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Wis. Stat. § 196.31 (2026)

Intervenor financing

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196.31196.31 Intervenor financing.
196.31(1)(1) Except as provided in sub. (2m), in any proceeding before the commission, the commission shall compensate any participant in the proceeding who is not a public utility, for some or all of the reasonable costs of participation in the proceeding if the commission finds that:
196.31(1)(a)(a) The participation is necessary to provide for the record an adequate presentation of a significant position in which the participant has a substantial interest, and that an adequate presentation would not occur without a grant of compensation; or
196.31(1)(b)(b) The participation has provided a significant contribution to the record and has caused a significant financial hardship to the participant.
196.31(1m)(1m) The commission shall compensate any consumer group or consumer representative for all reasonable costs of participating in a hearing under s. 196.198.
196.31(2)(2) Compensation granted under this section shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.155 (1) (j) and shall be assessed under s. 196.85 (1), except that, if the commission finds that the participation for which compensation is granted relates more to a general issue of utility regulation rather than to an issue arising from a single proceeding, the cost of the compensation may be assessed under s. 196.85 (2). Any payment by a public utility for compensation under this section assessed under s. 196.85 (1) or (2) shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.155 (1) (j).
196.31(2m)(2m) The commission may grant no more than $100,000 annually in compensation under this section to the consumer advocate, as defined in s. 196.315 (2) (a).
196.31(3)(3) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this section.
196.31 HistoryHistory: 1983 a. 27; 1985 a. 297; 1989 a. 56 s. 259; 1993 a. 496; 1999 a. 9; 2009 a. 383; 2011 a. 22, 32; 2021 a. 24.
196.31 Cross-referenceCross-reference: See also ch. PSC 3, Wis. adm. code.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2000–2000 · leading case: Responsible Use of Rural & Agric. Land v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 2000 WI 129, 619 N.W.2d 888.
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Responsible Use of Rural & Agric. Land v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 2000 WI 129, 619 N.W.2d 888. · cites it 2× “Moreover, RURAL claims that had it obtained intervenor compensation, from the PSC to retain experts (see Wis. Stat. § 196.31 ), that would have mitigated the effect of the shortened timeline.”
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