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Bipartisan U.S. bill aims to eliminate corn ethanol volume mandate

Reuters, July 20, 2021

Alliant Energy touts progress toward climate goals, pledges to plant 1 million trees

Wisconsin State Journal, July 20, 2021

City, county leaders join calls to stop Enbridge pipeline projects in Minnesota, Wisconsin

Wisconsin State Journal, July 20, 2021

Regulators approve 325-megawatt solar-plus-storage project in Walworth County

Wisconsin State Journal, July 16, 2021

Line 3 pipeline opponents appeal to Minnesota Supreme Court

July 15, 2021

Utilities call for quick re-vote on permit; opponents say courts should decide power line’s fate

La Crosse Tribune, July 15, 2021

GOP bill would establish community solar program; utilities strongly opposed

Wisconsin State Journal, July 14, 2021

Public Service Commission gives green light for Somers water project

Kenosha News, July 10, 2021

Wisconsin utility gets green light for 675 MW of solar

July 9, 2021

Internet services now included under state emergency rental and utility assistance program

Wisconsin State Journal, July 8, 2021

Somers responds to Public Service Commission regarding halted water main project

Kenosha News, July 7, 2021

Competitor says it can decommission Kewaunee nuke plant for less, return money to ratepayers

Wisconsin State Journal, July 3, 2021

Cardinal-Hickory Creek: PSC reopens power line proceedings in wake of secret communications

Wisconsin State Journal, July 2, 2021

Gov. Evers’ broadband task force says everyone should have access to high-speed internet

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 1, 2021

Cardinal-Hickory Creek: Secret messages with former regulator prompt utilities to seek new permit for power line

Wisconsin State Journal, June 28, 2021

Xcel scrapping plan to build new 800-MW gas-fired plant

June 27, 2021

Federal licensing board considers challenge to Wisconsin’s last nuclear plant

Wisconsin Public Radio, June 23, 2021

Potosi residents appeal state’s approval of 1,400-acre solar farm

Telegraph Herald, June 21, 2021

State regulators order village to halt work on project that would divert water from Lake Michigan

Wisconsin Public Radio, June 17, 2021

We Energies introducing electric vehicle chargers for residential, commercial customers

June 16, 2021

Budget committee approves borrowing $125 million for Wisconsin broadband expansion

Wisconsin State Journal, June 16, 2021

Federal judge blocks Biden moratorium on new oil, gas leases

June 15, 2021

Pacific planning for loss of utility tax revenue

Portage Daily Register, June 15, 2021

Minnesota appeals court upholds approval of Enbridge’s Line 3 oil pipeline

Wisconsin Public Radio, June 14, 2021

State regulators approve electric vehicle programs for 2 of Wisconsin’s largest electric utilities

Wisconsin Public Radio, June 14, 2021

State regulators order halt to Somers utility project

Kenosha News, June 10, 2021

Protests heat up over controversial pipeline that would bring more oil through Wisconsin

Wisconsin Public Radio, June 8, 2021

US recovers millions in cryptocurrency paid to Colonial Pipeline ransomware hackers

CNN, June 8, 2021

Pipeline foes gear up for large northern Minnesota protest

June 6, 2021

Regulators approve $104.5 million solar buy for Xcel Energy

Wisconsin State Journal, June 4, 2021

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