Become a Residential Member
Our lives are complicated enough. Trying to figure out how the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) sets your electric rates is even more complicated. That’s where the Citizens Utility Board of Wisconsin comes in. We advocate for all residential customers for fair, safe and reliable utility service.
Learn MoreBecome a Small Business Member
You have a business to run. It is hard to stay on top of things locally let alone at the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) where your electric rates are set. That’s where the Citizens Utility Board of Wisconsin comes in. We advocate for all small utility customers from individual citizens to small businesses and farmers for fair, safe and reliable utility service.
Learn MoreWhat Donations Support
CUB is the independent voice of Wisconsin residential and small business ratepayers fighting for fair and reasonable utility rates before the PSC, the courts, and the legislature. Utilities and big businesses have deep pockets that allow them to lobby the PSC and Legislature, and the utilities even pass their lobbying costs on to you. But homeowners, renters and main street businesses don’t have that luxury.
Learn MoreAbout Us
The long term focus of Wisconsin’s Citizen Utility Board (CUB) has been independent representation of consumers interests.
History of Citizen Utility Boards in the United States
Citizens Utility Boards were created around the country to fulfill a vision of consumer advocate Ralph Nader. The goal was to provide a check on monopoly utility companies whose growth is dependent on large capital projects that raise costs for their own customers.
The Citizens Utility Board concept was floated as a way to empower customers by organizing them into democratically governed advocacy groups. CUBs gain a voice in regulatory proceedings by allowing them to tap the kind of expertise that utilities and organizations representing big businesses typically could afford.