CNOW for Jan. 14, 2026
Today's conservation notices:
- Support AB 106 & SB 96: EV charging technical corrections
- Support AB 248: Specifying vacancies in appointive state offices
Oppose AB 840: Failure to protect communities from data center impacts
Support AB 106 & SB 96: EV charging technical corrections
Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to support AB 106 & SB 96, which are before the Assembly on Thursday.
Electric vehicles help save consumers money at the pump and reduce air pollution. AB 106 & SB 96 are necessary technical fixes to last year's Act 121 & Act 122 to clarify that all levels of chargers are exempt from the 3c/kwh tax that are at a residence. It also clarifies the process for charger owner operators that need to register for the tax.
Support AB 248: Specifying vacancies in appointive state offices
Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to support AB 248, which is before the Assembly on Thursday.
Unless reappointed, officials in public office shouldn’t be able to stay in their position once their term expires. AB 248 specifies that a vacancy is created when an official’s term expires.
Oppose AB 840: Failure to protect communities from data center impacts
Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to oppose AB 840, which is before the Assembly Committee on State Affairs on Thursday.
Wisconsin residents should not have to pay for large tech companies looking to site data centers in their communities. Data centers should have to pay the full costs of their energy load, including being connected to the electrical grid. AB 840 would drive up costs and pollution for Wisconsin residents by limiting lower-cost renewables to having to be on-site and not explicitly requiring that tech companies have to pay the full costs of their energy and being connected to the energy grid.
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