Wisconsin AB722: An Act to amend 16.957 (2) (d) 3., 25.96 and 238.40 (2) (b); to create 16.296, 16.957 (2) (a) 5., 20.505 (1) (gj), 66.0443, 101.028, 103.08, 196.03 (7), 196.03 (8), 196.493, 196.498, 238.40 (1) (am) and 238.40 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes; Relating to: large energy customer fees; electric utility very large customer class; a renewable resource tariff; building requirements for data centers; water usage by large customers; required pay rate on large-scale data center projects; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

What the bill says

To amend 16.957 (2) (d) 3., 25.96 and 238.40 (2) (b); to create 16.296, 216.957 (2) (a) 5., 20.505 (1) (gj), 66.0443, 101.028, 103.08, 196.03 (7), 196.03 3(8), 196.493, 196.498, 238.40 (1) (am) and 238.40 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes; 4relating electric utility very large customer 5class; a renewable resource tariff; building requirements for data centers; 6water usage by large customers; required pay rate on large-scale data center 7projects; and granting rule-making authority…

From the introduced text, December 3, 2025:

to amend 16.957 (2) (d) 3., 25.96 and 238.40 (2) (b); to create 16.296, 216.957 (2) (a) 5., 20.505 (1) (gj), 66.0443, 101.028, 103.08, 196.03 (7), 196.03 3(8), 196.493, 196.498, 238.40 (1) (am) and 238.40 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes; 4relating electric utility very large customer 5class; a renewable resource tariff; building requirements for data centers; 6water usage by large customers; required pay rate on large-scale data center 7projects; and granting rule-making authority. Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill imposes requirements relating to certain electric utility tariffs and to data centers and large energy customers of utilities. In the bill, "data center" is defined as one or more buildings or an array of connected buildings owned, leased, or operated by the same business entity or its affiliate that are rehabilitated or constructed to house a group of networked server computers in one physical location or multiple locations in order to centralize the processing, storage, management, retrieval, communication, or dissemination of data and information. Current law defines "large energy customer" as a customer of an energy utility that owns or operates a facility in the energy utility's service area that has an energy demand of at least 1,000 kilowatts of electricity per month or of at least 10,000 decatherms of natural gas per month and that, in a …