A Wisconsin utility's request to raise fixed charges on electricity bills won support from state utility regulators Thursday in a decision that is likely to set a precedent in other rate cases in Wisconsin and perhaps the rest of the country.

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Utility regulators decided Friday to postpone the deadline for starting construction on a wind farm in western Wisconsin until after the project is no longer facing challenges in court.

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Milwaukee resident Mark Kohel was in the majority Wednesday afternoon during a public hearing on We Energies' proposal to increase its rates.

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State regulators decided Friday to give themselves an additional six weeks to a review a proposed $9.1 billion merger between the parent companies of We Energies and the Wisconsin Public Service Corp.

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State regulators Friday let a utility company abandon the water system serving a subdivision west of Kenosha, meaning the people in 18 households there will have to spend as much as $15,000 each to drill private wells.

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State regulators want to give a consulting company until March 30 to help them decide if they should approve a proposed $9.1 billion merger of We Energies’ and Wisconsin Public Service Corp.’s parent companies.

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Dane County’s executive is warning that a local utility company’s electrical-rate request would make it much harder to afford projects similar to a large solar array atop the county airport’s maintenance garage.

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Wisconsin regulators approved a formal decision Friday declaring that Milwaukee cannot force utility companies to move power lines and other equipment to make way for a proposed streetcar.

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We Energies’ proposal to change what it charges customers for electricity is forcing Milwaukee officials to add a caveat when encouraging residents and businesses to install solar panels.

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Wisconsin regulators are ordering a Madison utility to refund $6.7 million to customers even as the utility forecasts costlier electric bills next year.

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