Wisconsin Utility Rate Assistance

• The state's major gas and electric utilities augment available low-income energy assistance resources through individual programs such as discounts, fee waivers and other services.
  
  
• A 1984 order mandates that class A gas and/or electric utilities offer Early Identification Programs Assistance for payment troubled households, which varies for each utility but may include budget counseling, arrearage forgiveness, affordable payment plans, and consumer education.

LEVERAGING

2006: $6.9 million
2005: $106,063
2004: $8.4 million
2003: $10.9 million
2002: $7.8 million
2001: $5.4 million
2000: $4.7 million
1999: $6.5 million
1998: $5.8 million
1997: $6 million
1996: $7.8 million
1995: $8 million
1994: $11.2 million
1993: $3.8 million
1992: $4 million
1991: $3.9 million

Page Last Updated: April 17, 2007