Section 137.06. Procedures to receive contributions from municipal utilities and retail electric cooperatives.

 

(1)   Invoice forms. The energy utilities shall design invoice forms for municipal utilities and retail electric cooperatives that elect to contribute the fees they charge under s. 196.374 (7) (a) and (b) 2. , Stats., to statewide programs. The participating municipal utilities and retail electric cooperatives shall use these forms to send in their collections.

(2)   Procedures for fee contributions to statewide programs.

(a) At the end of each quarter, each participating municipal utility and retail electric cooperative shall inform the energy utilities of the dollar amount of fees it has collected for energy efficiency programs in the previous quarter. Participating municipal utilities and retail electric cooperatives shall deliver this information to the energy utilities within 15 working days after the quarter concludes.

(b) The energy utilities shall verify the amount collected by each participating municipal utility or retail electric cooperative.

(c) When the energy utilities have received the information specified in par. (a) , they shall produce an invoice for each participating municipal utility or retail electric cooperative and deliver the invoice to the municipal utility or retail electric cooperative.

(d) Within 30 working days after it receives the invoice, the participating municipal utility or retail electric cooperative shall send a check to the address specified by the energy utilities for deposit in the fund for statewide programs.

(e) The energy utilities shall take reasonable steps to ensure that participating municipal utilities and retail electric cooperatives remit payments completely and on a timely basis.

(3)   Reports. The energy utilities shall record the payment of each municipal utility or retail electric cooperative and create reports that include each municipal utility's and retail electric cooperative's cumulative contributions for the fiscal year.

History: CR 06-139 : cr. Register July 2007 No. 619 , eff. 8-1-07.