Wisconsin

Summary: Established in 2004, Wisconsin’s interconnection standards allow for distributed generation, including CHP, up to 15MW in size. To allow for ease of application, interconnection service is divided into four tiers, based upon system size, with strictness of requirements increasing as system size increases.

Links:

• Wisconsin’s Administrative Code Chapter PSC 119 can be viewed here: Rules
• For a list of appropriate utility contacts for interconnection questions, click here: Contacts
• For links to all applicable interconnection forms, click here: Forms

Contact:

Paul Helgeson
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
610 North Whitney Way
P.O. Box 7854
Madison, WI 53707-7854
Phone: (608) 266-3905
Fax: (608) 266-3957
E-Mail: paul.helgeson@psc.state.wi.us
Web site: http://psc.wi.gov/

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Summary: Wisconsin Electric Power Company’s Primary Service Optional Standby service is negotiated through a contract that specifies a particular demand. The billing for the service is then based upon the negotiated contract, with a small portion reliant upon a demand charge, though no ratchet is in place. Wisconsin Public Service Corporation’s Small Commercial & Industrial Service Time of Use Rate is less favorable to CHP, as it in includes a higher demand charge than is typical, as well as a 12-month ratchet provision.

Links:

• Wisconsin Electric Power Company’s Primary Service Optional Standby can be viewed here: Tariff
• Wisconsin Public Service Corporation’s Small Commercial & Industrial Service Time of Use Rate can be viewed here: Tariffs
• More information about best practices in utility rate design can be found on the EPA’s CHP Partnership website

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Summary: As part of USEPA’s 2005 Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), Wisconsin is tasked with reducing its SO2 and NOx emissions. Implementation for NOx regulations begins in 2009, and for SO2 in 2010. For both pollutants, CHP systems larger than 25MW will be eligible to participate in a voluntary emission trading scheme. Three markets will be established: annual SO2 emissions, annual NOx emissions and ozone-season NOx emissions.

Links:

• The full text of Chapter NR 432 can be viewed here: Administrative Code

Contact:

General Information
101 S. Weber St.
P.O. Box 7921
Madison, WI 53707-7921
U.S.A.
(608) 266-2621

Last Updated 08/27/2009

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