Wisconsin Electricity Rates and Average Electric Bill Guide

Low usage keeps the Wisconsin bill down. Households use 24% less electricity than the typical US household, even though prices run 5% above the national price. Mild weather and homes that heat with natural gas often show up as low electricity use.

Over a year, the average Wisconsin household pays about $1,447 for electricity. The state ranks 11th lowest for the monthly bill, 16th highest for price per kWh and 14th lowest for use, out of 51 places (50 states and DC).

Source: EIA Form EIA-861 final 2025 data, residential sector. Bills are revenue divided by customers, divided by 12.

Want to see where your own bill falls? Use the bill checker or read the average bill guide for apartments, houses and different household sizes.

Wisconsin is dominated by investor-owned utilities, which serve 86% of residential customers. The rest are served by municipal utilities (8%) and electric cooperatives (6%). EIA lists 67 utilities and electricity suppliers with customers in Wisconsin.

See every utility that reports customers here on the electric companies in Wisconsin page.

If you do not know who serves your address, the find my electric company tool matches your county to a utility.

Wisconsin does not offer household retail electricity choice. Households buy electricity from the utility that serves their address. That utility can be an investor-owned company, a municipal system or a cooperative, and its rates are set by its regulator or its own board. You can still lower your bill with a better rate plan, efficiency upgrades and bill help programs.

Utilities in Wisconsin reported an average of 1 hour and 27 minutes without power per customer in 2025, with 0.67 interruptions per customer, when major storm days are left out. That outage time is shorter than the median state (127 minutes).

Customers in Wisconsin had 23,951 net-metered residential solar systems with a combined 268.7 megawatts of capacity in 2025. That works out to 8.4 systems for every 1,000 households, which ranks 38 of 51 places. Net metering lets a home with solar offset what it uses from the grid, so it changes the bill math for those households. Our net metering guide explains how the credit works.

Outage figures are reported by utilities and follow different standards, so compare states with care. The median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer in 2025.

• Check your rate before your habits. Usage here is close to or below the national figure, so the plan and the price per kWh on your bill often matter more than conservation. Our bill reading guide shows where to look.
• Ask about time-of-use pricing. 7 of the 8 largest providers report residential time-of-use programs in EIA data. If you can shift laundry, charging and cooling to cheaper hours, the savings can be real. Our time-of-use guide explains how to test it.
• Ask about budget billing. Many utilities spread costs across the year. Read how budget billing works before you sign up.
• Price your appliances. The electricity cost calculator shows what a space heater, dryer or pool pump costs to run at your rate.

Electric rates and consumer complaints in Wisconsin are handled by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. If you have a billing dispute you could not settle with your utility, the regulator is the next step.