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A tattered American flag waves in Roger Millard's front lawn amid sprawling Walworth County farmland.
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Read More »Wisconsin homeowner worried about looming solar development
Wisconsin commission, residents mull proposed solar farms
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission is preparing to decide the fate of two proposed solar farms that, if built, would more than quadruple the state's solar capacity and pave the way for more utility-scale solar projects.
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Read More »Big solar project splits farmers and clean energy proponents
Bob Bishop is a 61-year-old farmer living in dairy country in southwestern Wisconsin but will stop raising cows because falling dairy prices have put his industry at serious risk.
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Read More »PSC OKs use of utility fees to replace lead water lines in Kenosha
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission on Thursday approved letting local officials in Kenosha County use water fees for the first time to help customers pay for replacing lead water lines.
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Read More »State gives preliminary OK to $5.5 million a year for renewable projects
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission has given a preliminary approval to a proposal that would have more than $20 million from a state energy-efficiency program go to renewable-energy projects.
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Read More »Meetings to be held on utility acquisition
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission has scheduled public hearings for later this month on the proposed acquisition of two utility companies serving large parts of the state.
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Read More »Solar industry braces for rate changes
While various groups consider legal actions to overturn regulatory that some argue will put a damper on renewable energy, an electrical contractor has about 200 Milwaukee residents interested in solar devices atop their homes.
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Read More »Rate request may open old dispute
Milwaukee’s latest request to raise water rates threatens to reopen an old dispute about whether the city is doing enough to attract large, industrial water users.
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Read More »Power line opponents file suit to stop project
Opponents of a power line linking La Crosse and Rochester, Minn., are suing Wisconsin regulators who approved the project.
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Read More »Wis. court: Regulators properly approved wind farm (UPDATE)
Wisconsin regulators properly approved a Madison-based utility's plan to build a wind farm in southern Minnesota, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a decision that dramatically lightens the regulatory burden for utilities' out-of-state projects.
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