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We Energies electric rates and bills

We Energies's 1,056,086 residential customers in Wisconsin paid an average of 20.53¢ per kWh in 2025, for an average bill of $131.37 a month on 640 kWh.1 Over the last 12 months (Sep 2025–Aug 2026) the average was 21.27¢, and 21.76¢ in August 2026.2

EIA-861 2025 final (released October 7, 2026) and EIA's monthly utility survey through August 2026 (preliminary); next monthly update expected November 24, 2026. Averages are revenue divided by kWh, all charges included: not the rate printed in a tariff.

28 of 72 Wisconsin counties served (EIA-861 2025)

We Energies' 1.1 million residential customers paid an average of 20.53¢ per kWh in 2025, +6.8% on 2024 and the 2nd highest among Wisconsin's larger utilities. Its homes use less electricity than the state average, yet its average bill, $131.371 a month, was the largest of the state's five big utilities, and well above that of Wisconsin Public Service, its sister company under WEC Energy Group.

We Energies' price per kWh, period by period

We Energies is the trade name of Wisconsin Electric Power Company, the state's largest utility: 39.0%1 of Wisconsin's residential customers are on its wires. EIA's surveys give three current readings of what those homes pay:

  • Calendar 2025 (EIA-861, final): 20.53¢ per kWh, the 2nd highest of the 20 Wisconsin utilities with 10,000 or more residential customers, 13.6% above the Wisconsin average and 15.5% above the national average for investor-owned utilities. Among the large utilities nationwide it was 32nd highest of 1771.
  • The 12 months September 2025 to August 2026 (EIA-861M, 2026 months preliminary): 21.27¢ per kWh.
  • August 20263 alone (preliminary): 21.76¢ per kWh2.

Each figure is average revenue per kWh: what residential customers paid in total, divided by the kWh they used. It folds in the fixed customer charge, fuel cost recovery and riders, and leaves out most taxes, so it sits above the energy charge printed in the tariff. Small users pay more than the average per kWh, large users less. Wisconsin has no retail choice for homes (0.0%1 of residential customers bought from another supplier in 2025), so these are full-service prices: generation and delivery from the same company.

We Energies: residential price each month, Jan 2025 to Aug 2026
We Energies: residential price each month, Jan 2025 to Aug 202614¢16¢18¢20¢22¢20252026

Source: EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility; EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Residential revenue divided by kWh in each month, as reported to EIA's monthly survey (EIA-861M; months since January 2026 preliminary).

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MonthWe Energies (¢/kWh)kWh per customerBill per customer
January 202520.46¢698$142.84
February 202520.60¢596$122.77
March 202520.36¢561$114.12
April 202520.24¢508$102.77
May 202521.40¢506$108.33
June 202520.43¢724$147.92
July 202520.20¢887$179.27
August 202520.60¢792$163.23
September 202521.04¢607$127.70
October 202519.87¢555$110.32
November 202520.82¢543$113.17
December 202520.58¢700$144.07
January 202621.00¢709$148.94
February 202622.14¢565$125.04
March 202621.36¢567$121.01
April 202621.64¢513$111.01
May 202622.27¢534$118.82
June 202621.77¢646$140.65
July 202621.09¢956$201.64
August 202621.76¢779$169.48

How much prices rose in 2025 and 2026

From 2024 to 2025 the residential average rose 6.8%, from 19.23¢ per kWh to 20.53¢ per kWh. Statewide the increase was 5.2%5. The average bill rose faster, +9.3% to $131.37, because use per home also grew, from 625 kWh4 to 640 kWh1 a month.

The monthly survey shows the climb continuing into 2026. The 12 months to August 2026 averaged 21.27¢ per kWh, above the 2025 figure, with an average bill of $136.01. In August 2026, the residential average was +5.6%2 against the same month a year earlier; for Wisconsin as a whole the change was +5.3%3. All 2026 numbers are preliminary until EIA's annual survey replaces them.

We Energies' rates are set by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, which regulates the state's investor-owned and municipal utilities; its case files hold the approved increases and their effective dates. On April 1, 2026, We Energies, Wisconsin Gas and Wisconsin Public Service filed requests with the commission to set electric and natural gas rates for 2027 and 2028, according to WEC Energy Group's report to the SEC that day; the amounts the commission approves will appear in its decision. The guide to rate increases explains how a rate case reaches the bill.

Same parent, different price: We Energies and WPS

WEC Energy Group owns two of Wisconsin's five large utilities outright, Wisconsin Electric Power Company (We Energies) and Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, according to the subsidiary list in its 2024 annual report to the SEC. Customers of We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service pay noticeably different averages, in every period EIA reports:

PeriodWe EnergiesWisconsin Public Service
2025 average price20.53¢ per kWh17.20¢ per kWh
2025 average bill$131.37$105.931
12 months, September 2025 to August 202621.27¢ per kWh17.58¢ per kWh
August 20263 (preliminary)21.76¢ per kWh17.56¢ per kWh2

The two are separate companies with separate tariffs, each approved by the commission, and a home cannot move from one to the other. EIA lists both in some of the same counties, but within any one street the utilities' own territory lines decide.

In 2025 the utility closest to We Energies on price was MGE, the Madison utility, with the highest average of any larger Wisconsin utility, 21.11¢ per kWh1. Over the 12 months to August 2026, MGE averaged 21.27¢ per kWh and We Energies 21.27¢ per kWh. Alliant Energy (WPL) averaged 18.93¢ per kWh and Xcel Energy 16.86¢ per kWh2 over the same months.

Wisconsin's five largest utilities: average residential price, 2025
Xcel Energy (WI)15.56¢
Wisconsin Public Service (WI)17.20¢
Alliant Energy (WPL) (WI)18.47¢
We Energies (WI)20.53¢
MGE (WI)21.11¢

Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final. EIA-861 2025 final. Average revenue per kWh is all charges divided by kWh; it is not a tariff rate.

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Utilityaverage residential price (bundled customers)
Xcel Energy (WI)15.56¢
Wisconsin Public Service (WI)17.20¢
Alliant Energy (WPL) (WI)18.47¢
We Energies (WI)20.53¢
MGE (WI)21.11¢

A large bill without large use

The bill gap comes from price, not consumption. We Energies homes used 640 kWh a month in 2025, less than the Wisconsin average of 667 kWh, yet their average bill of $131.37 was above the state's $120.606. MGE shows the other side of the same arithmetic: its 2025 average price was higher, 21.11¢ per kWh, but its homes used only 505 kWh a month, so their average bill was $106.581. Price times use sets the bill, and We Energies combines a high price with moderate use.

The summer bill

Use per home peaks in summer, not winter. Over the 12 months to August 2026 it ranged from 513 kWh in April 2026 to 956 kWh in July 2026, and the average bill in those two months from $111.01 to $201.642. A household budgeting on the annual average will be short in midsummer.

We Energies: average residential use and bill by month

Source: EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility. kWh per residential customer in each month (EIA-861M; months since January 2026 preliminary). The table adds the average bill and price for the month.

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MonthkWh per customerBill per customer¢/kWh
September 2025607$127.7021.04¢
October 2025555$110.3219.87¢
November 2025543$113.1720.82¢
December 2025700$144.0720.58¢
January 2026709$148.9421.00¢
February 2026565$125.0422.14¢
March 2026567$121.0121.36¢
April 2026513$111.0121.64¢
May 2026534$118.8222.27¢
June 2026646$140.6521.77¢
July 2026956$201.6421.09¢
August 2026779$169.4821.76¢

Fewer outage minutes than Wisconsin's average

We Energies customers averaged 185 minutes without power in 2025 including major events, fewer than the Wisconsin average of 230 minutes, and 0.90 interruptions each. Wisconsin Public Service customers averaged 630 minutes the same year, so the two WEC utilities had very different years. Without major event days We Energies' figure falls to 93 minutes, against 84 minutes7 statewide: on routine days its customers were out slightly longer than the state average, and the difference in the headline figure came from the largest events. All figures follow the IEEE 1366 standard.

Minutes without power per customer, 2025, major events included
MGE (WI)49
Alliant Energy (WPL) (WI)96
We Energies (WI)185
Xcel Energy (WI)309
Wisconsin Public Service (WI)630

Source: EIA-861 2025, reliability. EIA-861 2025 final. Average revenue per kWh is all charges divided by kWh; it is not a tariff rate.

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Utilityoutage minutes per customer (all events)
MGE (WI)49
Alliant Energy (WPL) (WI)96
We Energies (WI)185
Xcel Energy (WI)309
Wisconsin Public Service (WI)630

Smart meters, time-of-use and rooftop solar

Every residential meter We Energies reported in 2025 was an advanced meter (100.0%). Few customers use that for time-based pricing: 15,329 were on time-of-use rates, 1.5% of the total. Wisconsin Public Service reported 2.3%, with time-of-use and critical peak pricing8. The time-of-use guide explains when such a rate lowers a bill.

Rooftop solar is uncommon: 6,994 net-metered residential installations in 2025, 6.6 per 1,000 customers, with 46.3 megawatts8 of capacity.

Commercial and industrial prices

Businesses pay less per kWh than homes at We Energies. In 2025 its 122,458 commercial customers averaged 14.38¢ per kWh, with an average monthly bill of $870.71, and its 617 industrial customers 9.91¢ per kWh. All classes combined, the 1,179,163 accounts averaged 15.25¢ per kWh1. Larger customers use far more kWh per account, so fixed costs weigh less in their average.

Where We Energies serves, and help with bills

EIA's 2025 service-territory records list We Energies in 28 Wisconsin counties. In 2 of them it is the only distribution utility reporting customers; in the other 269, a municipal utility, a cooperative or another company also serves part of the county. The commission's electric service territory maps show which utility serves a given address.

Counties where We Energies reports customers in Wisconsin
Counties where We Energies reports customers in WisconsinAdams County: not served by We EnergiesAshland County: not served by We EnergiesBarron County: not served by We EnergiesBayfield County: not served by We EnergiesBrown County: We Energies reports service, with 1 other utilityBuffalo County: not served by We EnergiesBurnett County: not served by We EnergiesCalumet County: We Energies reports service, with 4 other utilitiesChippewa County: not served by We EnergiesClark County: not served by We EnergiesColumbia County: We Energies reports service, with 6 other utilitiesCrawford County: not served by We EnergiesDane County: We Energies reports service, with 10 other utilitiesDodge County: We Energies reports service, with 7 other utilitiesDoor County: not served by We EnergiesDouglas County: not served by We EnergiesDunn County: not served by We EnergiesEau Claire County: not served by We EnergiesFlorence County: We Energies reports service, with 2 other utilitiesFond du Lac County: We Energies reports service, with 4 other utilitiesForest County: We Energies reports service, with 1 other utilityGrant County: We Energies reports service, with 7 other utilitiesGreen County: not served by We EnergiesGreen Lake County: not served by We EnergiesIowa County: not served by We EnergiesIron County: not served by We EnergiesJackson County: not served by We EnergiesJefferson County: We Energies reports service, with 5 other utilitiesJuneau County: not served by We EnergiesKenosha County: We Energies reports service, with 1 other utilityKewaunee County: not served by We EnergiesLa Crosse County: not served by We EnergiesLafayette County: not served by We EnergiesLanglade County: not served by We EnergiesLincoln County: not served by We EnergiesManitowoc County: We Energies reports service, with 5 other utilitiesMarathon County: not served by We EnergiesMarinette County: We Energies reports service, with 2 other utilitiesMarquette County: not served by We EnergiesMenominee County: not served by We EnergiesMilwaukee County: We Energies reports service (no other utility reported)Monroe County: not served by We EnergiesOconto County: We Energies reports service, with 4 other utilitiesOneida County: not served by We EnergiesOutagamie County: We Energies reports service, with 3 other utilitiesOzaukee County: We Energies reports service, with 1 other utilityPepin County: not served by We EnergiesPierce County: not served by We EnergiesPolk County: not served by We EnergiesPortage County: not served by We EnergiesPrice County: not served by We EnergiesRacine County: We Energies reports service (no other utility reported)Richland County: not served by We EnergiesRock County: We Energies reports service, with 5 other utilitiesRusk County: not served by We EnergiesSt. Croix County: not served by We EnergiesSauk County: not served by We EnergiesSawyer County: not served by We EnergiesShawano County: We Energies reports service, with 6 other utilitiesSheboygan County: We Energies reports service, with 3 other utilitiesTaylor County: not served by We EnergiesTrempealeau County: not served by We EnergiesVernon County: not served by We EnergiesVilas County: We Energies reports service, with 5 other utilitiesWalworth County: We Energies reports service, with 3 other utilitiesWashburn County: not served by We EnergiesWashington County: We Energies reports service, with 2 other utilitiesWaukesha County: We Energies reports service, with 1 other utilityWaupaca County: We Energies reports service, with 6 other utilitiesWaushara County: We Energies reports service, with 4 other utilitiesWinnebago County: We Energies reports service, with 3 other utilitiesWood County: not served by We Energies

Source: EIA-861 2025, service territory; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties. EIA-861 2025 service territory: 28 counties. Counts whole counties even where the utility serves only part of one; check the utility's own service-area map for an address.

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CountyOther utilities reporting service
Brown CountyWisconsin Public Service
Calumet CountyAlliant Energy (WPL), Wisconsin Public Service, City of Menasha, City of New Holstein
Columbia CountyAlliant Energy (WPL), Adams-Columbia Electric Cooperative, City of Columbus, Wisconsin Dells Electric Util, City of Lodi, Village of Pardeeville
Dane CountyAlliant Energy (WPL), MGE, Adams-Columbia Electric Cooperative, Sun Prairie Utilities, City of Stoughton, Rock Energy Cooperative, Village of Waunakee, Village of Mt. Horeb, Village of Black Earth, Village of Mazomanie
Dodge CountyAlliant Energy (WPL), Adams-Columbia Electric Cooperative, Hartford Electric, Waupun Utilities, City of Columbus, Hustisford Utilities, Juneau Utility Comm
Florence CountyWisconsin Public Service, Florence Utility Comm
Fond du Lac CountyAlliant Energy (WPL), Wisconsin Public Service, City of Plymouth, Waupun Utilities
Forest CountyWisconsin Public Service
Grant CountyAlliant Energy (WPL), Scenic Rivers Energy Cooperative, City of Fennimore, City of Boscobel, City of Cuba City, Village of Muscoda, Village of Hazel Green
Jefferson CountyAlliant Energy (WPL), Adams-Columbia Electric Cooperative, Lake Mills Light & Water, Jefferson Utilities, Waterloo Light & Water Comm
Kenosha CountyAlliant Energy (WPL)
Manitowoc CountyAlliant Energy (WPL), Wisconsin Public Service, Manitowoc Public Utilities, Two Rivers Water & Light, City of Kiel
Marinette CountyWisconsin Public Service, Oconto Electric Cooperative
Milwaukee Countynone
Oconto CountyAlliant Energy (WPL), Wisconsin Public Service, Oconto Electric Cooperative, Oconto Falls Water & Light Comm
Outagamie CountyWisconsin Public Service, City of Kaukauna, New London Electric&Water Util
Ozaukee CountyCedarburg Light & Water Comm
Racine Countynone
Rock CountyAlliant Energy (WPL), City of Stoughton, Rock Energy Cooperative, City of Evansville, Brodhead Water & Lighting Comm
Shawano CountyAlliant Energy (WPL), Wisconsin Public Service, Oconto Electric Cooperative, Central Wisconsin Electric Cooperative, Shawano Municipal Utilities, Village of Gresham
Sheboygan CountyAlliant Energy (WPL), City of Plymouth, City of Sheboygan Falls
Vilas CountyWisconsin Public Service, Xcel Energy, Price Electric Cooperative, Bayfield Electric Cooperative, City of Eagle River
Walworth CountyAlliant Energy (WPL), Rock Energy Cooperative, City of Elkhorn
Washington CountyHartford Electric, Slinger Utilities
Waukesha CountyOconomowoc Utilities
Waupaca CountyAlliant Energy (WPL), Wisconsin Public Service, Adams-Columbia Electric Cooperative, Central Wisconsin Electric Cooperative, New London Electric&Water Util, City of Clintonville
Waushara CountyAlliant Energy (WPL), Wisconsin Public Service, Adams-Columbia Electric Cooperative, Pioneer Power and Light Co
Winnebago CountyAlliant Energy (WPL), Wisconsin Public Service, City of Menasha

Households struggling with bills can apply for energy assistance: Wisconsin's federal LIHEAP allocation for fiscal year 2026 was $112.8 million11. The help paying guide lists the programs. For the statewide picture and the smaller utilities, see electricity in Wisconsin.

Questions and answers

How much does We Energies charge per kWh?

Its residential customers paid an average of 20.53¢ per kWh1 in 2025 and 21.27¢ per kWh2 over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026, 2026 months preliminary). Both are residential revenue divided by kWh sold, so the fixed monthly charge, fuel recovery and riders are included. They are averages, not a line in the We Energies tariff, and a household's own cost per kWh depends on its rate and its use.

What is the average We Energies electric bill?

$131.37 a month in 2025 for 640 kWh1, up from $120.214 in 2024. Over the 12 months to August 2026 the average was $136.01, ranging from $110.32 in October 2025 to $201.64 in July 20262.

Did We Energies rates go up in 2026?

EIA's preliminary monthly data point that way. In August 20263 the residential average was 21.76¢ per kWh, +5.6% against August 2025, and the 12 months to August 2026 averaged 21.27¢ per kWh2, against 20.53¢ per kWh1 for calendar 2025. The approved tariff changes are in the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin's rate case decisions.

Does We Energies have time-of-use rates?

Yes. In its 2025 report to EIA, We Energies counted 15,329 residential customers on time-of-use pricing, 1.5%8 of its residential customers. The hours and prices of each plan are in the utility's tariff on file with the state commission.

Related pages

Sources

  1. EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final; table Sales_Ult_Cust_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
  2. EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility; table sales_ult_cust_2025 and _2026; released October 23, 2026. www.eia.gov
  3. EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state; table sales_revenue.xlsx (EPM Table 5.6.A); January 2001 to 2026-08; months since January 2026 preliminary; released October 23, 2026. www.eia.gov
  4. EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 final; table Sales_Ult_Cust_2024; 2024, final (file updated December 3, 2025); released December 3, 2025. www.eia.gov
  5. EIA, Historical state data, annual sales, revenue and customers; table HS861 2010-.xlsx; 2010-2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
  6. EIA-861 2025, average monthly bill by state; table Average_Bill_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
  7. EIA-861 2025, reliability; table Reliability_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
  8. EIA-861 2025, advanced meters, dynamic pricing and net metering; table Advanced_Meters, Dynamic_Pricing, Net_Metering 2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
  9. EIA-861 2025, service territory; table Service_Territory_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
  10. Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties; table cb_2025_us_county_5m; cb_2021_us_county_5m; 2025 (2021 for Connecticut). www.census.gov
  11. HHS, LIHEAP funding releases to states; table FY2027 first release; FY2026 final; FY2027 first release (October 9, 2026); FY2026 total; released October 9, 2026. acf.gov

How every figure is built: methodology. Found an error? Write to [email protected]; corrections are listed on the updates page.