Public Service Commission says Hope Village meets transient-exemption; individual metering rule not applied

The Public Service Commission on Feb. 20, 2025 voted to find that Hope Village tiny housing alternatives, a newly constructed multi-dwelling residential building, meets the definition of a transient multi-dwelling unit building and therefore the individual metering requirements in Wisconsin Administrative Code chapter PSC 113 do not apply.

The finding was made during the commission's open meeting in docket 4220-EI-112 after staff prepared a memo and compiled record evidence about the project. Chair Strand said the record and staff memo "clearly demonstrated that this project specifically meets the definition of transient multi dwelling buildings and therefore that the individual metering requirements of Wisconsin administration code section PSC 113.0803 sub 1 do not apply." The motion was adopted on a voice vote; all commissioners present voted in favor.

The commission emphasized that a separate, ongoing rulemaking to revise the administrative rule governing individual metering remains open. Chair Strand and…