Wisconsin residential rate options

Find the rate plan that works for your lifestyle.

Time-of-use rate plans

Time-of-use rates help save money if you use more of your energy when demand is lower.

For example, if you run large appliances like your dishwasher and washing machine early in the morning or late at night or you charge your electric vehicle overnight, you’ll likely save money on the Nights and Weekends or Peak Nights and Weekends energy rate plans. That’s because energy costs less for customers on these plans between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Check out our rate calculator below and read more about time-of-use rate plans to see if they could help you save.

Choose the rate option that works best for your lifestyle.

Nights and Weekends

Best for customers who can use most of their energy after 7 p.m. on weekdays or on the weekend. See more details below.

Peak Nights and Weekends

Best for customers who use most of their energy between 8 p.m. and 10 a.m. during nonholiday weekdays or on the weekend. See more details below.

Program details

Nights and Weekends option

Who is eligible to participate in Nights and Weekends?

Residential customers in Wisconsin who receive electricity from Alliant Energy.
Customers not enrolled in Fixed Amount Bill.

How does it work?

If you use high-wattage appliances like a water heater, air conditioner or electric clothes dryer, you could lower your bill by running those appliances after 7 p.m. on weekdays. You could save even more money if you use those appliances after 11 p.m. on weekdays or anytime during the weekend.

Please note there is an approximate $15 monthly charge that will appear on your bill when enrolled in Nights and Weekends, which is the same as the $15 monthly charge for WPL’s standard rate (Rg-1). On the monthly bill, we’ll list this rate as RG-5 Residential Service.

Ready to get started?

Use our rate calculator to compare programs and enroll.

Peak Nights and Weekends option

Who is eligible to participate in Peak Nights and Weekends?

Residential customers in Wisconsin who receive electricity from Alliant Energy.
Customers not enrolled in Fixed Amount Bill.

How does it work?

Peak Nights and Weekends is like Nights and Weekends but better for customers who use most of their energy before 10 a.m. and after 8 p.m. during nonholiday weekdays or anytime during the weekend. This may be a good option if you drive an electric vehicle or use electric space heating.

When you enroll in Peak Nights and Weekends, you’ll receive your energy at a rate lower than the traditional Nights and Weekends rate. However, your bill will include a monthly peak demand charge of $4.90 per kilowatt for the highest hourly energy demand peak that happens between the hours of 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday through Friday (all year). That means the single hour of your highest energy demand between those hours in a billing period is charged at $4.90 per kilowatt. 

Example: If you used 3 kilowatts in a single hour between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. and that was the largest energy demand in your billing cycle, your peak demand charge for that month would be $14.70.

There is no monthly peak demand charge for energy used between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. on weekdays or on the weekends. Please note there is an approximately $10 monthly charge when enrolled in Peak Nights and Weekends, compared to the $15 monthly charge for WPL’s standard rate (Rg-1). This program will appear on your bill as RD-1 Residential Demand Service. See an example of how a bill would look..pdf

Ready to get started?

Use our rate calculator to compare programs and enroll.

Rate calculator

Use our rate calculator to help find the best rate for you.

To determine if you’d save money on a different rate program, please provide your information so the calculator can access your previous energy use data and estimate your costs under each rate option.

Rates comparison chart

Nights and Weekends chart

* Holidays are New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Rates have been rounded to the nearest cent for simplicity. Comparisons are on the full five-digit rate.

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Wisconsin residential rate options

Time-of-use rate plans

Choose the rate option that works best for your lifestyle.

Nights and Weekends

Peak Nights and Weekends

Program details

Who is eligible to participate in Nights and Weekends?

How does it work?

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Who is eligible to participate in Peak Nights and Weekends?

How does it work?

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Rates comparison chart

Earn rewards for using energy at smart times

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