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.
Tag: PSC
What’s Ahead for CUB in 2021
Posted: January 27, 2021 by Tom Content
Affordability. Fairness. Equity. Safety. These are front and center for CUB as we gear up for another year as the voice for small businesses, homeowners and renters across Wisconsin. Let’s take a quick look at the trends we’re seeing for 2021 affecting the energy and utility landscape. First off, the pandemic. As we all continue …
Category: CUB Blog, CUB News, Index Slider, Utility Cases, Utility News Tags: clean energy transition, COVID-19, PSC, rate trends
November 14, 2019: PSC Misses Opportunity to Protect WPS Customers from Weston 3 Overruns
Posted: November 21, 2019 by Tom Content
The Public Service Commission on Thursday missed a great opportunity to secure savings for utility customers in northeastern and north central Wisconsin. The rate decision by the PSC will require utility customers to pay for cost overruns plus profit totaling $89 million on a pollution control project that went 24% over budget. The project at …
Category: Press Releases, Utility Cases, Utility News Tags: coal, overruns, PSC, Weston 3, WPS
US Rankings: Power Prices in Wis. Are Out of Whack
Posted: July 31, 2018 by Tom Content
Last year, when I took over as executive director of the Citizens Utility Board the first thing I did was find out the price Wisconsin pays for electricity compared with other states. These stats aren’t hard to find, if you know where to look. But what I found wasn’t easy to take. Wisconsin customers are …
Category: Utility News Tags: PSC
April 16, 2014: CUB Sues PSC – Rate Discrimination Alleged
Posted: April 16, 2014 by Leah Steinberg
For Immediate Release: April 16, 2014 CUB Sues PSC – Rate Discrimination Alleged MADISON — Today, the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) filed a lawsuit challenging a Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (Commission) decision that would force We Energies’ electric ratepayers to pay more than $250 million to subsidize big business steam customers in downtown Milwaukee. …
Category: Press Releases Tags: PSC
December 15, 2011: CUB Helped Save Alliant Energy Customers Millions
Posted: December 15, 2011 by Leah Steinberg
For Immediate Release: December 15, 2011 CUB Helped Save Alliant Energy Customers More Than $22 Million MADISON – The Public Service Commission today approved new electric rates for Alliant Energy, which will take effect on January 1, 2012. The Citizens Utility Board participated in the case, and made suggestions that reduced the rate increase by …
Category: Press Releases Tags: Alliant, PSC
November 16, 2010: Consumers Should Not Pay for Million-dollar Bonuses for Utility Executives
Posted: November 16, 2010 by Leah Steinberg
For Immediate Release: November 16, 2010 Consumers Should Not Pay for Million-dollar Bonuses for Utility Executives Statement of Charlie Higley, Executive Director The Citizens Utility Board calls on the commissioners of the Public Service Commission to make sure that consumers don’t pay for millions of dollars of bonuses, stock options, and other “incentive compensation” lavished …
Category: Press Releases Tags: CUB News, PSC
July 6, 2010: CUB Sues PSC Regarding Subsidies for Industrial Customers
Posted: July 6, 2010 by Leah Steinberg
For Immediate Release: July 6, 2010 CUB Sues PSC Regarding Subsidies for Industrial Customers MADISON – The Citizens Utility Board filed a lawsuit on Friday, July 2 against the Public Service Commission for its decision to allow Wisconsin Power & Light to give discounts to industrial customers that will likely be subsidized by residential customers …
Category: Press Releases Tags: CUB News, PSC
August 28, 2009: Electricity Consumers Sue PSC Regarding Wind Farm
Posted: August 28, 2009 by Leah Steinberg
For Immediate Release: August 28, 2009 Electricity Consumers Sue PSC Regarding Wind Farm PSC Ignored Law in Approving Half-Billion-Dollar Project MADISON – The Wisconsin Industrial Energy Group and the Citizens Utility Board today filed a lawsuit against the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) for ignoring state law in approving a wind power project to …
Category: Press Releases Tags: PSC, WPL
February 24, 2009: CUB and PSC Develop Energy Efficiency Program
Posted: February 24, 2009 by Leah Steinberg
For Immediate Release: February 24, 2009 Citizens Utility Board and Wisconsin Public Service Corporation to Develop Innovative Energy Efficiency and Conservation Program Madison and Green Bay, WI – The Citizens Utility Board (CUB) and Wisconsin Public Service Corporation (WPS) have finalized an agreement to develop a program that will help consumers save energy. The agreement …
Category: Press Releases Tags: CUB News, PSC
November 14, 2007: PSC Shouldn’t Deregulate AT&T in the Dark
Posted: November 14, 2007 by Leah Steinberg
For Immediate Release: November 14, 2007 PSC Shouldn’t Deregulate AT&T in the Dark MADISON – The Citizens Utility Board (CUB) today filed comments with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC), urging the agency to continue monitoring the impacts of its decision to deregulate the pricing of basic phone service for AT&T customers. Technically known …
Category: Press Releases Tags: PSC