Milwaukee residents object to proposed We Energy rate increase

By: Henry Redman

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: September 2, 2026

Words: 1,112

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago


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Dozens of southeastern Wisconsin residents, community organizers, local leaders and environmental activists voiced their opposition to a proposal from the electric utility We Energies to raise rates during a series of meetings in Milwaukee Tuesday.

At a rally outside the We Energies offices Tuesday morning and at a public hearing on the rate increase held by the Wisconsin Public Service Commission on the Marquette University campus in the afternoon, opponents of …

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