Focus on Energy is looking to help pay for large energy-efficiency projects in the state.

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As Wisconsin’s Focus on Energy program moves into 2017 with more money for renewable-energy incentives, state officials are shining the spotlight on work done to make buildings save power.

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Several of Wisconsin’s biggest construction and design firms have lost their campaign to halt legislation that they warn will take $7 million a year out of a program meant to promote conservation and renewable energy.

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Wisconsin is on its way to joining other states that are curtailing incentives to encourage the use of solar-energy equipment, leaving installers around the state to wonder what’s next for their businesses.

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Miron Construction has put its name on a memorandum calling on state lawmakers to not support a bill provision that would greatly curtail the amount of money set aside every year for a program that subsidizes renewable-energy and energy-efficiency projects.

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Renewable-energy advocates breathed a partial sigh of relief Tuesday when state regulators leaned toward continuing to offer rebates on solar arrays, wind turbines and similar projects.

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Wisconsin regulators are defending a decision to cut renewable energy funding from a popular utilities program despite criticism from businesses around the state.

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The Environmental Law and Policy Center’s new study of Wisconsin’s solar and wind energy supply chain has found that 171 Wisconsin companies are part of the wind energy supply chain, and 135 companies in the state are part of the solar energy supply chain.

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By THOMAS CONTENT Milwaukee Journal Sentinel VERONA, Wis. (AP) — By the end of the year, the largest solar project yet built in Wisconsin will take shape in the rolling countryside that Epic Systems calls home. And by the middle ...

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By Jack Zemlicka A city of Milwaukee program offering residents an opportunity to improve the energy efficiency of their homes while providing work for local contractors has been slow to start. More than six months after contractors enrolled in the ...

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