• Ep. 40 - Who Pays for Dead Power Plants?
    Sep 6 2024

    Corey and Tom sit down to talk about the wave of early coal plant retirements, why it matters to customers, and what can be done to save customers money.

    Show notes at: https://cubwi.org/podcast

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    45 mins
  • Ep.39 - We Energies & WPSC Rate Cases: What's Driving Big Increases
    Jun 20 2024

    Corey and Tom kick off this year's discussion of the big rate hikes requested by We Energies and WPSC. Make sure to check out the show notes at https://cubwi.org/podcast.

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    35 mins
  • Ep.38 - 2023 Rate Case Wrap-up Part 2: Policy and Customer Savings
    May 15 2024
    Corey and Tom kick of a recap the Commission's official rate case decisions from 2023, talk about the various policy investigations the cases spawned, and talk about the savings CUB was able to achieve.
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    23 mins
  • Ep.37 - 2023 Rate Case Wrap-up Part 1: Profits and Affordability
    Feb 1 2024

    Corey and Tom kick of a recap the Commission's official rate case decisions and run down the overall increases customers of Wisconsin's big private utilities can expect in 2024 and 2025. They also discuss the Commission's final actions on utility profits and residential affordability programs for 2024.

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    35 mins
  • Ep.36 - What Comes After Net Metering?
    Oct 12 2023
    Corey and Tom rip off the bandage and jump right into the deep end to talk about net metering and the current proposals by MGE and Alliant energy to replace current programs with something new. Make certain to keep the comments civil please.
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    53 mins
  • Ep.35 - Fuel updates and Wisconsin is #2! But not in a good way...
    Oct 9 2023

    Corey and Tom talk about where the electric rates for Wisconsin and Wisconsin utilities rank compared to other midwest states. They also provide an update on fuel cost increases and this year's CUB annual report.

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    35 mins
  • Ep.34 - Big Increases, Imprudent Costs?
    Jul 21 2023
    Corey and Tom talk about Alliant energy's requested increase for 2024 and 2025 meant to cover the amount the utility went over its 2022 fuel cost budget.
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    34 mins
  • Ep.33 - Starting a Conversation About Equity
    Jun 13 2023

    Corey and Tom talk about equity in the public utility space and some of work that needs to be done.

    Show notes at cubwi.org/podcast

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    43 mins