staff@cubwi.org
625 N. Segoe Road, Suite 101, Madison, WI 53705
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. We monitor the changing energy world and put the utility customer first.
CUB small business members benefit from our team of legislative, utility and communications experts who advocate tirelessly for your business at the Public Service Commission, the state Capitol, in the courts, and at regulatory agencies.
Small Business Membership Benefits:
Advocacy: CUB business membership keeps you up-to-date on issues that matter to you.
Empowerment: CUB will help you take action and share your thoughts with Wisconsin government officials.
Access: CUB can help your organization and employees save resources and money.
Outreach: CUB will help small business members partner with other members and like-minded organizations to bring these issues to the public. CUB staff can answer questions about energy related matters as well as provide free one-on-one utility bill consultations.
Partnership Opportunities: CUB partners with community groups interested in learning about utility issues. We provide presentations on how to understand your utility bills, how the PSC works and how you can get involved. Plus, we can provide information on energy costs you can control. Let us know what you’re interested in, and we’ll do our best to accommodate you.
CUB 2018 Annual Report: 40 Years of Savings and Advocacy
Posted: November 5, 2019 by Tom Content
Our 40th Anniversary Edition and 2018 Annual Report is out and we’re pleased to share it with you.
We combined a retrospective about our 40 years of advocacy as the nation’s first Citizens Utility Board with our report on significant cases and work in 2018.
CUB held its Milwaukee 40th Anniversary event on April 20, with 120 supporters in attendance filling Lakefront Brewery (a CUB small business member). Mayor Tom Barrett issued a proclamation and former Wisconsin Assembly Majority Leader Jim Wahner shared stories of his efforts to help create CUB in the 1970s.
While we are pleased to celebrate 40 years as Your Independent Consumer Voice, the work goes on. CUB was able to help save ratepayers $84 million in 2018 through refunds on tax savings, reaching settlements with Alliant Energy’s Wisconsin Power & Light utility and Madison Gas & Electric on their rate cases. We also participated in municipal electric rate cases on behalf of small business and residential customers in Menasha, Shawano and Kaukauna.
Where will CUB be at 50? We don’t have all the answers, of course, but we know this is a time of profound change. Be sure to read about the dramatic shifts predicted in the electric industry as costs fall for renewable energy and energy storage. Customers will have technological advances in energy efficiency, big data, and increased analytics at their fingertips to control energy costs. Through it all, CUB will be there as the voice of the people, keeping the process fair and stopping the utilities from earning excessive profits.
Find out more about what CUB’s been up to by checking out the annual report. You can scroll through it, or download it on the “Annual Reports and Newsletters” page of cubwi.org. And be sure to send feedback about the report to me at content@cubwi.org.
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