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Wis. Stat. § 196.22 (2026)

Discrimination forbidden

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196.22196.22 Discrimination forbidden. No public utility may charge, demand, collect or receive more or less compensation for any service performed by it within the state, or for any service in connection therewith, than is specified in the schedules for the service filed under s. 196.19, including schedules of joint rates, as may at the time be in force, or demand, collect or receive any rate, toll or charge not specified in the schedule.
196.22 HistoryHistory: 1983 a. 53.
196.22 Cross-referenceCross-reference: See also chs. PSC 113 and 134, Wis. adm. code.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1940–2026 · leading case: CenturyTel of Midwest-Kendall, Inc. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 2002 WI App 236 (Wis. Ct. App. 2002).
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CenturyTel of Midwest-Kendall, Inc. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 2002 WI App 236 (Wis. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 25× “1 Therefore, the PSC ruled, Kendall violated the filed-rate statute, Wis. Stat. § 196.22 , and those customers who experienced a rate increase as a result were entitled to a refund.”
Wisconsin Power & Light Co. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 511 N.W.2d 291 (Wis. 1994). · cites it 7× “This *392 violated the filed rate doctrine, codified in sec. 196.22, Stats. [2] According to WIEG, when a utility violates the filed rate doctrine, the PSC has the power to order the utility to refund excess revenue.”
Schmidt v. N. States Power Co., 2007 WI 136 (Wis. 2007). · cites it 3× “31 Section 196.22 of the Wisconsin Statutes represents a "statutory expression of the filed rate doctrine.”
GTE North Inc. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 500 N.W.2d 284 (Wis. 1993). · cites it 4× “2 The wording of sec. 196.22, Stats., as it existed at the time that the contracts in this case were written and the charges *570 collected, was modified to its current form quoted above.”
Wisconsin End-User Gas Ass'n v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 581 N.W.2d 556 (Wis. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 4× “Section 196.22, STATS., provides: No public utility may charge, demand, collect or receive more or less compensation for any service performed by it within the state, or for any service in connection therewith, than is specified in the schedules for the service .”
Wisconsin Bell, Inc. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 2004 WI App 8 (Wis. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 10× “" The refund simply corrects an unlawful charge. ¶ 51. If, however, one views this case through the filed-rate-doctrine lens, the conclusion is equally clear.”
Wisconsin Power & Light Co. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 2009 WI App 164 (Wis. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 3× “These statutes, generally, require public utilities to charge and receive the scheduled rates for any service they perform, § 196.”
Midwest Renewable Energy Ass'n v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n of Wisconsin, 2024 WI App 34 (Wis. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 5× “§§ 196.22, 196.60(1), and 196.60(3).26 26 WISCONSIN STAT.”
Wisconsin Power & Light Co. v. Berlin Tanning & Mfg. Co., 275 Wis. 554 (Wis. 1957). · cites it 2× “Sec. 196.22, Stats., makes it unlawful for any public utility to receive a greater or less compensation for its service than is specified in its rates schedules.”
GTE North Inc. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 486 N.W.2d 554 (Wis. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “We recognize that our conclusion may impair commission enforcement of sec. 196.22, Stats., which prohibits a utility from collecting more or less compensation for tariffed services or from collecting for untariffed service.”
City of Milwaukee v. City of West Allis, 294 N.W. 625 (Wis. 1940). “Sec. 196.22, Stats. It shall be unlawful for any utility to receive greater compensation than is specified in the rate on file with the commission; or any rate not specified in any schedule.”
Hovde v. Vill. of Waunakee, 411 N.W.2d 423 (Wis. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 4× “The utility interposed its *491 rate schedules and the PSC order as a defense and contended that to waive the rule for Hovde would violate sec. 196.22, Stats., which requires utilities to abide by their filed rates and schedules.”
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