Season
The 2025 monthly average in Wisconsin was 667 kWh. A hot or cold month can sit far from that. Compare kilowatt-hours with the same month last year before you blame the rate.
EIA-861 average bill file, 2025 · Reviewed October 14, 2026
Municipal · Wisconsin
City of Medford electricity profile
EIA respondent: City of Medford - (WI). Reviewed October 14, 2026.
This profile is not indexed. City of Medford - (WI) reported no residential customers in the 2025 sales extract. The Wisconsin page lists it with the other non-residential respondents.
City of Medford - (WI) is on the EIA-861 frame. No residential customers were reported for 2025 in the sales file or the Texas delivery-company file used here. That can mean wholesale-only service, no residential product, or a gap in the extract. Needs verification before you treat this as the company on a household bill.
EIA Form 861, 2025 final · Reviewed October 14, 2026
EIA Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.A · Reviewed October 14, 2026
The rate on the record
Municipal residential rates are often set by a city board, not the state commission. Needs verification. Average revenue per kilowatt-hour is total residential revenue divided by residential sales. It is not a tariff schedule.
Needs verification No residential sales rows were in the 2025 extract.
EIA-861 sales to ultimate customers, 2025 final, compared with 2024 · Reviewed October 14, 2026
Why the bill spikes
A rate change
No 2024 price was available to compare. Needs verification. Public Service Commission of Wisconsin is the public docket desk.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin · Reviewed October 14, 2026
Fuel and rider charges
Retail prices bundle generation, delivery, and other costs. A fuel adjustment or rider can move the total without a new base-rate case. The rider names on a City of Medford bill need verification.
EIA, prices and factors affecting electricity prices · Reviewed October 14, 2026
Time of use
EIA's 2025 dynamic-pricing schedule shows residential time-of-use activity, with 3 residential customers enrolled in dynamic pricing programs.
EIA-861 dynamic pricing, 2025 · Reviewed October 14, 2026
Estimated reads
Needs verification If the statement says the read is estimated, the next actual read can true the account up or down. The rule is in the utility's tariff, which is not stored here.
Data-center load
National demand is rising, and EIA points to large computing facilities. There is no published dollar line that isolates data centers on a City of Medford residential bill. Needs verification
EIA press release, January 13, 2026 · Reviewed October 14, 2026
Rate cases and hikes
Needs verification No rate case for City of Medford has been reviewed for this page. Orders and pending dockets are public at Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. Investor-owned base rates are usually set in a public docket. Municipal and cooperative rates may be set by a city or a co-op board instead. Which body sets this utility's rates needs verification.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin · Reviewed October 14, 2026
Assistance
LIHEAP helps with home energy bills. Start with the federal program page and the state contact list. A City of Medford discount, budget-billing plan, or medical baseline needs verification.
LIHEAP · Reviewed October 14, 2026
How to lower the bill
- Read kilowatt-hours first. If use is up, the dollar total can rise on an unchanged rate.
- Check whether the read is actual or estimated. The true-up rule needs verification in the tariff.
- If a supplier or aggregator is also on the account, add that charge to the utility charge.
- Ask about budget billing and an income-qualified discount. Eligibility needs verification.
- If you are on time-of-use, move flexible load out of the expensive window. Confirm the window on the tariff.
Questions people ask
Does City of Medford sell electricity to homes?
City of Medford - (WI) is on the EIA-861 frame. No residential customers were reported for 2025 in the sales file or the Texas delivery-company file used here. That can mean wholesale-only service, no residential product, or a gap in the extract. Needs verification before you treat this as the company on a household bill.
What was City of Medford's average residential rate?
No 2025 residential average was reported in the files used here.
Did City of Medford raise rates?
No residential price was reported for 2025. Needs verification.
What bill assistance can City of Medford customers ask about?
LIHEAP is the federal program for home energy bills (https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs/programs/liheap). City of Medford may also offer an income-qualified discount, budget billing, or a medical baseline. The current offer, income cutoff, and how to apply need verification with the state LIHEAP office and Public Service Commission of Wisconsin.
Are data centers why this bill went up?
Large computing load is raising U.S. electricity demand, and regulators can later recover new generation and wires costs from customers. EIA has not published a dollar line that isolates data centers on this utility's residential bill. That pass-through needs verification.