Wisconsinites must have access to the energy needed to reliably power their homes and businesses, along with sound, unbiased information about energy issues.
To ensure the grid can provide equitable, affordable and reliable access to power, each energy user must pay their fair share of the cost of energy infrastructure.
As the cost of installing renewable energy decreases, more Wisconsinites are mounting rooftop solar on both residential and commercial properties. These energy users are able to produce energy to consume on site when the sun is shining and to locally distribute excess energy via the electric grid. They can also count on the electric grid when their on-site energy production does not match their energy needs.
Customers with distributed energy generation rely on energy providers’ power lines, poles and grid infrastructure to ensure a reliable and uninterrupted power supply. Since all Wisconsinites use the electric grid, it is important that the costs of maintaining system reliability are fairly and equitably distributed. Energy providers must install the same number of poles and wires for a customer who accesses the grid once a year as they do for a customer using it every day. Nobody should incur a financial penalty based on how they choose to power their home or business.
