The 2025 Wisconsin Energy Reform Act (LRB-2777/1) is a bait-and-switch, falsely marketed as a fresh start when it quietly resurrects the Right of First Refusal (ROFR)—the most lobbied and controversial provision from Assembly Bill 25/Senate Bill 28. Despite assurances to the public and legislators that ROFR was gone for good, this bill keeps it alive, preserving utility monopolies, stifling compet...
