EDP Renewables and Dairyland Power Cooperative cut the ribbon on the 49-turbine, 98-megawatt Quilt Block wind farm in Lafayette County near Darlington. Permitted in 2003, Quilt Block supplies power to Dairyland’s member cooperatives.
RENEW wins a 2016 “Regulatory Champion of the Year” award from the Interstate Renewable Energy Council in recognition of RENEW’s successful fight against We Energies’ proposed solar tax.
RENEW partners with the City of Madison to launch MadiSUN, a solar group purchase program, to expand solar energy for homes and businesses.
A Dane County Circuit Court Judge invalidates We Energies’ tax on customer-sited solar systems, citing a lack of evidence of any cost-shifting caused by customer solar-generators to warrant the financial penalties approved by the Public Service Commission.
Over RENEW’s strong objections, the Public Service Commission approves We Energies’ proposal to restructure net metering tariffs, granting the utility’s request to impose, beginning in 2016, a de facto tax on solar generating equipment owned by small customers.