Wis. Stat. § 16.957
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(e) Wholesale supplier credit. If a wholesale supplier has established a commitment to community program, a municipal utility or retail electric cooperative that is a customer or member of the wholesale supplier may include an amount equal to the product of the municipal utility’s or retail electric cooperative’s wholesale supply percentage and the amount that the wholesale supplier has spent on the commitment to community program in a year in calculating the amount that the municipal utility or retail electric cooperative has spent on commitment to community programs in that year under par. (b) 1.
(f) Joint programs. Municipal utilities or retail electric cooperatives may establish joint commitment to community programs, except that each municipal utility or retail electric cooperative that participates in a joint program is required to comply with the spending requirements under par. (b) 1.
(g) Reports.
1. Annually, each municipal utility and retail electric cooperative that spends the low-income assistance fees that the utility or cooperative charges under par. (a) on commitment to community programs under par. (b) 1. shall provide for an independent audit of its programs and submit a report to the department that describes each of the following:
a. An accounting of low-income assistance fees charged to customers or members under par. (a) in the year and expenditures on commitment to community programs under par. (b) 1. , including any amounts included in the municipal utility’s or retail electric cooperative’s calculations under par. (e) .
b. A description of commitment to community programs established by the municipal utility or retail electric cooperative in the year.
2. The department shall require that municipal utilities and retail electric cooperatives file reports under subd. 1. electronically, in a format that allows for tabulation, comparison, and other analysis of the reports. The department shall maintain reports filed under subd. 1. for at least 6 years.
History: 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 16 , 30 ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2005 a. 141 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2009 a. 11 , 28 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 55 .
(f) Joint programs. Municipal utilities or retail electric cooperatives may establish joint commitment to community programs, except that each municipal utility or retail electric cooperative that participates in a joint program is required to comply with the spending requirements under par. (b) 1.
(g) Reports.
1. Annually, each municipal utility and retail electric cooperative that spends the low-income assistance fees that the utility or cooperative charges under par. (a) on commitment to community programs under par. (b) 1. shall provide for an independent audit of its programs and submit a report to the department that describes each of the following:
a. An accounting of low-income assistance fees charged to customers or members under par. (a) in the year and expenditures on commitment to community programs under par. (b) 1. , including any amounts included in the municipal utility’s or retail electric cooperative’s calculations under par. (e) .
b. A description of commitment to community programs established by the municipal utility or retail electric cooperative in the year.
2. The department shall require that municipal utilities and retail electric cooperatives file reports under subd. 1. electronically, in a format that allows for tabulation, comparison, and other analysis of the reports. The department shall maintain reports filed under subd. 1. for at least 6 years.
History: 1999 a. 9 ; 2001 a. 16 , 30 ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2005 a. 141 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2009 a. 11 , 28 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 55 .
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