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At a glance: motions and votes at the Public Service Commission meeting, Aug. 6, 2026
Summary
The commission approved minutes and multiple notices and dockets, directed staff on avoided-cost updates, made WEPCO's steam tariff permanent, approved Grid Resilience grant round 2 design and budget, and revoked completeness in docket 137CE221; meetings closed for a litigation discussion under Wis. Stat. §19.85.
The commission approved routine business early in the meeting, including the minutes of the July 30, 2026 open meeting and notices and proceedings tied to agenda items 2–8. The commission also approved a proposed notice and request for comment in docket 5AE255 and accepted the statement of scope to open docket 1AC263.
Key substantive votes taken today: - Directed staff to draft an order implementing updated 2025 avoided-cost values for the 2026 evaluation and a schedule for future updates (docket 5FE104). - Approved Wisconsin Electric Power Company's request to remove pilot status from its AG3 steam economic development rate tariff and make it permanent (docket 6630TH102). - Approved round 2 design and $7.2M base budget for the Grid Resilience Formula Grant, with conditional awards allowed if additional funds become available by 12/31/2029 (docket 9713FG2026). - Voted to revoke the December 2025 completeness determination and find the application incomplete in docket 137CE221; the commission closed that docket and instructed staff to prepare a final order. The commission then entered closed session under Wis. Stat. §19.85(1)(g) to discuss unrelated litigation matters.
