WisBusiness: CUB analyst calls for ‘better system planning’ for electric grid; U.S. trade officials touting ‘Milwaukee Framework’ for steel sector

An analyst with the Citizens Utility Board is calling for “better system planning” for Wisconsin’s electric grid as it undergoes rapid change driven in part by data centers.

Corey Singletary, director of regulatory affairs for CUB, this week told a meeting of the Wisconsin Technology Council that data center growth has “shone really big, really bright spotlights on existing fractures … or vulnerabilities” in the state’s utility regulatory system.

“I think there are policy improvements that can build onto that rich legacy of regulation,” he said of the state Public Service Commission’s role.

He noted CUB supports implementing integrated resource planning in Wisconsin, a different approach from the state’s existing framework. Currently, the PSC requests information from utilities on a biennial basis to create the Strategic Energy Assessment or SEA.

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