PRIORITY CAMPAIGN
Tell We Energies to take a hike!
We Energies is demanding another 14 percent rate hike. If approved, We Energies customers will have had six rate hikes since 2020, increasing bills by 43.4 percent.
Instead of keeping your bills low, here’s what they’re prioritizing:
Corporate greed: In 2025 alone, We Energies bragged about their record $1.6 billion profit while paying zero federal taxes. And in that same year, We Energies CEO Scott Lauber was given more than a million dollar pay raise.
Dirty, expensive gas power: Clean energy like wind and solar are cleaner, cheaper, and faster to build - keeping your energy bills low. But We Energies is using rate hikes to pay for new dirty and expensive gas power plants. Why? Because that’s how they maximize profit.
Inviting more data centers to Wisconsin: Data centers use immense amounts of energy and We Energies has aggressively invited tech companies to build data centers in their territory
Corporate lobbying: Since 2020, We Energies spent nearly $1.4 million on corporate lobbying. They’re using your money to lobby to increase your bills.
From housing to healthcare to groceries to electric bills, the skyrocketing cost of living is out of control. But our electric bills don’t need to be this high. We Energies must freeze rates and stop funding their corporate greed; stop building more dirty, expensive gas power plants; stop inviting more data centers to Wisconsin; and no more ratepayer money for corporate lobbying!
Record profits, ZERO federal taxes and huge pay raises for CEOs. Use this handy calculator to see how your utility bill is being spent >>>
$1.6B
In 2025, We Energies made a record $1.6 billion record profit while paying ZERO federal taxes.
When Milwaukee resident Valerie Langston opens up her monthly energy bill, she’s thinking about more than just another payment to make. She’s thinking about neighbors working for stagnant wages, about the health challenges that come with pollution, and about whether ordinary people will end up footing the bill for massive new energy demands.
The runaway electric bills and gas bills ... what can you say? Somebody’s pocketing too much money and consumers are having to pay for it.
-Valerie Langston, Milwaukee resident
In the news:
- We Energies seeks 14% residential electric rate hike by 2028 - 6th increase since 2020
- We Energies to Keep Coal Plant Open Until 2027
- Wisconsin utility company executive says more data centers could be on the horizon - WPR
- We Energies plans $5.5 billion in new energy projects as data center demand grows
- Wisconsin data centers' energy costs could impact your electric bill
- What to know about the huge electric power demands from Wisconsin data centers
- Back in the News: We Energies, Kohl’s Paid Zero Federal Taxes in 2025 » Urban Milwaukee