<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xml:base="https://www.wisbar.org" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Public Utilities Section Blog</title><link>https://www.wisbar.org/Pages/RSS.aspx</link><description></description><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Large Load, Bigger Questions: The Value of Integrated Resource Planning</title><link>https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31514</link><guid>https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31514</guid><dc:creator>Elizabeth A. Wheeler</dc:creator><description>The rapid rise of large-load demand has intensified debates about how utilities and regulators should plan for the future. Elizabeth Wheeler explores integrated resource planning as a tool that could help Wisconsin address growth, improve stakeholder participation, and better align cost, need, and reliability.</description><pubDate>2026-03-20 00:00:00</pubDate><image><url>https://wisbar.org/blog/PublishingImages/Social/UTILBlog_Social.jpg</url><title>Large Load, Bigger Questions: The Value of Integrated Resource Planning</title><link>https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31514</link></image></item><item><title>Fast-Tracking Reliability: MISO and PSCW’s Role in ERAS</title><link>https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31367</link><guid>https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31367</guid><dc:creator>Patrick Proctor-Brown and Dominique S. Fortune</dc:creator><description>As reliability pressures mount across the region, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator and the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin are using the Expedited Resource Addition Study to accelerate projects that address urgent resource adequacy needs. Patrick Proctor-Brown and Dominique Fortune explain how this process works and what it means for utilities seeking timely interconnection.</description><pubDate>2025-12-16 00:00:00</pubDate><image><url>https://wisbar.org/blog/PublishingImages/Social/UTILBlog_Social.jpg</url><title>Fast-Tracking Reliability: MISO and PSCW’s Role in ERAS</title><link>https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31367</link></image></item><item><title>PSC Reforms May Provide Pathway for Developers Looking to Install Rooftop Solar</title><link>https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31123</link><guid>https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31123</guid><dc:creator>Grant Snyder</dc:creator><description>Wisconsin’s metering rules, originally intended to promote conservation, now pose challenges for apartment developers seeking to install rooftop solar. Grant Snyder explains how the Public Service Commission is updating these rules and what developers need to know to qualify for new exemptions.</description><pubDate>2025-07-09 00:00:00</pubDate><image><url>https://www.wisbar.org</url><title>PSC Reforms May Provide Pathway for Developers Looking to Install Rooftop Solar</title><link>https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=31123</link></image></item><item><title>Does Standalone Energy Storage Have a Place in Wisconsin Law?</title><link>https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=30898</link><guid>https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=30898</guid><dc:creator>Orrie A. Walsvik &amp; Scout Devoti</dc:creator><description>Energy storage is taking the energy word by storm, so much so that standalone energy storage projects are becoming commonplace. Orrie Walsvik and law student Scout Devoti discuss how standalone projects may fit into Wisconsin's regulatory scheme.</description><pubDate>2025-03-05 00:00:00</pubDate><image><url>https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/InsideTrack/PublishingImages/Article%20Images/battery-storage-energy-environmental-solar-1200x630.jpg</url><title>Does Standalone Energy Storage Have a Place in Wisconsin Law?</title><link>https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=30898</link></image></item></channel></rss>