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Columbia county officials and Alliant planning for power plant closing

Portage Daily Register, June 2, 2021

Controversial transmission line through Wisconsin’s Driftless Area faces multiple legal hurdles

Wisconsin Public Radio, June 1, 2021

We Energies’ Ixonia proposal survives appeal

Daily Jefferson County Union, June 1, 2021

Biden administration to suspend oil and gas drilling leases in Arctic refuge, undoing a Trump-era decision

CNN, June 1, 2021

Owners look to sell shuttered Kewaunee nuclear plant to speed decommissioning

Wisconsin State Journal, May 29, 2021

Alliant reaches deal to recover costs tied to its clean energy transition as it plans to raise rates

Wisconsin Public Radio, May 28, 2021

Alliant seeks rate increase for 2022; monthly residential bills to grow about $13.50

Wisconsin State Journal, May 28, 2021

Protests expected in northern Minnesota as Enbridge presses to complete Line 3

May 28, 2021

Cardinal-Hickory Creek: Judge rules 1 biased vote can invalidate unanimous decision

Wisconsin State Journal, May 26, 2021

Madison water utility considering citywide rationing strategies

Wisconsin State Journal, May 23, 2021

Green Bay homeowners upset over the installation of fiber optic lines on their property

WBAY, May 21, 2021

1,400-acre Sheboygan County solar farm is approved despite residents’ complaints

Sheboygan Press, May 21, 2021

FTC, Wisconsin sue Frontier for delivering internet that’s too slow

Wisconsin State Journal, May 20, 2021

Wisconsin rural broadband getting $100 million boost from federal program

Wausau Daily Herald, May 18, 2021

Infrastructure proposals lack plans for tackling pipeline security, cyberattacks

Roll Call, May 17, 2021

Wisconsin regulators approve Xcel microgrid pilot

Wisconsin State Journal, May 14, 2021

Wisconsin regulators approve utility backup storage pilot

May 14, 2021

Eau Claire County to pilot high-speed internet program

WisBusiness, May 14, 2021

Ixonia We Energies LNG facility advances

May 13, 2021

Wisconsin’s largest business group backs Enbridge as Michigan’s governor seeks Line 5 shutdown

Wisconsin Public Radio, May 12, 2021

Whitmer threatens profit seizure if pipeline keeps operating

Associated Press, May 11, 2021

Committee okays three acre solar farm

May 11, 2021

MGE, Alliant seek electricity rate hikes for 2022 as tax savings exhausted

Wisconsin State Journal, May 7, 2021

3 utilities spending $649 million to buy state’s largest proposed renewable energy project

Wisconsin Public Radio, April 30, 2021

Wisconsin pays off 36,000 utility bills for low-income households to avoid disconnection

Wisconsin State Journal, May 1, 2021

Wisconsin regulators approve 1,400-acre Grant County solar farm, acknowledge land use concerns

Wisconsin State Journal, April 30, 2021

PSC appoints committee to guide rules change for rooftop solar, declares industrial heat renewable energy

Wisconsin State Journal, April 29, 2021

Wisconsin PSC approves six new solar generation facilities, 675 MW from Wisconsin Power and Light

April 27, 2021

Public Service Commission: Recognizes April 25 – May 1, 2021, as Water Week

WisBusiness, April 25, 2021

Nearly 50% of spring hearing respondents oppose new Line 5

Associated Press, April 26, 2021

Regulators OK Alliant plan to spend $925M on solar; state’s largest renewable energy investment

Wisconsin State Journal, April 23, 2021

Proposed Dane County solar-storage project would be state’s largest renewable

Wisconsin State Journal, April 22, 2021

Officials estimate full broadband coverage in Wisconsin could cost as much as $1.4 billion

Wisconsin State Journal, April 19, 2021

Ixonia We Energies LNG tank appeal in progress

April 12, 2021

State regulators accept utilities’ plans for managing past-due bills during the COVID-19 pandemic

Wisconsin Public Radio, April 8, 2021

State law funds Citizens Utility Board to help represent customers, lower utilities

WMTV, April 1, 2021

Alliant Energy announces six more solar projects, part of the company’s move to cut carbon emissions by 50%

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 31, 2021

Alliant Energy proposes $515 million solar developments; MGE buys into wind farm

Wisconsin State Journal, March 31, 2021

Alliant Energy poised to become largest owner-operator of solar power in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Public Radio, March 31, 2021

MGE looks to purchase part of Grant Co. wind farm

NBC 15, March 30, 2021

WEC Energy Group utilities won’t seek potential 4-6% rate increase for 2022

Milwaukee Business News, March 30, 2021

Wisconsin auto dealership installs microgrid-based EV charging units

Environmental Leader, March 29, 2021

Wisconsin Legislature approves funding bill for utility ratepayer advocate

The Journal Times, March 24, 2021

$28.4 million in broadband expansion grants awarded in Wisconsin

WEAU, March 19, 2021

State regulators will lift moratorium on utility shutoffs in April

Wisconsin Public Radio, March 18, 2021

April shutoffs loom for more than 93,000 Wisconsin households

Wisconsin State Journal, March 17, 2021

Milwaukee unveils largest solar array in city on landfill near airport

Milwaukee Business News, March 16, 2021

MGE, WEC seek to buy $446 million solar and battery project in Walworth County

Wisconsin State Journal, March 16, 2021

Solar project in Jefferson moves forward

March 12, 2021

40 miles north of Milwaukee, debate over another proposed huge solar farm

WUWM, March 11, 2021