LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — A new report says that Wisconsin has some of the highest electricity prices in the country despite the average customer spending far less on the utility than in most states. The U.S. Energy Information Administration released the data that shows the average residential price for a kilowatt of electricity in Wisconsin was just more than 10 cents in 2016. Only 15 states had higher residential rates, a reversal from two decades ago. But the report said the average Wisconsin household used less than 700 kilowatts per month for an average annual electric bill of $1,153, which is lower than all but nine states. That’s because most homes in the Upper Midwest are heated with gas, and residents aren’t running air conditioners as much as their counterparts in hotter states, according to the report.
