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Extracting Profits from the Public: How Utility Ratepayers Are Paying for Big Tech’s Power
870 450 Leah Steinberg

A new paper from Harvard’s Electricity Law Initiative reveals how utility customers are unknowingly helping to subsidize the energy costs of Big Tech’s expanding data centers. The report explains how…

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CUB Annual Report for 2023 $175 Million Pared from Utility Requests
522 450 Rich Storck

The Citizens Utility Board of Wisconsin annual report for 2023 is out and can be viewed online here or by clicking on the photo below. 2023 was even busier than…

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What’s On Tap: Ways to Save, Learn, Speak Out
870 450 Tom Content

  It’s almost fall and a lot is happening in the coming months that could affect your energy prices in the years ahead. Today we want to highlight three key…

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PSC sides with CUB: No blank checks for utilities
870 450 Tom Content

  Breaking Regulatory News from CUB: Customers of We Energies (aka Wisconsin Electric Power Company, or WEPCO) scored a big win this morning when the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin…

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Annual Report: Savings and Advocacy Deliver for Customers
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For CUB 2022 was a year of collaboration, much media attention, and additional savings for customers of Wisconsin utilities. The Citizens Utility Board of Wisconsin annual report for 2022 is…

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$500 Million More? Utilities Seek New Rate Hikes
870 450 Tom Content

Are these utility companies hurting?
In a word, no! The parent companies for the five Wisconsin utilities reported billions in profit last year. And the profits for just the monopoly utilities that they operate in Wisconsin totaled $1.3 billion in 2022.

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Pitch In and Donate to The Big Share
870 450 Tom Content

Get ready to join people from across the state in pitching in to support The Big Share 2022 this Tuesday. By participating, you can help CUB and other nonprofits working…

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Waukesha Co. Teachers Who Partnered with CUB Honored as Wisconsin Energy Educators of the Year
Tom Content

Two Waukesha County teachers whose class partnered with CUB during its 40th Anniversary year have been awarded the 2020 Energy Educator of the Year award from the Wisconsin K-12 Energy…

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July 23, 2020: Wisconsin regulators cite surge in COVID-19 cases, delay shutoffs of utility customers
Tom Content

Disconnections of utility customers in Wisconsin won’t start this weekend after the Public Service Commission voted to delay shutoffs until Sept. 1, citing worsening COVID-19 statistics in Wisconsin.  The PSC voted 2-1…

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July 16, 2020: Utility disconnections: CUB seeks delay in shutoffs, urges those in need to seek energy, rental aid
Tom Content

Preview(opens in a new tab) The Citizens Utility Board, Wisconsin’s utility consumer advocate, is calling for utilities to be flexible with customers, waive penalties for nonpayment and delay disconnecting customers…

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