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Urging Legislators Not To Co-Sponsor LRB 0600/1 - The Bill That Would Break
Commitments Made To Ensure Electric Reliability In The State
Urging Legislators Not To Co-Sponsors of LRB 0600-1 - The Bill That Would Break
Commitments Made To Ensure Electric Reliability In The State.pdf

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To: All Legislators
From: WEC Energy Group, We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service
Date: March 3,2017
Regarding: Urging Legislators Not To Co-Sponsor LRB 0600/1 - The Bill That Would Break
Commitments Made To Ensure Electric Reliability ln The State

LRB 0600/1, which would eliminate a key protect¡on of the lease generation law, is
unconstitutional and bad publ¡c policy. Please do not support or co-sponsor LRB 0600/1.
lf enacted, this law would violate the U.S. and Wiscons¡n constitutions by impairing our exist¡ng
contacts and taking our existing contract rights. We Energies relied on the Public Service
Commission's (PSC) decisions under the law to invest billions of dollars in much needed new
power plants for our customers.

The proposal is also bad policy. More than 15 years ago, the legislature gave the PSC the
authority to consider new financing arrangements to ensure the construction of new plants at a
1

 time when the Governor, the Legislature, and the public were all very concerned about electric
reliability in Wisconsin.
Every significant customer group in the state -- Citizens' Utility Board (CUB), Customers First!
Coalition (CF!C), Wisconsin lndustrial Energy Group (WIEG), and Wisconsin lnitiative Seeking
Energy Reform (WISER) -- participated in that legislative process. That process produced bipartisan legislation that created the "leased generation" approach to financing new electric
generation and improving electric reliability in the state. See 2001 Act 16, S 3008mc, codified at
Wis. Stat. S 196.52(9).

A critical aspect of the law was that if We Energies agreed to invest the billions of dollars required
to construct the needed generation, and if the PSC approved the generation leases as
"reasonable and consistent with the public interest," no future PSC could modify or terminate the
leases during their terms except as specifically provided in the PSC's order or the leases
themselves.
The same parties that worked on the leased generation law also negotiated the Power the Future
(PTF) leases, including the rate of return We Energies would be authorized to earn on its
investments. All were aware that as part of the financial package the contracts could not be
abrogated over the 3O-year term of the leases. This protection was a condition of We Energies'
participation in PTF and We Energies relied on it in good faith.
Following a four-year regulatory process, and with strong customer group support, the PSC
unanimously approved our request to build 21st century natural gas fired plants at Port
Washington and coal-fired units at Oak Creek.
Fast forwarding to today, the plants have provided a great value for customers. They have
performed very well and are in the top ten most efficient power plants in the country.

The fuel diversity provided by the (coal and natural gas) PTF plants has also benefitted
customers.
lts sponsors say the bill is motivated by high utility rates. ln fact, our utilities work very
hard to keep our costs down. lf we look over the last ten years, our customer's electric and
gas bills have stayed constant, or even improved. ln 2016, We Energies customers paid
approximately $20 less per month than they did five years ago and paid less in energy
costs than any year in the past decade.

o

a

From May 2015 through April 2016, the average residential customer paid an average of
$1+g per month for their combined We Energies natural gas and electric bill. The average
residential customer bill has not been that low during that same time frame since 2004-05.
ln 2017, We Energies' and electric rates are lower than 2016

We also have developed innovative prices to help our customers succeed and create new jobs in
Wisconsin. Our innovative Real Time Market Pricing Program (RTMP) has directly benefitted
many of the largest businesses in Wisconsin. The RTMP program has played a role in creating
more than 2,000 jobs by allowing industrial customers to benefit from some of the lowest
electricity prices in the country.

2

 Finally, the bill's sponsors fail to mention the other side of the story: RELIABILITY. The electric
rates prevailing in Wisconsin reflect its recent investments, investments other states have fallen
behind on. Current rates, though higher than they were before the PTF units were built, support
reliability at a level not seen elsewhere in our region or the country. ln fact We Energies was
recently named the most reliable electric utility in the Midwest for the sixth year running.

Again, please do not support or co-sponsor LRB 0600/1. The effect of the bill would be to break
the Legislature's promises to We Energies after the company did precisely what the Governor,
the Legislature and We Energies' customers asked it to do. Thank you!
Please feelfree to call us if you have questions about our opposition to LRB 0600/1

Joel Haubrich: 414-221-4102
Ghris LaRowe: 608-283-301 1

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To: All Legislators
From: WEC Energy Group, We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service
Date: March 3,2017
Regarding: Urging Legislators Not To Go-Sponsors of LRB 0600/1 - The Bill That
Would Break Commitments Made To Ensure Electric Reliability ln The State

LRB 0600/1, which would eliminate a key protection of the lease generation law, is
unconstitutional and bad public policy. Please do not support or co-sponsor LRB
0600/1.
lf enacted, this law would violate the U.S. and Wisconsin constitutions by impairing our
existing contacts and taking our existing contract rights. We Energies relied on the
Public Service Commission's (PSC) decisions under the law to invest billions of dollars
in much needed new power plants for our customers.

The proposal is also bad policy. More than 15 years ago, the legislature gave the PSC
the authority to consider new financing arrangements to ensure the construction of new
plants at a time when the Governor, the Legislature, and the public were all very
concerned about electric reliability in Wisconsin.
Every significant customer group in the state -- Citizens' Utility Board (CUB), Customers
First! Coalition (CFC), Wisconsin lndustrial Energy Group (WIEG), and Wisconsin
lnitiative Seeking Energy Reform WISER) -- participated in that legislative process.
That process produced bi-partisan legislation that created the "leased generation"
approach to financing new electric generation and improving electric reliability in the
state. See 2001 Act 16, S 3008mc, codified atWis. Stat. $ 196.52(9).

A critical aspect of the law was that if We Energies agreed to invest the billions of
dollars required to construct the needed generation, and if the PSC approved the
generation leases as "reasonable and consistent with the public interest," no future PSC
could modify or terminate the leases during their terms except as specifically provided in
the PSC's order or the leases themselves.

 Again, please do not support or co-sponsor LRB 0600/1. The effect of the bill would be
to break the Legislature's promises to We Energies after the company did precisely
what the Governor, the Legislature and We Energies' customers asked it to do, Thank
you!
Please feel free to call us if you have questions about our opposition to LRB 0600/1

Joel Haub rich=

41 4-221 -4102

Chris LaRowe: 608-283-301 I

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Urging Legislators NOT To Co-Sponsor LRB 0600/1

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A Bill That Would Break Commitments Made To Ensure Electric Reliability In

The State

Attachments:

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To: All Legislators
From: wEc Energy Group, we Energies and wisconsin pubric service
Date: March 3,2017
Regarding: Urging Legislators Not To Go-sponsor LRB 0600/1 - The Bill That Would Break
Commitments Made To Ensure Electr¡c Reliability ln The State

LRB 0600/1, which would eliminate a key protection of the lease generation law, is
unconst¡tutional and bad public policy. Please do not support or co-sponsor LRB 0600/1.
lf enacted, this law would violate the U.S. and Wisconsin constitutions by impairing our existing
contacts and taking our existing contract rights. We Energies relied on the Public Service
Commission's (PSC) decisions under the law to invest billions of dollars in much needed new
power plants for our customers.

1

 The proposal is also bad policy. More than 15 years ago, the legislature gave the PSC the
authority to consider new financing arrangements to ensure the construction of new plants at a
time when the Governor, the Legislature, and the public were all very concerned about electric
reliability in Wisconsin.
Every significant customer group in the state -- Citizens' Utility Board (CUB), Customers First!
Coalition (CFC), Wisconsin lndustrial Energy Group (WIEG), and Wisconsin lnitiative Seeking
Energy Reform WISER) -- participated in that legislative process. That process produced bipartisan legislation that created the "leased generation" approach to financing new electric
generation and improving electric reliability in the state. See 2001 Act 16, S 3008mc, codified at
Wis. Stat. S 196.52(9).

A critical aspect of the law was that if We Energies agreed to invest the billions of dollars required
to construct the needed generation, and if the PSC approved the generation leases as
"reasonable and consistent with the public interest," no future PSC could modify or terminate the
leases during their terms except as specifically provided in the PSC's order or the leases
themselves.
The same parties that worked on the leased generation law also negotiated the Power the Future
(PTF) leases, including the rate of return We Energies would be authorized to earn on its
investments. All were aware that as part of the financial package the contracts could not be
abrogated over the 3O-year term of the leases. This protection was a condition of We Energies'
participation in PTF and We Energies relied on it in good faith.
Following a four-year regulatory process, and with strong customer group support, the PSC
unanimously approved our request to build 21st century natural gas fired plants at Port
Washington and coal-fired units at Oak Creek
Fast forwarding to today, the plants have provided a great value for customers. They have
performed very well and are in the top ten most efficient power plants in the country.
The fuel diversity provided by the (coal and natural gas) PTF plants has also benefitted
customers.
lts sponsors say the bill is motivated by high utility rates. ln fact, our utilities work very hard
to keep our costs down. lf we look over the last ten years, our customer's electric and gas
bills have stayed constant, or even improved. ln 2016, We Energies customers paid
approximately $20 less per month than they did five years ago and paid less in energy
costs than any year in the past decade.

.

2

 a

From May 2015 through April 2016, the average residential customer paid an average of
$1+s per month for their combined We Energies natural gas and electric bill. The avérage
residential customer bill has not been that low during that same time frame since 2OO4-05

a

ln 2017,We Energies'and electric rates are lowerthan 2016.

We also have developed innovative prices to help our customers succeed and create new jobs in
Wisconsin. Our innovative Real Time Market Pricing Program (RTMP) has direcfly benefitted
many of the largest businesses in Wisconsin. The RTMP program has played a róle in creating
more than 2,000 jobs by allowing industrial customers to benefit from some of the lowest
electricity prices in the country.
Finally, the bill's sponsors fail to mention the other side of the story: RELIAB LlTy. The electric
rates prevailing in Wisconsin reflect its recent investments, investments other states have fallen
behind on. Current rates, though higher than they were before the PTF units were built, support
reliability at a level not seen elsewhere in our region or the country. ln fact We Energies was
recently named the most reliable electric utility in the Midwest for the sixth year running.

Again, please do not support or co-sponsor LRB 0600/1. The effect of the bill would be to break
the Legislature's promises to We Energies after the company did precisely what the Governor, the
Legislature and we Energies' customers asked it to do. Thank you!
Please feel free to call us if you have questions about our opposition to LRB 0600/1.

Joel Haub rich= 41 4-221 -4102
Chris LaRowe: 608-283-301

1

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Haubrich.Joel <Joel.Haubrich@we-energies.com

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Tuesday, March 07, 20L7 l-0:12 AM
LaRowe.Christopher W
Haubrich.Joel
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Commitments Made To Ensure Electric Reliability In Wisconsin

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Date: March 3,2017
Regarding: Urging Legislators To Not Co-sponsor of LRB 0600/1
Commitments Made To Ensure Electric Reliability ln The State

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LRB 0600/1, which would eliminate a key protect¡on of the lease generation law, is unconstitutional
and bad public policy. Please do not support or co-sponsor LRB 0600/1.
lf enacted, this law would violate the U.S. and Wisconsin constitutions by impairing our existing
contacts and taking our existing contract rights. We Energies relied on PSC's decisions under the law
to invest billions of dollars in needed new power plants for our customers.
The proposal is also bad policy. More than 15 years ago, the legislature gave the Public Service
Commission (PSC) the authority to consider new financing arrangements to ensure the construction of
much needed new power plants at a time when the Governor, the Legislature, and the public were all
very concerned about electric reliability in Wisconsin.
1

 Every significant customer group in the state -- Citizens' Utility Board (CUB), Customers First!
Coalition (CFC), Wisconsin lndustrial Energy Group (WIEG), and Wisconsin lnitiative Seeking Energy
Reform WISER) -- participated in that legislative process. That process produced bi-partisan
legislation that created the "leased generation" approach to financing new electric generation and
improving electric reliability in the state. See 2001 Act 16, S 3008mc, codified at Wis. Stat. S
1e6.52(e).

A critical aspect of the law was that if We Energies agreed to invest the billions of dollars required to
construct the needed generation, and if the PSC approved the generation leases as "reasonable and
consistent with the public interest," no future PSC could modify or terminate the leases during their
terms except as specifically provided in the PSC's order or the leases themselves.
The same parties that worked on the leased generation law also negotiated the Power the Future
(PTF) leases, including the rate of return We Energies would be autñorized to earn on its
investment. All were aware that as part of the financial package the contracts could not be abrogated
over the term of the leases. The terms of those leases range from 25 to 30 years. This protection was
a condition of We Energies' participation in PTF and We Energies relied on it in good faith.
Following a four-year regulatory process, and with strong customer group support, the pSC
unanimously approved our request to build 21st century natural gas fired plants at Port Washington
and coal-fired units at Oak Creek. Neither of the lease agreemeñts provides for modification nor do
the Commission's Orders approving the leases and construction of those plants provide for such
modification. Fast forwarding to today, the plants have provided a great value for customers. They
have performed very well and are in the top ten most efficient power plants in the country.
The fuel diversity provided by the (coal and natural gas) PTF plants has also benefitted customers.
a

Its sponsors say the bill is motivated by high utility rates. ln fact, our utilities work very hard to
keep our costs down. lf we look over the last ten years, our residential customer's electric and
gas bills have stayed constant, or even improved. ln 2016, We Energies customers paid
approximately $20 less per month than they did five years ago and paid less in energy costs
than any year in the past decade.

a

From May 2015 through April 2016, the average residential customer paid an average of $143
per month for their combined We Energies natural gas and electric bill. The average residential
customer bill has not been that low during that same time frame since 2004-05.
2

 .

ln 2017, We Energies' and electric rates are lower than 2016.

We also have developed innovative pricing approaches to help our customers succeed and create
new jobs in Wisconsin. Our innovative Real Time Market Pricing Program (RTMP) has direcily
benefitted many of the largest businesses in Wisconsin. The RTMP program has played a role in
creating more than 2,000 jobs by allowing industrial customers to benefit from some of the lowest
electricity prices in the country.
Finally, the bill's sponsors fail to mention the other side of the story: RELIABILITY. The electric rates
prevailing in Wisconsin reflect its recent investments, investments other states have fallen behind on.
Current rates, though higher than they were before the PTF units were built, support reliability at a
level not seen elsewhere in our region or the country. ln fact We Energies was recently named the
most reliable electric utility in the Midwest for the sixth year running.

Again, please do not support or co-sponsor LRB 0600/1. The effect of the bill would be to break the
Legislature's promises to We Energies after the company did precisely what the Governor, the
Legislature and we Energies' customers asked it to do. Thank you!
Please feel free to call us if you have questions about our opposition to LRB 0600/1.

Joel Haubrich:

41

4-221-4102

Chris LaRowe: 608-283-301

1

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Please do not co-sponsor LRB 0600
Leased generation memo.docx

Attached please find the WUA memo respectfully urging you NOT to co-sponsor
BillSkewes
WUA
608 257 3151
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LRB

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44 East Mifflin Street'Suite 202.Madison, Wisconsin 53703. 6081257-3151

To:

Wisconsin Legislature

From

Bill Skewes, Executive Director
Wisconsin Ut¡l¡t¡es Association

Re

LRB

Date:

March 7,2Ot7

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Leased Generation Contracts

On behalf of Wisconsin's investor-owned gas and electric utilities, the Wisconsin Utilities
Association (WUA) respectfully urges you not to co-sponsor LRB 0600/1, relating to PSC
authority over leased generation contracts, because it violates the trust of the supporters
of a key energy reliability project, is unconstitutional and would chill investment in critical
infrastructure.
The Power the Future project (PTF) that first utilized the /eosed generation contract law had
near-universal support when it passed in the early 2000's. Supporters and the PSC
recognized the need to avoid the harm to Wisconsin's economy and electric customers that
would have been caused by an inadequate power supply.
Yet, under LRB 0600, the Public Service Commission could retroactively re-open these
existing contracts and change their terms to make them more favorable to one party over
another. This is impairment of a contract and is clearly unconstitutional.
ln addition, the bill undermines investors' confidence by greatly increasing their risk to earn
the returns they were promised. lt materially harms the people who, in good faith,
purchased shares, lowering the value of those shares by putting the returns-on-equity atrisk.

While the supporters maintain that this bill will improve the business climate, in fact, the
opposite is true. Changing the law in order to alter agreements made in good faith in the
middle of the term of that contract sends the worst message possible to prospective
employers considering locating to Wisconsin.
Prospective shareowners must be able to trust the state to live up to the terms of the
contracts it approved in the public interest when this law was passed and not try to change
an agreement years after it is in place.
Please do not co-sponsor LRB 0600/1.