Pushing back against a half billion in rate hikes

Posted August 15, 2023
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The first round of testimony is due around Labor Day for most of Wisconsin’s investor-owned utilities.

WIEG has prepared expert testimony to mitigate the impact. WIEG is the only organized voice questioning, challenging, and working to minimize the increase on behalf of large energy consumers. We continue to work to ensure Wisconsin’s manufacturers are not burdened with rates that further hurt economic competitiveness.

Utilities request over a half billion dollars in higher rates

Posted May 15, 2023
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Wisconsin’s utilities have recently filed for over a half billion dollars in higher electric rates, fuel surcharges and natural gas rates for 2024 and 2025.

WIEG has intervened in all the pending rate cases and fuel cases at the Public Service Commission. Contact WIEG today to be part of our growing coalition and protect your company from the pending rate hikes.

Utility Dive: Justice Department, FTC urge FERC to expand competition for building new transmission, deny utility exclusivity

Posted August 18, 2022
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There is bipartisan support for transmission competition. The FTC voted 5-0 (no more than three Commissioners can be of the same political party. Trump’s DOJ also supported transmission competition. Four of the five FERC Commissioners recently defended competition in a concurrence.

WPR: Utilities set to spend more than $2B on new transmission lines in Wisconsin

Posted August 2, 2022
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Manufacturers and customer groups are very concerned about MISO’s additional regulatory barriers to transmission competition and the unnecessary costs passed along to the ratepayers.

Four commissioners attached a concurrence that expresses concern “that existing processes may not adequately protect consumers with regard to the selection and construction of many transmission projects. This order has the negative consequence of expanding the scope of projects for which the transmission owner has less incentive to reduce cost and maximize benefits to the greatest extent possible.”

WEPCO and WPL coal-fired plants to run longer due to reliability and supply chain concerns

Posted June 23, 2022
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Given the amount of all the fossil fuel retirements in the region, plus the rising costs and supply chain issues, now is a good time to raise questions regarding the speed and cost of the massive utility capital spend in Wisconsin. We still need to address the problem of rate recovery for power plants that are about to be retired. The current total for all the unamortized balances in Wisconsin is over $2 billion.

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