Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) commercial electricity rates

• Average commercial price, 202511.69¢per kWh, all commercial customers
• vs Wisconsin average−10%state commercial average 13.06¢
• Commercial customers56,3663rd largest of 40 in Wisconsin
• Average use6,047 kWha month per commercial customer
• Average bill$707a month per commercial customer
• Since 2015+22%from 9.62¢ per kWh
• Outages107 mina year per customer · US average 124

Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) is an investor-owned utility serving 22 counties in Wisconsin. Among the 40 Wisconsin utilities in EIA’s 2025 sales data with 500 or more commercial customers, it is the 3rd largest, with about 15% of the state’s commercial customers. EIA lists it as Wisconsin Public Service Corp.

Wisconsin Public Service commercial electricity prices, 2015 to 2025

In 2015 Wisconsin Public Service billed its commercial customers an average of 9.62¢ per kWh. In 2025 the figure was 11.69¢, so it rose 22% over 10 years. The average for all commercial customers in Wisconsin rose 20% over the same period. The latest year, 2025, is the highest of the 11 on record here. Between 2024 and 2025 it rose 4.4%.

Average use and average bill are the utility’s commercial sales and revenue divided by its commercial customers and by twelve. The bill is an all-in figure: energy, delivery, demand and fixed charges together. A few very large customers pull both averages up, so most businesses use and pay less than the average.

Residential, commercial and industrial prices at Wisconsin Public Service

In 2025 the average commercial price at Wisconsin Public Service was 32% below the residential figure and 56% above the industrial one. Larger customers take power at a higher voltage and use it more steadily, so at most utilities the average falls from residential to commercial to industrial. Which class an account falls in is the utility’s decision, and the line between commercial and industrial is drawn differently from one utility to the next.

How Wisconsin Public Service’s commercial rates are set

Wisconsin Public Service is investor-owned, so its rates are set in cases before the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin and published in a tariff, which is a public document. A commercial account is billed on a rate schedule, chosen by the size of the account and the voltage it takes power at, and a schedule usually combines a fixed monthly charge, a charge per kWh and, above a certain size, a demand charge on the highest rate of draw in the month. The schedule code is printed on the bill. There is no competitive supply market for ordinary commercial accounts in Wisconsin, so the levers are the schedule, the peak and the amount used.

Meters, time-varying rates and net metering at Wisconsin Public Service

EIA counts 57,504 commercial meters at Wisconsin Public Service in 2025, and 57,504 of them (100%) are advanced meters (AMI), which record use at least hourly and report it to the utility at least daily. An advanced meter is what makes interval data possible, and interval data is what shows when a building’s peak demand happens.

At Wisconsin Public Service, 8,648 commercial customers were on a time-varying rate in 2025, about 15% of its commercial customers. A time-varying rate charges more in some hours than in others, so when a business uses power matters as well as how much. The kinds Wisconsin Public Service reports offering commercial customers are time-of-use pricing and critical peak pricing.

EIA records 406 commercial net-metered generating systems at Wisconsin Public Service in 2025, with 34.6 MW of capacity between them: about 7.2 for every 1,000 commercial customers. Net metering credits a customer for power its own system sends to the grid; the terms are in the utility’s tariff.

How reliable is Wisconsin Public Service’s electric service?

Wisconsin Public Service customers went without power for an average of 107 minutes in 2025, excluding major storms, with about 0.86 interruptions per customer. The average across U.S. utilities reporting the same way is 124 minutes. With major storms counted the figure was 630 minutes. These are averages over every customer of every class, so they describe the system and not any one street.

Where Wisconsin Public Service serves

EIA records Wisconsin Public Service serving customers in 22 Wisconsin counties: Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Fond Du Lac, Forest, Iron, Kewaunee, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Oconto, Oneida, Outagamie, Portage, Shawano, and 4 more. A county can be shared between utilities, so this does not tell you who serves a given address. The utility that serves an address is the one named on its bill.

EIA lists MISO as its balancing authority. MISO is one of the organised wholesale markets, which run the grid and the wholesale power market across their area.

Other utilities in Wisconsin

The average each billed its commercial customers in 2025. The Wisconsin page has the state’s own figures and every utility with 500 or more commercial customers.

• We Energies (14.38¢)
• Alliant Energy (13.63¢)
• Xcel Energy Wisconsin (11.56¢)
• Madison Gas and Electric (13.97¢)

What these figures can and cannot tell you

• They are averages over every commercial customer. A utility whose commercial customers are mostly large averages fewer cents per kWh than one serving mostly small shops, so a lower figure can mean larger customers and not a lower rate.
• They are not a rate schedule. None of these figures is a charge printed in Wisconsin Public Service’s tariff, and nothing here works out a bill from one. The tariff index lists the utilities whose filed schedules are quoted on this site.
• They are annual and final. EIA publishes utility figures once a year. The Wisconsin page carries the state’s trailing 12 months, which is more recent and still preliminary.

For one building, the cost estimator gives a range by building type, size and state, and price by utility sets every utility side by side. Commercial vs residential vs industrial compares the classes in every state.

Data: every year of these figures, for this utility and every other with a page, is in one CSV, free to use with credit to the U.S. Energy Information Administration and this site. To cite this page: Wisconsin Public Service commercial electricity rates, CommercialElectricityRates.com, from EIA Form EIA-861 final 2025 data.

Common questions about Wisconsin Public Service

What is the average commercial electricity rate at Wisconsin Public Service?

Wisconsin Public Service billed its commercial customers in Wisconsin an average of 11.69¢ per kWh in 2025, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That is 10% below the Wisconsin commercial average of 13.06¢. It is the utility’s commercial revenue divided by its commercial sales, so it describes the whole class and is not the rate on any one schedule.

How much is the average commercial electric bill at Wisconsin Public Service?

About $707 a month in 2025, on average use of about 6,047 kWh a month. That is Wisconsin Public Service’s commercial revenue divided by its 56,366 commercial customers. A few very large accounts pull the average up, so most businesses pay less than this.

Have Wisconsin Public Service’s commercial electricity rates gone up?

The average Wisconsin Public Service billed commercial customers rose 22% between 2015 and 2025, from 9.62¢ to 11.69¢ per kWh. The Wisconsin commercial average rose 20% over the same period.

How reliable is Wisconsin Public Service’s electric service?

Wisconsin Public Service customers averaged 107 minutes without power in 2025, excluding major storms, against a 124-minute average for U.S. utilities reporting the same way (EIA).

Does Wisconsin Public Service use smart meters for businesses?

EIA counts 57,504 advanced (AMI) meters among Wisconsin Public Service’s 57,504 commercial meters in 2025, which is 100%. An advanced meter records use at least hourly, which is what makes interval data and time-varying rates possible.

Is this the rate my business will pay Wisconsin Public Service?

No. It is an average over every commercial customer, from a corner shop to a campus. What one business pays depends on its rate schedule, how much it uses and how hard it draws at its peak. The schedule code is printed on the bill, and the schedule itself is in Wisconsin Public Service’s tariff.