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.
- Monthly electronic newsletters highlighting key cases before the PSC, issues before the Legislature, and information to help you control energy costs.
- Action Alerts keep you notified and enable you to get involved, when important decisions are up for hearing/vote.
- CUB works as Your Independent Consumer Voice at the table for small business interests when the PSC sets rates and energy policy.
Empowerment: CUB will help you take action and share your thoughts with Wisconsin government officials.
- Confused by your bill? We can explain it.
- Problem with your utility service and pricing? We will answer questions and help you work with your utility.
- Who makes these decisions anyway? We will show your staff how to interact with the PSC and legislators
Access: CUB can help your organization and employees save resources and money.
- Host a “utility bill clinic” about ways to help residents and businesses save money on their utility bills.
- Promote your support of fair, safe and reliable utility rates with the CUB small business member badge.
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.
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Newsletter Updates 2020 Work, CUB Wishes Wisconsin Restful Holiday Season
Updated on November 25, 2020 by Tom Content
CUB’s Fall Newsletter and Holiday Card is arriving in mailboxes across the state, so we’re happy to share it. We want you to have a happy and restful holiday season. It’s been a cataclysmic year. Our normal routines and lives have been turned upside down, and after all we’ve been through we hope you and …
Category: CUB News, Index Slider Tags: #GIvingTuesday, COVID-19, MGE, Pleasant Prairie, we energies
Savings Extended for Another Year for MG&E Customers
Posted on November 24, 2020 by Tom Content
Customers of Madison Gas & Electric Co. will continue paying less next year for electricity than they were paying in 2018 under a rate settlement approved Tuesday. The state Public Service Commission voted unanimously to endorse a rate settlement that will keep electricity rates at the same level in 2021 as it has been for …
Category: Index Slider, Press Releases, Utility Cases, Utility News Tags: COVID-19, MGE, rate trends
Stability Amid Pandemic: MG&E Settlement Would Leave Electric Rates Unchanged in 2021
Updated on November 4, 2020 by Tom Content
CUB reached a settlement with Madison Gas & Electric in its 2021 rate case to keep electricity costs from going up in a time of pandemic and economic pain. The draft settlement was filed with the Public Service Commission on Friday and will be reviewed by the PSC in the coming weeks and months. Under …
Category: Index Slider, Utility Cases Tags: MGE
Mid-Year Update on Coal and Nuclear Costs, and Rate Cases
Posted on July 9, 2020 by Tom Content
We’re almost halfway through a strange and tumultuous year, and that makes now a good time to update you on a number of our cases at the Public Service Commission. Here’s a look at some of the cases we’re tracking: Coal plant retirement costs: CUB will be filing comments this summer on the Strategic Energy Assessment, …
Category: Utility Cases, Utility News Tags: Alliant, coal, energy transition, MGE, natural gas, nuclear, solar, we energies
April 11, 2019: PSC trims costs to customers as it endorses biggest solar projects in state history
Updated on September 17, 2019 by Tom Content
The Citizens Utility Board of Wisconsin on Thursday welcomed a decision by state regulators that paves the way for the largest solar projects in state history while also protecting utility customers from costly overruns. By a 2-0 vote, the PSC endorsed both the 300-megawatt Badger Hollow solar project in Iowa County as well as the …
Category: Press Releases, Utility Cases, Utility News Tags: MGE, solar, WPS
July 17, 2018: MGE Settlement Delivers Big Win for Customers
Updated on July 17, 2018 by Tom Content
For Immediate Release: July 17, 2018 More Information: Tom Content, (608) 251-3322 x 12, (414) 550-4712 (cell) A Big Win for Customers: MGE Rate Settlement Cuts Costs, Keeps Fixed Charge from Rising MADISON, Wis. – Electric bills for customers of Madison Gas and Electric Co. are poised to fall under a far-reaching settlement negotiated by …
Category: Press Releases Tags: MGE
July 11, 2013: CUB Helps Freeze MGE Electric Rates
Updated on August 6, 2018 by Leah Steinberg
For Immediate Release: July 11, 2013 CUB Helps Freeze MGE Electric Rates MADISON – The Public Service Commission today approved keeping the electric rates of Madison Gas & Electric at the same levels in 2014. The Citizens Utility Board and other consumer groups and businesses, including the Wisconsin Industrial Energy Group and Airgas Merchant Gases, …
Category: Press Releases Tags: MGE
December 1, 2011: CUB Helped Save MGE Customers More Than $14 Million
Updated on August 6, 2018 by Leah Steinberg
For Immediate Release: December 1, 2011 CUB Helped Save MGE Customers More Than $14 Million MADISON – The Public Service Commission today approved new electric and natural gas rates for Madison Gas & Electric Company, which will take effect on January 1, 2012. The Citizens Utility Board participated in the case, and made suggestions that …
Category: Press Releases Tags: MGE
December 22, 2010: PSC Sets Rates for MGE Lower Than Requested
Updated on August 6, 2018 by Leah Steinberg
For Immediate Release: December 22, 2010 PSC Sets Rates for MGE Lower Than Requested MADISON – Today the Public Service Commission established rates for Madison Gas & Electric Co. that were lower than the utility requested. In an application filed on April 22, 2010, MGE requested to increase electric rates by $32.8 million, or 9.4 …
Category: Press Releases Tags: MGE