At A Glance --Utility Green Pricing Programs in Wisconsin

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Utility Green Pricing Program Contacts
 

Utility

Program
Name		 Resource
Mix		 Price and
Availability		 No. of
Subscribers		 MWH Sold
(2008)		 Started
(DPC) Dairyland Power Cooperative Evergreen 500 kW Biogas
2 MW Wind1		 $1.50 per
100 kWh block		 2,000 6,000 1999
MGE (Madison Gas & Electric) Green Power Tomorrow 54.7 MW Wind2
300 kW Solar		 $3 per 300 kWh block (50% and 100% options) ~12,000 112,174 1999
WE (We Energies) Energy for Tomorrow3 76 MW Wind4
15 MW LFG
 750 kW Solar 		1.37 cents/kWh
(25%, 50%, 100% options)
1.00 cents/kWh for purchases greater than 70,000 kWh/mo. 
100 kWh blocks are also supplied to 49 large business customers. 		19,6155  4,792@100%
5,382@50%
9,392@25% 		176,243 1996
WPL (Wisconsin Power & Light) Second Nature3 1 MW LFG
63.5 MW Wind6
350 kW Biogas7
7 kW Solar8 		Residential 2 cents/kWh
(25%, 50%, or 100% options)
Non-residential -- self-nominating w/ a $5 minimum 		7,845
1,725@100%
1,628@50%
4,4492@25%
(993 non-res) /td> 		30,961 2001
WPPI (WPPI Energy) Renewable Energy3 Green Power for Business3 7.2 MW Hydro 79.5 MW Wind2
4.8 MW LFG9
  44 kW Solar 		$3 per 300 kWh block
$2.00 per 300 kWh block for industrial purchases over 100 blocks per month		 3,923 44,710 2001
WPS (Wisconsin Public Service Corp) NatureWise 58.7 MW Wind10
4.8 MW Biogas

16.6 MW Landfill gas
0.3 MW Photovoltaic 		$1.00 per 100 kWh block 1,900 22,800 2002
WPS Community Foundation SolarWise 148 kW Photovoltaic (47 Schools) $1, $2, or $4 donation per month 3,300 1,16711 1996

  Note: All renewable generation sources located in Wisconsin except where noted.

1 Wind turbines located in Minnesota

2 Wind turbines located in Iowa and Wisconsin

3 Programs are Green-e certified by Center for Resource Solutions

4 Includes wind energy credits from an Iowa facility as well as wind energy from Blue Sky Green Field Wind Energy Center

5 Includes Michigan customers

6 Wind turbines located in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin

7 Biogas derived from livestock manure (Vir-Clar Farms near Fond du Lac)

8 PV array located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

9 Landfill in Outagamie County

10 In 2009, WPS filed a proposed change to the NatureWise tariff where a portfolio of assets are used to price and meet the requirements of the NatureWise program, PSCW approval is expected in late 2009

11 Total generation since program started

Utility Contacts—Renewable Energy Subscription Programs:

Dairyland Power Cooperative
Craig Harmes   (608) 787-1310    cth@dairynet.com

Madison Gas & Electric
Laura Williams    (608) 252-7131    lwilliams@mge.com

We Energies
Pat Keily         (414) 221-2820       pat.keily@we-energies.com  

WI Power & Light
Eileen Parker       (319) 786-4321  eileenparker@alliantenergy.com  

WPPI Energy 
Beth Carlson    (608) 837-4507     bcarlson@wppienergy.org  

WI Public Service Corp.
Chip Bircher     (920) 433-5518    tlbircher@wisconsinpublicservice.com

 

@RENEW Wisconsin, July 2009