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.
Pitch In and Donate to The Big Share
Posted: February 25, 2022 by 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 for fairness “Make Change Happen.” That’s the theme for The Big Share, a one-day outpouring of giving in which hundreds of thousands of dollars are raised each year to support 70 nonprofit organizations that are part of Community Shares of Wisconsin.
CUB’s goal for The Big Share is to raise $5,000 to support our outreach and education efforts and work on energy security, and our Board of Directors and several small business members and supporters of CUB will match contributions dollar for dollar to help us hit that goal.
DONATE HERE!
CUB has been involved with Community Shares, a 51-year-old network of organizations standing up against injustice, for decades. Community Shares organizations advance human rights, fair housing, criminal justice reform, civic engagement, social and environmental justice, and a host of other causes.
For 42 years, CUB’s championed fairness for utility customers – homeowners, renters and small businesses across the state and given them a voice.
This year with your help we’re looking to build on our efforts to improve energy security, which is an ongoing challenge exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and by volatile and surging natural gas prices hitting customers’ heating bills. We helped utilities craft forgiveness programs that helped utility customers in dire straits move along the path toward paying their bills consistently.
Your donation will help CUB advance its work this year addressing energy security. Specifically, you’ll
Thanks for pitching in and supporting The Big Share 2022!
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