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We Energies Electric Rates and Average Monthly Bill in 2025

Average rate and bill, service area, reliability and rate options for this utility, taken from its 2025 filing with the EIA.

Reviewed Data: EIA Form EIA-861, released October 7, 2026

Independent profile. Kilowatt Atlas is not affiliated with We Energies, does not use its logo or branding and cannot take payments, start service or look up accounts. Figures come from public federal data for 2025.

Residential customers

1.06 million

1,056,086 homes

Average price

20.53 cents

Wisconsin average 18.08

Average bill

$131.37

Per month at 640 kWh

Price rank

21 of 22

Lowest to highest in Wisconsin

We Energies rates and average bill

We Energies reported 1,056,086 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 640 kWh a month on average at 20.53 cents per kWh. Bundled means the utility supplies the energy and delivers it, so the price covers both. Among the 22 Wisconsin utilities with at least 10,000 bundled residential customers, We Energies ranks 21 from the lowest price.

We Energies compared with Wisconsin and the United States
AverageCents per kWhkWh per monthMonthly bill
We Energies20.53640$131.37
Wisconsin (all utilities)18.08667$120.60
United States17.23874$150.68

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), sales to ultimate customers. Price is revenue divided by sales and includes fixed charges.

Service area

EIA lists the counties where We Energies has distribution equipment. That covers 28 counties in Wisconsin. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.

Wisconsin (28 counties)

Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Florence, Fond Du Lac, Forest, Grant, Jefferson, Kenosha, Manitowoc, Marinette, Milwaukee, Oconto, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Racine, Rock, Shawano, Sheboygan, Vilas, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago

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Reliability

For 2025, We Energies reported an average of 93 minutes without power per customer and 0.66 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 141 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.

We Energies had about 34 fewer minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The Wisconsin figure across its utilities was 87 minutes. One interruption lasting 141 minutes and 0.66 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 93 minute total.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), reliability schedule, measured under IEEE 1366. Utilities define events slightly differently, so compare with care.

Rate options and rooftop solar

  • Time-of-use pricing. We Energies reports a residential time-of-use pricing program in its 2025 EIA filing, with about 15,329 residential customers enrolled in dynamic pricing programs of all kinds. Ask the utility which rate schedules you qualify for. How time-of-use rates work.
  • Rooftop solar and net metering. EIA shows 6,994 residential net-metered systems on the We Energies grid in 2025, with 46.3 megawatts of capacity. How net metering works.

Who owns and regulates it

A private company owned by shareholders. A state commission reviews its costs and sets or approves its rates in formal rate cases. In Wisconsin, that review is done by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin.

We Energies is an investor-owned utility based in Wisconsin.

We Energies operates in the MISO power market. Power markets set wholesale costs, but your retail rate is set by the rules described above.

We Energies compared with Wisconsin

Wisconsin has 65 utilities with residential customers in the 2025 EIA data. We Energies is 1st by size and serves about 36.8% of the state's homes. Among 9 other investor-owned utilities in Wisconsin, the median price is 16.38 cents per kWh, so We Energies at 20.53 cents is 4.15 cents above its peers. At $131.37 a month, an average We Energies home pays about $129 a year more than the Wisconsin average of $120.60, and uses 27 kWh a month less. We Energies lists distribution equipment in 28 counties, so check your county and your bill before you assume it serves you. 6,994 of its residential customers use net metering, or 6.6 per 1,000 homes, against 8.4 for Wisconsin as a whole.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data). Peers are other utilities of the same type in Wisconsin with at least 1,000 residential customers and a reported price.

Other Wisconsin utilities

Utilities in Wisconsin close in size to We Energies
UtilityTypeHomesCents per kWh
We EnergiesInvestor-owned1,056,08620.53
Wisconsin Power and Light (Alliant Energy)Investor-owned440,74618.47
Wisconsin Public ServiceInvestor-owned415,64317.20
Northern States Power WisconsinInvestor-owned230,31315.55
Madison Gas and ElectricInvestor-owned148,48221.11
East Central EnergyCooperative61,04017.60

See every one on the electric companies in Wisconsin page.

Official site and where to get help

Kilowatt Atlas is not We Energies and does not take payments, start service or manage accounts. To pay a bill, report an outage or start service, use the website, app or phone number printed on your bill. Be careful with search ads and lookalike sites that offer to pay your bill for a fee.

We Energies questions

What is the average residential electric rate for We Energies?

We Energies residential customers on bundled service paid an average of 20.53 cents per kWh in 2025, with average use of 640 kWh a month and an average bill of $131.37 (EIA Form EIA-861). The Wisconsin average was 18.08 cents.

How many customers does We Energies have?

EIA reports about 1,056,086 residential customers for We Energies in 2025.

Who regulates We Energies?

A private company owned by shareholders. A state commission reviews its costs and sets or approves its rates in formal rate cases. See the regulator for Wisconsin on the Wisconsin state page.

How reliable is We Energies?

For 2025, We Energies reported an average of 93 minutes of outage per customer and 0.66 interruptions per customer, excluding major event days (IEEE 1366). Utilities measure outages in slightly different ways, so compare with care.

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