If you missed CUB’s educational webinar for small businesses, we have the information to help you manage your commercial energy use and lower your operational costs.
The small business educational webinar on October 1st was designed to help Wisconsin business owners navigate shifting market demands, evolving rate structures, and emerging technologies.
The webinar covered essential foundational concepts, actionable efficiency frameworks, and showcased tools to help commercial customers thrive in an era of rising energy costs.
Topics included an overview of how Wisconsin utilities operate, ways for businesses to get involved in the rate-setting process, fleet management strategies for integrating electric vehicles and optimizing charging schedules, and efficiency steps to improve building performance and reduce long-term operational burdens. The webinar empowered Wisconsin small business owners with knowledge, strategies, and resources to build a more resilient and cost-effective commercial future.
The event featured insights from CUB Executive Director Tom Content, who shared CUB’s mission as an independent consumer voice and the current regulatory landscape facing businesses and residential customers alike. Following that, Focus on Energy Outreach Manager and Energy Advisor Cody Krouse, Lakefront Brewery Excise Tax and Compliance Officer Kelsey Moses, and Wisconsin Clean Cities Executive Director Fred Schnook provided practical guidance and commercial energy efficiency solutions.
If you missed the webinar, you can find resources, presentation details, and more information through CUB’s website.
If you want to learn more about energy affordability in Wisconsin, join us at the Consumers Forum on Energy Affordability on November 17th from 11:00 AM to 3:30 PM. Held at the Best Western Premier Park Hotel in downtown Madison right across from the Capitol, this deep dive is hosted in conjunction with the Sustainable Business Council as part of their Community Impact Day.
The forum brings together business leaders, consumer advocates, and policymakers to tackle mounting utility cost pressures, explore ways to hold investor-owned utilities accountable, and discuss better cost control, long-term planning, and profit regulation. Featured speakers include utility analysts, policy principals, and energy experts from CUB, Advanced Energy United, PowerLines, and Focus on Energy.
Reserve your spot and learn more by visiting the CUB Consumers Forum on Energy Affordability registration page!