Renewable energy group sues PSC in effort to expand customer access journaltimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from journaltimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Midwest Renewable Energy Association Files Lawsuit to Open Solar and Other Clean Energy Opportunities for Wisconsinites Earthjustice represents MREA to remove barriers preventing Wisconsinites from accessing the benefits of local clean energy development
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Nick Hylla, Executive Director, Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA), nickh@midwestrenew.org, (715) 592-6595, ext. 107 Stevens Point, WI
The Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) filed a lawsuit in Wisconsin Circuit Court to remove barriers preventing Wisconsinites from accessing the benefits of local clean energy development. MREA’s filing asks the court to ensure that the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) sticks to regulating monopoly utility companies and does not illegally interfere with competitive clean energy alternatives for Wisconsin families and businesses.
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The group wants to block rules enacted by the state utilities regulator that they say unlawfully create barriers to local clean energy sources like solar panels.
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (CN) A Wisconsin-based clean energy group sued the state’s utilities regulator on Thursday demanding rule changes to make it easier and cheaper for Badger State consumers to access renewable energies in lieu of typical power sources.
The Midwest Renewable Energy Association – whose offices are in Milwaukee and Custer, a small community in central Wisconsin – says the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, or PSC, is illegally regulating residents’ private energy consumption choices beyond its authority in ways that are preventing use of clean energy sources like solar power, which the group’s complaint calls “constitutionally as well as politically suspect.”
SOFTEC Education, MREA win Wisconsin Fast Forward grants By: Daily Reporter Staff February 23, 2021
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Businesses and organizations across Wisconsin are getting more than $1.65 million in grants from the Department of Workforce Development, including in construction. The grants are part of DWD’s Wisconsin Fast Forward initiative that provides targeted funds to support worker training, education and recruitment.
This year’s 13 grant recipients represent a variety of industries, from agriculture to information technology. Wisconsin Fast Forward encourages statewide economic growth by helping employers across the state train workers and fill positions to meet critical needs for a skilled workforce.
Wisconsin Fast Forward connects employers with local or regional economic development organizations, workforce development boards, post-secondary institutions, nonprofit organizations and private training providers. The program aims to enhance equity and economic opp