Rate comparison

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 66 utilities reporting residential rates in Wisconsin, Madison Gas & Electric Co comes in last, the highest reported average price in the state. The state's range runs from City of Marshfield - (WI) at 10.07¢ to Madison Gas & Electric Co at 20.34¢, so where a household sits inside Wisconsin depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

Against the 11 other investor owned utilities reporting in Wisconsin, whose customer-weighted average is 17.74¢, Madison Gas & Electric Co is above its own ownership class within the state (+14.6%).

State price distribution

Territory and usage

Scale and consumption

Madison Gas & Electric Co reported 147.5K residential customers, ranking 5th of 66 utilities in Wisconsin by customers served and covering 5.5% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 5,836 kWh per customer per year - -24.8% against the Wisconsin median of 7,764 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,187.

State peers

Every utility reporting in Wisconsin

All 66 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Wisconsin, largest first, with Madison Gas & Electric Co marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Wisconsin.

Ownership class peers

Investor Owned utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond Wisconsin, these indexable investor owned utilities report the closest residential averages to Madison Gas & Electric Co in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

FAQ

Common questions about Madison Gas & Electric Co rates

How much does Madison Gas & Electric Co charge per kWh?

Madison Gas & Electric Co reported an average residential price of 20.34¢ per kWh across its bundled residential customers in the 2024 EIA Form 861 release. That is an annual average across all its residential customers, not a rate schedule, so an individual bill depends on the tariff, usage pattern and season.

Is Madison Gas & Electric Co expensive compared with the rest of Wisconsin?

Its average residential price is above the Wisconsin customer-weighted average of 17.37¢ per kWh, a difference of +17.1%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 66 utilities reporting residential service in Wisconsin.

What is the average electricity bill for Madison Gas & Electric Co customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 5,836 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,187 a year, or about $99 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Madison Gas & Electric Co?

EIA classifies Madison Gas & Electric Co as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, the customer-weighted average across Investor Owned utilities was 18.37¢ per kWh in the 2024 Form 861 release.

Limitations

What this page does and does not tell you

• An average across bundled residential customers for the year, revenue divided by sales, not a rate schedule.
• Form 861 presence is not evidence of availability at an address or of customer choice.

See our methodology and why energy prices vary .

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.