Wisconsin’s biggest electric utility wants to spend nearly $200M to prevent storm outages

We Energies plans to spend nearly $200 million to reduce storm-related outages by trimming trees, burying power lines, and upgrading systems. While these efforts aim to improve grid reliability, the proposal is tied to a rate increase that could raise residential bills by 18.5% over two years. CUB acknowledges the need for storm preparedness but stresses the importance of scrutinizing costs to protect consumers from significant financial impacts, especially after recent utility rate hikes.