RENEW Wisconsin Recommendations for Focus on Energy Renewable Energy Program Funding for 2017 & 2018

We recommend the Commission allocate $5 million per year in 2017 and 2018 to renewable
energy rebates through Focus on Energy. This recommendation is based on:

• A historic average of $5.7 million per year for renewable energy rebates

• There continues to be more demand for customer renewable energy systems than has been funded in 2015 and 2016

• The up-front cost of renewable energy technologies remains the key barrier to private investment into these projects, and the rebate program directly addresses that barrier

• This budget level will provide consistency, predictability, and stability to the state’s renewable energy marketplace and industry, ensuring the total market impact of renewable energy, which is about 5x the rebate amount, remains consistent for the next two years

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