply.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › 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 IV - Economic, Environmental, and Conservation Data › Section PSC 111.31 - Economic data

Current through June 24, 2024
Each electricity provider, except self-providers and
				  operators of wholesale merchant plants, shall submit all of the following
				  economic data:
(1) AVERAGE ENERGY
				PRODUCTION COST. The electricity provider's average energy production cost for
				each type of generating unit, including nuclear, coal-fired, gas simple-cycle,
				gas combined-cycle, diesel and renewable units. The electricity provider shall
				specify the expected range of energy production cost by unit type for each year
				in a 3-year period encompassing the SEA and one succeeding calendar
				year.
(2) SYSTEM DISPATCH COST.
				Upon commission request, for those days when the market energy price exceeded
				$250 per megawatt-hour measured exclusive of capital costs or when the market
				price exceeded $2,000 per megawatt-hour measured inclusive of capital costs,
				the electricity provider's hourly historical system dispatch costs, computed
				using available electric generating capacity and those capacity purchases or
				sales relevant at the time.
This information is needed to determine, as required by s.
					 196.491(2)
					 (a) 12. and 13., Stats., if competition is
					 contributing to the provision of sufficient capacity and energy at a reasonable
					 price.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › 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 IV - Economic, Environmental, and Conservation Data › Section PSC 111.33 - Pollutant data

Current through June 24, 2024
Each electricity provider shall submit, for the 7-year period
				  encompassing the SEA, the annual average level of emissions identified in s.
				  PSC
				  111.21(1) (a) 6., per kWh of
				  output.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › 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 IV - Economic, Environmental, and Conservation Data › Section PSC 111.35 - Energy conservation data

Current through June 24, 2024
Any electricity provider, except self-providers and operators
				  of wholesale merchant plants, that provides rate-based energy efficiency
				  programs to Wisconsin customers directly or by contracting, shall provide all
				  of the following energy conservation activity data and information for the
				  7-year period encompassing the SEA:
(1) SPENDING. Dollars spent on energy
				conservation activity affecting any Wisconsin customer.
(2) ENERGY AND DEMAND SAVINGS. Energy savings
				in kWh and demand savings in kW, excluding direct load control and
				interruptible load impacts specified in s.
				PSC
				111.11(2) (a) 2. and 3., reported for
				any Wisconsin customer.
(3) ENERGY
				CONSERVATION PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS. A comprehensive description of all planned
				activities to discourage inefficient and excessive power use.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › 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 V - Transmission System Operation Data › Section PSC 111.41 - Transmission system reservations data from electricity providers

Current through June 24, 2024
For each capacity resource reported under s.
				  PSC
				  111.21, delivery of which requires transmission system
				  reservations, and for each capacity purchase reported under s.
				  PSC
				  111.11 or
				  111.23, the electricity provider
				  shall submit information on the transmission arrangements to be used to deliver
				  the capacity, including all of the following:
(1) SERVICE PROVIDER. The provider of
				transmission service.
(2) PERIOD
				AND TYPE OF SERVICE. The period and type of each transmission reservation, and
				any other service attributes defined by the provider of transmission
				service.
(3) DATES. The starting
				and ending dates of service.
(4)
				PATH. The transmission path, if point-to-point service is being used.
(5) STATUS OF REQUEST. The status of the
				request for transmission service.
(6) SIZE OF RESERVATION. The size of the
				transmission service reservation, in MW.
(7) LOSSES. Amount of incremental losses
				associated with transmission service, as determined by the transmission
				provider.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › 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 V - Transmission System Operation Data › Section PSC 111.43 - Data from transmission providers

Current through June 24, 2024
Each transmission provider shall submit all of the following
				  data, except that if the data have been previously filed with the commission,
				  the transmission provider may identify the applicable filing instead of
				  providing duplicate data:
(1) NEW
				HIGH-VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION LINES. A complete description of each high-voltage
				transmission line that the transmission provider intends to own in whole or in
				part, on which construction is planned to commence within 7 years, including
				all of the following:
(a) Endpoints of the
				line.
(b) Proposed
				corridors.
(c) Nominal operating
				voltage.
(d) Nominal voltage of
				construction class.
(e) Needed
				substation modifications.
(f)
				Estimated cost.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › 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 VI - CPCN Applications › Section PSC 111.51 - CPCN applications for facilities - general

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) COMMENCEMENT OF
				CONSTRUCTION. Construction on a facility may not commence until the commission
				issues a CPCN for the facility.
(2)
				ACTIONS BEFORE FILING A CPCN APPLICATION. Before filing an engineering plan for
				a large electric generating facility or a detailed project plan for a
				high-voltage transmission line, as defined in s.
				196.491(3)
				(b), Stats., the applicant shall do all of
				the following:
(a) Notify the department and
				the commission of its intent to apply for a CPCN.
(b) Consult with commission staff, in
				cooperation with staff from the department, on the scope of the proposed
				project, the alternatives that must be considered in the application, and
				additional information that the commission may require as part of the CPCN
				application.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Public Service Commission › 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 VI - CPCN Applications › Section PSC 111.53 - CPCN applications for large electric generating facilities

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) CONTENTS OF A
				CPCN APPLICATION. Except as provided in sub. (2), a CPCN application for a
				large electric generating facility is not complete until the applicant has
				filed all of the following information with the commission:
(a) The operating characteristics of the
				proposed facility, including all of the following:
1. The number of generating units to be
				included in the facility.
2. A
				description of each generating unit, including type, size, and fuel.
3. The expected hours of operation and
				lifetime of the facility.
4. The
				names and addresses of owners and investors and the percent of
				ownership.
5. The fuel source and
				availability. If the facility uses fossil fuel, the fuel's heating value and
				chemical analysis, the type of transportation to be used, and the approximate
				capacity of on-site storage shall be provided.
6. The facility's estimated capacity factors,
				for each generating unit, and the basis for the estimates.
7. The estimated rate of discharge of
				pollutants for appropriate time intervals, as related to applicable regulatory
				standards.
8. The heat rates over
				the range of operating capacity for each generating unit.