Press Releases

Xcel rate increase pared back, PSC denies higher profits
870 450 Tom Content

MADISON — Customers of Xcel Energy will see a much smaller increase on electric bills come January after state regulators sided with CUB and voted to block the company’s request…

read more
PSC Trims MGE Rate Hike, Signals Concern on Customer Affordability
870 450 Tom Content

MADISON – Utility regulators voted Friday to reduce the size of Madison Gas & Electric’s rate increase for customers and take a small but important step to trim the utility’s…

read more
Rate Cases: CUB Weighs in for Lower Monopoly Profits, More Consumer Protections
870 450 Tom Content

Profits for monopoly utilities in Wisconsin have been too high for too long, with customers paying the price. That was the core message in testimony the Citizens Utility Board of…

read more
Double-Digit Rate Hike Approved for We Energies Customers
870 450 Tom Content

Electricity costs for residential customers of We Energies will increase by 11% in January after the state Public Service Commission approved a rate increase that kept the utility’s profit rate…

read more
WPS Profits Kept Too High as PSC Approves Electric Rate Hike
870 450 Tom Content

Electricity costs for customers of Wisconsin Public Service will increase in January after the state Public Service Commission approved a rate increase that kept the utility’s profit rate well above…

read more
CUB Fights High Utility Profits, Secures Wins in Rate Settlement
870 450 Tom Content

The Citizens Utility Board and other groups have reached an agreement with two Wisconsin utilities on a partial rate case settlement that provides important wins for residential utility customers while…

read more
low angle shot of manufacturing plant under blue sky
PSC Approves Costly Natural Gas Plant
870 450 Tom Content

State regulators on Thursday voted 2-to-1 to approve a proposal from Milwaukee and Green Bay utilities to build a new natural gas power plant at a cost of $171 million.The…

read more
MG&E Settlement: Clear Wins for Customers
870 450 Tom Content

MADISON – The Citizens Utility Board announced significant wins for Madison Gas & Electric’s residential and small business customers in a rate settlement filed with the Public Service Commission. Among…

read more
Consumer Advocacy In Wisconsin Takes Leap Forward
870 450 Tom Content

MADISON, APRIL 1, 2021 — The Citizens Utility Board of Wisconsin on Thursday released the following statement after Gov. Tony Evers signed Assembly Bill 27 into law as Wisconsin Act…

read more
Bill Passage Strengthens Advocacy for Utility Customers
870 450 Tom Content

A plan to help level the playing field between consumers and utilities when it comes to advocacy for fairness and affordability is on the way to Gov. Tony Evers’ desk,…

read more