We Energies: billing error
Contact We Energies first by phone or email form, then the VP customer service form, then the Wisconsin PSC; backbilling is limited to two years.
What does this mean?
Grade A (high: almost everything comes from official pages read directly). 100% of 29 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites; 1 value(s) were read from a search snippet or an archive copy.
Collect
- the disputed bill
- earlier bills
- meter photos with dates
- call notes with reference numbers
Steps
Call customer service and ask for a correction and a reference number.
If not fixed, write through the email form (answer in 1 to 2 business days).
If still unresolved, use the vice president - customer service form.
Then contact the Wisconsin PSC.
More contacts for this issue
Facts you can cite
- Process
Wisconsin PSC: you and the utility must first make reasonable attempts to resolve a dispute; if that fails, contact PSC Consumer Affairs.
Source: psc.wi.gov, verified 2026-10-13
- Limit
Wisconsin PSC: a utility is limited to backbilling for a period of two years, and must offer payment arrangements when a customer cannot pay the full backbilled amount.
Source: psc.wi.gov, verified 2026-10-13
Tips
- Company tip
We Energies says to get its phone numbers from we-energies.com, its app or the bill, not from search results; paid search ads have listed fake numbers.
Source: we-energies.com, verified 2026-10-13
Rules in force
- Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act (ROSCA) negative option requirements15 U.S.C. 8401-8405
A seller that charges consumers online through a negative option feature (for example an automatic renewal or a free trial that converts to paid) must clearly disclose all material terms before taking billing information, get the consumer's express informed consent before charging, and provide simple mechanisms to stop recurring charges. The FTC enforces ROSCA.
Source: law.cornell.edu, verified 2026-10-12
1 citable point
- Policy
The seller must obtain "a consumer's express informed consent before charging the consumer's credit card, debit card, bank account, or other financial account".
Source: law.cornell.edu, verified 2026-10-12
- Policy
If that fails, escalate
Go up one step at a time. Keep the reference numbers and dates from each contact.
Customer service
Supervisor
Written complaint
Executive office
We Energies lists a Vice president - customer service form for unresolved service problems.
State agency
Your state’s utility commission. Find it in the list of state agencies (also as JSON:
states/<code>.json, for example states/ny.json).Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, Consumer Affairs, 1-800-225-7729 (Mon-Fri 7:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m.). The PSC says you must first try to resolve the dispute directly with the utility. Michigan customers: Michigan Public Service Commission.
State agency
Your state’s attorney general. Find it in the list of state agencies (also as JSON:
states/<code>.json, for example states/ny.json).Wisconsin Department of Justice (Attorney General); Michigan Attorney General for Michigan customers.
Watch out
- Online payment arrangements, outage status for an account and most account changes need sign-in.
- No published damage-claim channel was found on we-energies.com; ask customer service.
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