Policy and licensing / Wisconsin
2015 Wisconsin Act 344: repeal of the nuclear-construction conditions
2015 Wisconsin Act 344 repeals § 196.493 and removes that cross-reference from the certificate statute. The date of enactment is 1 April 2016, publication is 2 April 2016, and s. 991.11 makes it effective on 3 April 2016. Current § 1.12(4)(cm) still lists advanced nuclear energy approved by the NRC after 31 December 2010, after combustible renewables and before nonrenewable combustible resources. The repeal does not approve a plant.
- Category
- Laws, rules and executive directives
- Status
- In effect
- Instrument
- statute · 2015 Wisconsin Act 344
- Issued by
- Wisconsin Legislature
- Jurisdiction
- Wisconsin
- Affects
- Siting
- In effect from
- 3 Apr 2016 · actual · day
- Expiry or completion
- None recorded
- Operative text
- 2015 Wisconsin Act 344 (2015 Wisconsin Act 344, official act page, opened 4 October 2026)
- Last checked · next review
- 2026-10-04 · 2027-04-15
Legal and geographic scope
Session law that repeals Wis. Stat. § 196.493 and strikes the words 'and s. 196.493' from § 196.491(3)(d) (intro.). It also creates § 1.12(4)(cm). The current § 1.12(4) list, opened the same day, places that item after combustible renewable resources and before nonrenewable combustible resources. The item covers a reactor design, or an amended reactor design, approved after 31 December 2010 by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The opened act does not restate the repealed section. Repeal of the conditions is not a certificate or a licence.
Not approved or still pending
The opened act does not restate former § 196.493, and the old section URL returned HTTP 404. No certificate of public convenience and necessity is recorded. A Wisconsin location would not by itself come under this act. No governor order or commission rule was opened with it.
Dated lifecycle
- 1 Apr 2016 · actual · day · Enacted — The official act states its date of enactment as 1 April 2016. It is 2015 Assembly Bill 384. Enactment is not a Public Service Commission certificate. (2015 Wisconsin Act 344)
- 2 Apr 2016 · actual · day · Published — The official act states its date of publication as 2 April 2016. (2015 Wisconsin Act 344)
- 3 Apr 2016 · actual · day · Took effect — The act page quotes s. 991.11, and the current section says an act that does not prescribe its own time takes effect the day after publication. This act prescribes no other time. The day after 2 April 2016 is 3 April 2016. (Wisconsin Statutes § 991.11)
Definitions in this instrument
- Advanced nuclear energy (§ 1.12(4)(cm)): A reactor design, or an amended reactor design, approved after 31 December 2010 by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The current section places this item in the state's energy-priority list. It is not a small-modular-reactor definition.
Legal definition used by this instrument only; SMRMap's inclusion rule for SMRs is separate and unchanged.
Related instruments
Projects or designs named by the source
- None. Location in this jurisdiction does not make a project eligible for, or approved under, this measure.
Sources
- 2015 Wisconsin Act 344 (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-04)
- Wisconsin Statutes § 1.12 (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-04)
- Wisconsin Statutes § 991.11 (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-04)