Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 79 - State revenue sharing.
79.005 - Definitions.

79.005 Definitions. In this subchapter:
(1b) “Alternative energy resource" means a renewable resource, as defined in s. 196.378 (1) (h); garbage, as defined in s. 289.01 (9); or nonvegetation-based industrial, commercial, or household waste.
(1d) “Baseload electric generating facility" means an electric generating facility that has a capacity factor that is greater than 60 percent, as determined by the public service commission.
(1f) “Capacity factor" means the anticipated actual annual output of an electric generating facility expressed as a percentage of the facility's potential output. For purposes of this subchapter, the public service commission may review the capacity factor of an electric generating facility at any time.
(1g) “Cogeneration production plant" means an electric generating facility that produces electricity and another form of thermal energy, including heat or steam, that is used for industrial, commercial, heating, or cooling purposes.
(1m) “Municipality" means any town, village or city in this state. If a municipality is located in more than one county, payments under this subchapter shall be computed using data for the municipality as a whole.
(2) “Population" means the number of persons residing in each municipality and county of the state as last determined by the department of administration under s. 16.96.
(2m) “Power generation unit" means a complete set of electric generating equipment, as defined in s. 196.52 (9) (a) 1., that, collectively, is sufficient to generate electric power.
(3) “Production plant" does not include substations and general structures.
(4) “Repowered" means any of the following:
(a) Replacing the boiler on an existing fossil fuel steam unit with a combustion turbine and heat recovery steam generator and reusing the steam turbine and heat rejection system.
(b) Adding a heat recovery steam generator to a simple cycle combustion turbine.
(c) Demolishing or abandoning an existing power generation unit and replacing it with a new power generation unit at the same site.
(d) Replacing steam generating equipment at a combustion-based renewable facility, as defined in s. 196.378 (1) (g), that is located in this state, to increase efficiency or capacity, if the facility remains a combustion-based renewable facility, as defined in s. 196.378 (1) (g), after replacing the equipment.
History: 1971 c. 125, 215; 1975 c. 39; 1981 c. 20 s. 1169; 1989 a. 336; 2003 a. 31; 2005 a. 141.