Dane County, Wisconsin Electric Profile
Electricity Rates, Plans & Statistics
Dane County, Wisconsin Overview
As the 596th largest producer of solar power in the United States, Dane County generates a total of 5,154 megawatt hours from solar.
Dane County is ranked 32nd out of 72 for highest polluting county in the state when considering pollution per capita.
With 5,154 megawatt produced from solar power and 561,504 residents in Dane County, the county averages 0.01 megawatt hours produced from solar per capita, which gives it a ranking of 758th in the nation out of 3221 counties.
Electricity generation plants in Dane County had a 29.56% rise in the use of non-renewable fuel types over the course of the previous year, surely a step in the wrong direction.
Dane County produces 39,613 megawatt hours of electricity from renewable sources. This ranks Dane County 1143rd highest producing county in the US out of 3221 counties for total renewable electricity production.
Dane County's average residential electricity rate is 13.91 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 1.10% higher than the nationwide average price of 13.76 cents per kilowatt hour.
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
Total Consumption
6,613,570 MWh
Consumption per Capita
11.78 MWh
ENERGY PRODUCTION
Total Production
1,138,752 MWh
Production from Renewable Energy
39,613 MWh
Production from Non-Renewable Energy
1,099,139 MWh
Production per Capita
2.03 MWh
EMISSIONS
CO2 Emissions
3,661,711,165 kg
CO2 Emissions per Capita
6,521.26 kg
Madison, WI Electric Overview

Madison averages a residential electricity rate of 15.72 cents per kilowatt hour paid by their citizens, which is 8.09% higher than Wisconsin's average rate of 14.55 cents and 14.28% higher than the US average of 13.76 cents. The power grid in the city is faced with an average of 0.69 outages per consumer per year, with outages lasting about 77.57 minutes per outage. The US averages of outages and outage time frames are 1.21 outages a year and 122.99 minutes per outage. The average monthly residential power bill for a customer in the city is $91.8 per month.
Emitting 1,729,792,678.39 kilograms of CO2 emissions a year, Madison ranks 2nd highest out of 808 cities in Wisconsin for total pollution from electricity consumption. Perhaps a better measurement of pollution is the CO2 emissions per citizen in the city, which is 6,410.44 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person per year. This measurement ranks Madison as the 764th highest polluting city in the state. The city has 8 power plants, which is the highest out of any city in the state. Madison's top fuel used for electricity production is Natural Gas. They produce 409,537.64 megawatt hours, or 93.62% of the total generation in the city, from this fuel source. Wind and Distillate Fuel Oil are also highly used fuel sources in the city, with 21,227 (4.85%) and 6,701.96 (1.53%) megawatt hours generated from each, respectively.
Residential Electricity Bills & Rates in Madison
Madison residential electric rates are highest in January and the highest average bill is in September.
Historical Electricity Rates:
Electric Companies With Service in Madison, Wisconsin
Provider
| Service Type
| Residential Rate (¢)
| Residential Average Bill ($)
| City Production (MWh)
| Residential Sales (MWh)
| Residential Revenues ($)
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Madison Gas & Electric | BUNDLED | 16.45 | 89.82 | 380,495.5 | 913,476 | 150,311,000 |
Zips with electric coverage in Madison, Wisconsin include: 53711, 53704, 53590, 53703, 53719, 53562, 53705, 53593, 53713, 53597, 53716 and 9 other zip code(s).
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Get qualifiedSun Prairie, WI Electric Overview

Sun Prairie averages a residential electricity rate of 12.19 cents per kilowatt hour paid by their citizens, which is 16.22% lower than Wisconsin's average rate of 14.55 cents and 11.42% lower than the US average of 13.76 cents. Consumers in Sun Prairie are faced with 0.69 electrical outages per year with outages lasting on average 77.57 minutes. Consumers in the city pay an average monthly residential power bill of $83.52. This is 16.98% lower than the Wisconsin average bill of $100.6.
Electricity consumption in Sun Prairie creates 234,785,378.46 kilograms of CO2 emissions. This is the 25th largest emissions amount of any city in Wisconsin. This total also equates to a ranking of 43rd highest in Wisconsin for emissions per resident with an average of 6,527.8 kilograms of emissions per citizen. All of the electricity sold in Sun Prairie has to be sourced from surrounding cities and rural areas, as there are no power generation plants within its borders.
Residential Electricity Bills & Rates in Sun Prairie
Sun Prairie residential electric rates are highest in January and the highest average bill is in April.
Historical Electricity Rates:
Electric Companies With Service in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
Provider
| Service Type
| Residential Rate (¢)
| Residential Average Bill ($)
| City Production (MWh)
| Residential Sales (MWh)
| Residential Revenues ($)
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sun Prairie Utilities | BUNDLED | 11.05 | 70.89 | 115,562 | 12,764,300 |
Fitchburg, WI Electric Overview

Fitchburg averages a residential electricity rate of 15.34 cents per kilowatt hour paid by their citizens, which is 5.46% higher than Wisconsin's average rate of 14.55 cents and 11.50% higher than the US average of 13.76 cents. Consumers in the city experience 0.69 electrical outages per year, with outages lasting around 77.57 minutes on average. The national averages for these data points are 1.21 outages at 122.99 minutes each. Selling an estimated 313,653.68 megawatt hours a year, Madison Gas & Electric is the largest electricity supplier in the city.
The consumption of electricity in Fitchburg accounts for 193,281,626.79 kilograms of CO2 emissions each year, which is the 27th largest amount in Wisconsin out of 808 cities. More telling of the city's pollution reality is the per capita CO2 emission amount. Currently that amount stands at 6,527.8 kilograms of CO2 emissions, which results in them being the 43rd ranked city in the state for CO2 emissions released per capita. The city has one power plant.
Residential Electricity Bills & Rates in Fitchburg
Fitchburg residential electric rates are highest in January and the highest average bill is in October.
Historical Electricity Rates:
Electric Companies With Service in Fitchburg, Wisconsin
Provider
| Service Type
| Residential Rate (¢)
| Residential Average Bill ($)
| City Production (MWh)
| Residential Sales (MWh)
| Residential Revenues ($)
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Madison Gas & Electric | BUNDLED | 16.45 | 89.82 | 913,476 | 150,311,000 |
Zips with electric coverage in Fitchburg, Wisconsin include: 53711, 53719, 53593, 53713, 53575
Energy Production in Dane County, Wisconsin
Power Plants in Dane County, Wisconsin
Plant
| City/County
| State
| Primary Fuel Type
| Production (MWh)
| Emission (kg)
| Emissions per MWh
| Toxic Chemical Release
| Closing Date
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RockGen Energy CenterStarwood Energy Group Global (100.00%)
| Dane County | WI | Natural Gas | 682,744 | 409,574,319.04 | 599.89 | ||
Madison | WI | Natural Gas | 380,536 | 174,856,129.26 | 459.5 | Yes | ||
Blount StreetMadison Gas & Electric (100.00%)
| Madison | WI | Natural Gas | 27,081 | 23,872,383.78 | 881.52 | ||
Galactic WindGalactic Wind (100.00%)
| Madison | WI | Wind | 21,227 | ||||
GL Dairy BiogasGL Dairy Biogas LLC (100.00%)
| Dane County | WI | Other Biomass Gas | 9,340 | 5,672,870.29 | 607.37 | ||
UW Madison Charter Street PlantState of Wisconsin (100.00%)
| Madison | WI | Natural Gas | 7,934.6 | 11,406,319.5 | 1,437.54 | ||
Clean Fuel Dane Community DigesterClean Fuel Partners Dane (100.00%)
| Dane County | WI | Other Biomass Gas | 3,892 | 1,097,583.53 | 282.01 | 5/2020 | |
Middleton Airport SolarMadison Gas & Electric (100.00%)
| Middleton | WI | Solar | 3,766 | ||||
Epic VeronaEpic Hosting, LLC (100.00%)
| Verona | WI | Solar | 1,501 | 272,329.11 | 181.43 | ||
Diesel GeneratorsMadison Gas & Electric (100.00%)
| Madison | WI | Distillate Fuel Oil | 885 | 585,255.7 | 661.31 | ||
Dane County Airport SolarMadison Gas & Electric (100.00%)
| Dane County | WI | Solar | 240 | ||||
Nine SpringsMadison Gas & Electric (100.00%)
| Madison | WI | Natural Gas | 26 | 27,325.9 | 1,051 | ||
FitchburgMadison Gas & Electric (100.00%)
| Fitchburg | WI | Distillate Fuel Oil | -198 | 44,729.58 | -225.91 | ||
Sycamore (WI)Madison Gas & Electric (100.00%)
| Madison | WI | Distillate Fuel Oil | -223 | 37,354.24 | -167.51 |
Dane County, Wisconsin Details
Coming in as the 2nd highest ranked county out of 72 counties in Wisconsin, Dane County releases 3,661,711,165.21 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity use per year. A better measurement of pollution is the CO2 levels per person in the county, which amounts to 6,521.26 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person per year. This measurement ranks Dane County as the 32nd highest polluting county in Wisconsin. Natural Gas makes up 95.28% of the fuel sources used for electricity production in Dane County. Other fuel types used include Wind at 1.86% and Distillate Fuel Oil at 1.24%. Dane County has the highest power producing plants of any county in the state, with 14 total plants.
Providers In Each City in Dane County:
- Belleville, Wisconsin:
- Wisconsin Power & Light Co: 100.00%
- Black Earth, Wisconsin:
- Black Earth, Wisconsin Electric Utility: 50.00%
- Vanguard Electric: 50.00%
- Blue Mounds, Wisconsin:
- Wisconsin Power & Light Co: 100.00%
- Cambridge, Wisconsin:
- Wisconsin Power & Light Co: 100.00%
- Cottage Grove, Wisconsin:
- Madison Gas & Electric: 4.80%
- Wisconsin Power & Light Co: 95.20%
- Cross Plains, Wisconsin:
- Madison Gas & Electric: 97.31%
- Wisconsin Power & Light Co: 2.69%
- Dane, Wisconsin:
- Wisconsin Power & Light Co: 100.00%
- DeForest, Wisconsin:
- Wisconsin Power & Light Co: 100.00%
- Deerfield, Wisconsin:
- WE Energies: 53.87%
- Wisconsin Power & Light Co: 46.13%
- Fitchburg, Wisconsin:
- Madison Gas & Electric: 62.52%
- Wisconsin Power & Light Co: 37.48%
- Madison, Wisconsin:
- Madison Gas & Electric: 75.39%
- Wisconsin Power & Light Co: 24.61%
- Maple Bluff, Wisconsin:
- Madison Gas & Electric: 100.00%
- Marshall, Wisconsin:
- WE Energies: 100.00%
- Mazomanie, Wisconsin:
- Black Earth, Wisconsin Electric Utility: 0.53%
- Mazomanie Utilities: 28.51%
- Wisconsin Power & Light Co: 36.16%
- Vanguard Electric: 34.81%
- McFarland, Wisconsin:
- Madison Gas & Electric: 18.79%
- Wisconsin Power & Light Co: 81.21%
- Middleton, Wisconsin:
- Madison Gas & Electric: 93.54%
- Wisconsin Power & Light Co: 6.46%
- Monona, Wisconsin:
- Madison Gas & Electric: 100.00%
- Mount Horeb, Wisconsin:
- Mt Horeb Utilities: 53.66%
- Wisconsin Power & Light Co: 46.34%
- Oregon, Wisconsin:
- Wisconsin Power & Light Co: 100.00%
- Rockdale, Wisconsin:
- Wisconsin Power & Light Co: 100.00%
- Shorewood Hills, Wisconsin:
- Madison Gas & Electric: 100.00%
- Stoughton, Wisconsin:
- Stoughton Utilities: 75.06%
- Wisconsin Power & Light Co: 24.94%
- Sun Prairie, Wisconsin:
- Sun Prairie Utilities: 53.14%
- Wisconsin Power & Light Co: 46.86%
- Verona, Wisconsin:
- Wisconsin Power & Light Co: 100.00%
- Waunakee, Wisconsin:
- Madison Gas & Electric: 8.80%
- Waunakee Utilities: 84.92%
- Wisconsin Power & Light Co: 6.28%
- Windsor, Wisconsin:
- Wisconsin Power & Light Co: 100.00%
* City coverage generated based on government data. Always verify you can get service from the provider.
FAQ
How many electric companies offer service in Dane County, Wisconsin?
There are 9 electricity providers offering service in Dane County, Wisconsin.
How many power plants are within Dane County, Wisconsin?
There are 14 active power plants located in Dane County, Wisconsin
Which electricity companies offer service in Dane County, Wisconsin?
County Customers Rank
| Provider
| Est. County Customers
|
---|---|---|
1 | Madison Gas & Electric | 160,975 |
2 | Sun Prairie Utilities | 16,735 |
3 | WE Energies | 11,632 |
4 | Stoughton Utilities | 8,648 |
5 | Waunakee Utilities | 6,638 |
6 | Mt Horeb Utilities | 3,957 |
7 | Black Earth, Wisconsin Electric Utility | 1,389 |
8 | Mazomanie Utilities | 958 |
9 | Adams Columbia Electric Cooperative | 701 |
What electricity company is the largest supplier in Dane County, Wisconsin?
The largest electricity provider in Dane County, Wisconsin by total revenue is Madison Gas & Electric.