MGE works hard to provide reliable electric service at competitive prices. The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin authorized the following MGE rates in Docket 3270-UR-115 effective Jan. 1, 2008.

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E-mail mge@mge.com or call us between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., Monday through Friday, at (608) 252-7222; long distance, toll free 1-866-252-7080; TDD (608) 252-4777.

	Residential Service (Rg-1)		Residential Electric Time-of-Use (Rg-2)
	Residential Electric Lifeline Rate (Rg-3) (Closed)		Residential-Controlled Water Heating (Rw-1)
	Residential Renewable Energy Program (RWE-1)		Definitions
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Residential Service (Rg-1) [PDF - 72 KB]
This general rate fits most residential customers.

Residential Electric Time-of-Use (Rg-2) [PDF - 79 KB]
Time of Use [PDF - 68 KB]

This time-of-use rate is mandatory for some customers with average daily uses of 130 kWh or higher during the summer billing season. This rate is optional to all other residential customers.

Residential Electric Lifeline (Rg-3) [PDF - 81 KB] (closed)
This rate is closed to new customers.

Residential-Controlled Water Heating (Rw-1) [PDF - 73 KB]
This is an optional service for residential customers with electric water heaters. It is not available for heating water for space heating.

Residential Renewable Energy Program (RWE-1) [PDF - 10 KB]
MGE offers customers the option to purchase clean wind and solar power.

Definitions

Customer charge: An amount paid by a customer for electric service based upon costs incurred for metering, meter reading, billings, etc., exclusive of demand or energy consumption. MGE bills customer charges in dollars per day.

Distribution service: The network of wires and equipment that carries electric energy from the transmission system to the customer's premises. The costs to support, operate and maintain this local delivery system are included here in MGE's rates and are usually priced in cents per kilowatt-hour for energy-only customers and in dollars per kilowatt for demand-billed customers.

Electricity service: In MGE's rates, this is the network of generating plants, wires and equipment needed to produce or purchase electricity (generation) and to deliver it to the local distribution system (transmission). Priced in cents per kilowatt-hour for energy-only customers and in dollars per kilowatt and in cents per kilowatt-hour for demand-billed customers.

Energy, off-peak: Energy supplied during periods of relatively low system demand as specified by the supplier. For MGE, this is from 9 p.m. to 10  a.m., Monday through Friday, all holidays, and all weekends.

Energy, on-peak: Energy supplied during periods of relatively high system demand as specified by the supplier. For MGE, this is from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Rates, time-of-use: Prices for electricity that vary depending upon what time of day or night a customer uses it. Time-of-use rates are designed to reflect the different costs an electric company incurs in providing electricity during peak periods when electricity demand is high and off-peak periods when electricity demand is low. Whether customers benefit from time-of-use rates depends on the percentage of total consumption used during on-peak periods. Generally, customers who use less than 35% of their total consumption during on-peak periods may benefit from these rates.

Rates, seasonal: Rates vary depending on the time of year. Charges are generally higher during the summer months when greater demand levels push up costs for generating electricity. All MGE rate classes are seasonal. MGE has summer and winter seasonal rates. Summer rates are effective from June 1 through September 30. Winter rates apply for all other billing periods.

For more information

Clean Power Partners
Customer-Owned Generation
Electric Glossary
Outdoor Overhead Lighting (Rate Schedule OL-1) [PDF - 94 KB]
Renewable Energy Rates

You can see complete rate schedules and rules at our Madison office, 133 S. Blair St., or at:

MGE Electric Rates [PDF - 715 KB]
MGE Electric Rules [PDF - 482 KB]
MGE Natural Gas Rates [PDF - 440 KB]
MGE Natural Gas Rules [PDF - 358 KB]