Public Service Commission clears consent items, approves intervener compensation

The Public Service Commission on Oct. 30 approved routine procedural items and two intervener compensation requests before turning to larger transmission dockets.

The commission approved the minutes from the Oct. 16 open meeting and accepted staff’s recommended notices of investigation and a notice of proceeding tied to several early agenda items. A draft order extending a comment deadline in docket 5UI124 was approved by voice vote. Commission members said they had independently reviewed the minutes and agenda materials and saw no need for further discussion prior to the votes.

Two intervener compensation requests from Renew Wisconsin were fully funded. The commission approved Renew Wisconsin’s requests for $12,000 in docket 1IC575 and $12,000 in docket 1IC576; both motions were seconded and approved by voice votes.

These consent and administrative votes took place in the meeting’s opening minutes and preceded a longer set of hearings and decisions on transmission certificates and certificates of authority. The procedural approvals ensure items move forward in pending dockets and that interveners who participated in the record will receive the awarded payments.