A contractor’s plans to install and maintain solar systems on a family home in Stevens Point won’t be affected by state laws for local utilities after the latest Public Service Commission ruling, according to a report.
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Appeals court ruling allows Badger Coulee project to continue
The construction of a $580 million high-voltage power line between Holmen and Madison will continue after an appeals court decided on Wednesday to uphold a lower court's ruling on the project.
Read More »Judge drops power line construction ban (UPDATE)
A judge has reversed his decision to halt construction of a 7-mile stretch of a high-voltage power line in western Wisconsin.
Read More »Court affirms scaling back renewable energy program (UPDATE)
A northeastern Wisconsin utility can scale back a credit program for customers who generate their own electricity through solar panels, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.
Read More »Walker calls on attorney general to take action over power plant rules
Scott Walker joined other Republican presidential candidates Monday in decrying new rules from the Obama administration designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, saying they would have "devastating impacts" and cost ratepayers billions of dollars.
Read More »Justices could strike down wind siting rule
A case pending before the state Supreme Court will determine whether the Wisconsin Public Service Commission has to go back to the drawing board on a 2012 wind siting rule.
Read More »Town sues to block wind farm
A small town in St. Croix County is suing over a wind farm approved by state regulators after the same commissioners rejected the project.
Read More »Utility wants rate hike to pay legal fees
We Energies latest rate hike request includes more than $34 million in legal fees it wants customers to fund.
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2010AP2762 Wisconsin Industrial Energy Group, Inc., v. PSC
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2010AP878 PSC v. Arby Construction, Inc.
Read More »Wis. court: Regulators properly approved wind farm (UPDATE)
Wisconsin regulators properly approved a Madison-based utility's plan to build a wind farm in southern Minnesota, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a decision that dramatically lightens the regulatory burden for utilities' out-of-state projects.
Read More »State Supreme Court accepts challenge to wind farm
The state Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Wisconsin regulators properly approved a huge wind farm in southern Minnesota.
Read More »Judges blow wind farm case toward Supreme Court
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A panel of appellate judges has asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide whether state regulators properly approved a huge wind farm in southern Minnesota. State regulators in Wisconsin and Minnesota gave Wisconsin Power & Light permission in 2009 to build the farm just north of Albert Lea. The $450 million farm began operations in early ...
Read More »Court revokes former regulator’s law license
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Supreme Court has revoked a former state utility regulator’s law license. The state Office of Lawyer Regulation recommended the court revoke Willie J. Nunnery of his license for numerous instances of professional misconduct, including failing to pursue clients’ cases and failing to cooperate with OLR investigators. The court ruled Tuesday that the facts support ...
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