Dive Summary:

• The Citizens Utility Board (CUB) is asking Wisconsin’s Public Service Commission (WPSC) to implement a five-year plan that would eliminate local subsidies.
• The CUB argues that the subsidies force We Energies’ customers to pay too much while downtown businesses pay too little for steam energy; getting rid of the subsidies would result in a 23% increase in steam costs for more than 400 downtown utility customers.
• We Energies will respond to the CUB’s finding in about two weeks and the WPSC is expected to reach a decision on the matter by the end of the year.

From the article:

An electricity ratepayers group on Tuesday called for a phaseout of subsidies it says force We Energies' electric customers to pay too much, and downtown business steam customers to pay too little, for what the Valley power plant generates.

The Citizens Utility Board urged the state Public Service Commission to implement a five-year plan that would phase out the subsidies, which would result in a 23% increase in steam costs for more than 400 downtown utility customers. ...