About RESET and the RESET Collaborative

RESET helps communities develop local priorities so they can have input with developers on large-scale solar and wind projects. Through education and engagement, communities can create a shared vision before large-scale projects are built. Having these conversations in advance helps communities effectively negotiate with developers to maximize community wealth-building, local workforce development, and environmental benefits.

RESET participants includes the stakeholder groups that are impacted by large-scale renewable energy and energy storage projects.

RESET Objectives

• Increase the expertise of state, local, and tribal governments around renewable energy planning, permitting, and siting.
• Educate and engage local stakeholders to ensure future siting decisions respect community priorities and values.
• Create a toolkit for any community to develop their own community priorities around large-scale renewable energy projects.

RESET Collaborative: Our Partners

The RESET collaborative includes government agencies, environmental and sustainability organizations, agricultural ad land management organizations, tribal organizations, local government associations, and renewable energy companies.

• Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
• Wisconsin Land & Water
• Wisconsin Farmers Union
• Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation
• Oneida Nation & Midwest Tribal Energy Resources Association (MTERA)
• Wisconsin Towns Association
• Clean Wisconsin
• UW-Madison’s Office of Sustainability
• Apex Clean Energy
• OneEnergy Renewables

Supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s R-STEP Program

This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) through the Reliable Energy Siting through Technical Engagement and Planning (R-STEP) program. R-STEP is administered with support from the Partnership Intermediary Agreement (PIA) that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has established with EnergyWerx. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Department of Energy or the United States Government.