Milwaukee most expensive large city for utilities based on households: Report

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee is the most costly massive metropolis for utilities within the U.S. based mostly on the variety of households, based on a brand new report.

Invoice-paying web site Doxo present in a brand new examine that the common month-to-month and yearly utility invoice in Milwaukee is the biggest within the nation, at $521 a month and simply over $4,000 a yr.

The following most costly cities for utility payments are San Francisco (month-to-month common at $457), Los Angeles ($449/month), New York ($438/month) and Portland, Oregon ($437/month), based on Doxo.

The highest least costly cities for utilities? El Paso, San Diego, Memphis, Austin and Minneapolis (for these curious, the Twin Cities has a $198/month common utility invoice).

Milwaukee’s numbers come after Wisconsin utility regulators OK’d charge hikes for electrical and pure fuel prospects served by We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service.

In our space, the Wisconsin Public Service Fee permitted electrical charge hikes of 8.8 p.c for We Energies. We Energies requested for electrical charge hikes of 13 p.c for residential prospects. That improve would price the common home-owner about $14 extra monthly beginning in January of 2023.

We Energies residential prospects will expertise an 11 p.c improve costing $11 to $12 extra monthly, based on preliminary numbers from the Wisconsin Public Service and We Energies.

In the event you want help paying your utility invoice in Wisconsin, the Public Service Fee has a information right here.

Learn Doxo’s report beneath or head to their web site.

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