The state will form a Nuclear Power Summit Board and the Public Service Commission will conduct a nuclear power siting study under a pair of bills the governor approved.
Gov. Tony Evers yesterday signed SB 124, now Wisconsin Act 11, to create a Nuclear Power Summit Board. The board will be tasked with organizing, promoting and hosting a nuclear power summit in Milwaukee.
He also signed SB 125, now Wisconsin Act 12, which requires the Public Service Commission to conduct a nuclear power siting study. The state budget allocates $2 million toward the study.
“We can’t afford to choose between mitigating climate change and protecting our environment or creating good-paying jobs and building a strong economy, and by working toward clean energy options Wisconsinites can depend on in the future, we’re doing both,” Evers said in a statement.
He said the bills are an important step toward lowering energy costs and improving the state’s energy independence.
Wisconsin Technology Council President Tom Still praised the bills’ signing as “the latest example of leveraging Wisconsin expertise at the education, research and application levels to help people statewide and beyond.”
