How Wisconsin Can Meet Its Clean Power Plan Targets

This fact sheet by the World Resources Institute outlines strategies for Wisconsin to meet emission standards under the Clean Power Plan (CPP), focusing on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and the optimization of existing power plant infrastructure.

• Wisconsin can achieve 63 percent of its required reductions under the Clean Power Plan by continuing the Focus on Energy program (with annual electricity savings targets of approximately 0.8 percent of sales through 2018), maintaining the renewable portfolio standard requiring 10 percent of electricity from investor-owned utilities to be renewable beyond 2015, running existing combined cycle natural gas plants at 75 percent, and implementing low-cost operational improvements at coal plants.
• To close the remaining emissions gap and nearly double the reductions required under a mass-based target, Wisconsin could increase its renewable generation to 30 percent of sales by 2030 and raise its efficiency target to 2.5 percent by 2025.
• The state could generate an average of over $100 million annually between 2022 and 2030 from out-of-state sources if it surpasses its CPP targets and emission allowances trade at $10 per short ton through a market-based carbon pricing program.
• Investment in the Focus on Energy program between 2011 and 2014 provided a return of $3 in benefits for every dollar invested, resulting in cumulative savings of $1.7 billion for businesses and homes.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). How Wisconsin Can Meet Its Clean Power Plan Targets. https://www.wri.org/research/how-wisconsin-can-meet-its-clean-power-plan-targets

Chicago

World Resources Institute. How Wisconsin Can Meet Its Clean Power Plan Targets. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/how-wisconsin-can-meet-its-clean-power-plan-targets.

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@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendhow, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{How Wisconsin Can Meet Its Clean Power Plan Targets}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/how-wisconsin-can-meet-its-clean-power-plan-targets}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }