Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: To Executive 5 R cosponsors

AB 751 — Relating to: calculation of fuel costs for an electric public utility’s fuel cost plan.

Last action — Published 4-4-2026

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced December 08, 2025. It awaits signature.

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Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

  • To Executive

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 7 sponsors

    1 primary, 6 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (5 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

An Act to amend 196.20 (4) (c) 1.; to create 196.20 (4) (a) 3. of the statutes;

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

43 added · 11 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Bill AB 751 introduces a new requirement for electric public utilities when calculating their fuel costs. Specifically, the bill now mandates that utilities must include additional considerations related to the revenue generated from selling electricity generation capacity, improving transparency and potentially affecting how fuel costs are determined. This change is important because it aims to ensure that rate-setting accounts for all relevant factors that could impact the costs passed on to consumers. The bill will take effect for proposed fuel cost plans submitted starting January 1, 2027.

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- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRBa0774/1 EHS:cdc ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 751 January 15, 2026 - Offered by RepresentatUMMERFIELD .
- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRB-4829/1 EHS:ajk ASSEMBLY BILL 751 December 8, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives S UMMERFIELD , O'CONNOR , SORTWELL , WEARINGEN and W ITTKE , cosponsored by Senators OMCZYK and FEYEN .
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
Referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities.
1.
A N A CT to amend 196.20 (4) (c) 1.;
Page 2, line 11:
to create 196.20 (4) (a) 3.
after that line insert:
of the statutes;
“SECTION 3c.
relating to:
Initial applicability.
calculation of fuel costs for an electric public utility’s fuel cost plan.
(1) This act first applies to a proposed fuel cost plan filed on January 1, 2027.”.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Under current Public Service Commission administrative code, a public utility must file with PSC a proposed fuel cost plan for a 12-month period as part of an application to open or reopen a general rate case proceeding or as part of a proceeding limited in scope to fuel cost.
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Current PSC administrative code requires a public utility to calculate fuel cost as the net of the costs and credits during that period for items such as fuel, energy market purchases, energy market sales, renewable resource credits, and emission allowances.
If PSC approves a fuel cost plan, it must establish the public utility’s rates in accordance with the approved plan.
Under current law, if an electric public utility has an approved fuel cost plan, PSC must defer any under-collection or over-collection of fuel costs that are outside of the utility’s symmetrical fuel cost annual tolerance for subsequent rate recovery or refund.
This bill specifies that fuel costs must be calculated to account for the cost of purchasing and the revenue earned in selling electricity generation capacity that meets the requirements for capacity as established by the Midcontinent Independent System Operator.
- 2026 Legislature - 2 - LRB-4829/1 EHS:ajk ASSEMBLY BILL 751 SECTION 1 The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
S ECTION 1.
196.20 (4) (a) 3.
of the statutes is created to read:
196.20 (4) (a) 3.
“Midcontinent independent system operation” has the meaning given to “Midwest independent system operator” in s.
196.485 (1) (ds).
S ECTION 2.
196.20 (4) (c) 1.
of the statutes is amended to read:
196.20 (4) (c) 1.
If an electric public utility has an approved fuel cost plan, the commission shall defer any under-collection or over-collection of fuel costs that are outside of the utility’s symmetrical fuel cost annual tolerance, as established by the commission, for subsequent rate recovery or refund.Fuel costs under this paragraph shall be calculated to account for the cost of purchasing and the revenue earned in selling electricity generation capacity that meets the requirements for capacity as established by the midcontinent independent system operator.
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Action History

  1. Published 4-4-2026

  2. Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 193

  3. Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026

  4. Report correctly enrolled on 3-23-2026

  5. LRB correction

  6. Received from Senate concurred in

  7. Ordered immediately messaged

  8. Read a third time and concurred in

  9. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  10. Ordered to a third reading

  11. Read a second time

  12. Senators Ratcliff and Smith added as cosponsors

  13. Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  14. Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  15. Available for scheduling

  16. Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  17. Received from Assembly

  18. Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Read a third time and passed

  20. Rules suspended

  21. Ordered to a third reading

  22. Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  23. Read a second time

  24. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Summerfield

  25. Placed on calendar 1-20-2026 by Committee on Rules

  26. Referred to committee on Rules

  27. Report passage recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 11, Noes 0

  28. Executive action taken

  29. Public hearing held

  30. Read first time and referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities

  31. Introduced by Representatives Summerfield, O'Connor, Sortwell, Swearingen and Wittke; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk and Feyen

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 751 do?
An Act to amend 196.20 (4) (c) 1.; to create 196.20 (4) (a) 3. of the statutes;
Who sponsors AB 751?
AB 751 is sponsored by Tomczyk, Feyen, Summerfield, Rob (Republican), O'Connor, Jerry (Republican), Sortwell, Shae (Republican), Swearingen, Rob (Republican), and Wittke, Robert (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 751?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced December 08, 2025. It awaits signature.
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