Energy Policy
WGF analyses and statements on energy policy in Wisconsin, including generation, distribution, energy sources, and efficiencies. This work is developed by the Energy Policy Work Group, and is closely allied with our Climate Change work.
The Future is Now! Moving Wisconsin into a 21st Century Energy System
May 21, 2020 WGF Policy Forum Webinar
Wisconsin’s Green Fire members Gary Radloff and Kerry Beheler interviewed a panel of energy experts to discuss the business case for renewable energy, the creation and benefits of local energy districts, and the politics of energy in Wisconsin. How can we move Wisconsin energy policy to keep pace with changes in systems and technology? What can we learn from efforts in other states? What are the areas of common ground across the political spectrum for energy policy? Panelists are Scott Coenen, Wisconsin Conservative Energy Forum; Camille Kadoch, Regulatory Assistance Project; and Richard Cates, Iowa County Energy District.
Read More >Wisconsin’s Green Fire Webinar: Coming Down the Pipe – Oil Pipeline Regulations in Wisconsin – April 23, 2020
Rob Lee, Midwest Environmental Advocates, together with Nancy Larson and Tom Jerow of Wisconsin’s Green Fire, discuss regulations that pertain to oil pipelines in Wisconsin. The two organizations have developed a series of guides available at https://wigreenfire.org/guides-to-oil-pipeline-regulation-in-Wisconsin/
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Climate Change Task Force Hears Utility Carbon Reduction Goals
This article describes carbon reduction goals and broad strategies described by representatives of several utilities serving Wisconsin residents at the March 2020 meeting of the Governor’s Task Force on Climate Change.
Read More >Guides to Oil Pipeline Regulation in Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s Green Fire and Midwest Environmental Advocates have partnered to produce guides to Eminent Domain and Condemnation for Oil Pipelines in Wisconsin, Environmental Review, and Environmental Permits.
Read More >Securing Wisconsin’s Energy Future – A Wisconsin’s Green Fire Policy Analysis
February 11, 2020
Download WGF Energy Policy Analysis pdf (11 pages)
A paradigm shift is happening in the energy industry worldwide. New ways of managing how and where energy is distributed, and how energy waste is reduced, have become prominent opportunities in the world of energy.
Evidence of these changes are all around …
Read More >Wisconsin Academy Report Recommends Urgent Climate Change Responses – Briefing January 15
The urgent need to respond to our changing climate – whether reducing carbon levels in the atmosphere and mitigating impacts of global warming, or adapting to extreme weather events we’re already experiencing – should be discussed and debated in terms of the other significant benefits those actions will achieve.
Trumpeting such co-benefits, from improved public health to a cleaner and sustainable environment, could boost public support for climate change responses and increase the chances those steps will be taken by the state and local governments, as well as businesses and property owners.
Those were among the views expressed by participants at a Jan. 15 briefing on the Climate Fast Forward report released by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters.
Comments on Cardinal-Hickory Creek High Voltage Transmission Line Federal Environmental Impact Statement
On November 26, 2019 Wisconsin’s Green Fire provided comments to the US Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service Commission on the final federal Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Cardinal-Hickory Creek (CHC) high voltage transmission line (hvtl).
The American Transmission Company (ATC), International Transmission Company, ITC Holdings, and Dairyland Power Cooperative, have proposed construction of the …
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