utilities

We live in a place where if you don't have heat, you could die. What kind of protections are their for people who can't afford their utilities in Minnesota?

One Wisconsin Mayor has decided to contest the latest proposed utility rate increase by "aggressively" defending the people that will bear the brunt of those increases.

A Canadian and a New York investment company plans to acquire the utility provider next year.

Have you received a letter saying that your home needs to be inspected? It's not an option, they can fine you or turn off your utilities.

Tens of thousand of residents in Wisconsin who are behind on their utility bills could face shut off's in the near future as ban expired.

If you live in the Piedmont Heights neighborhood, you'll want to know that the City of Duluth Public Works and Utilities Department will be working on a gas main leak near Morris Thomas Road and Riveness Road.

More cold weather in the Northland means that more names have been added to this list.  We're now up to 17 different communities that are being asked to run their water in order to prevent costly freeze-ups.  Keep reading for more details...

Another name has been added to this list.  Chisholm is now one of the communities that need to run their water to prevent freeze-ups.  They join Wrenshall, who was added late last week.  Keep reading for more details. This has been an especially brutal winter - both for snow and cold temperatures...

Another name has been added to this list.  Wrenshall is now one of the communities that need to run their water to prevent freeze-ups.  Keep reading for more details. This has been an especially brutal winter - both for snow and cold temperatures...

This has been an especially brutal winter - both for snow and cold temperatures.  Those bitterly-cold temperatures have combined to drive the frost further into the ground that usual, resulting in many homes with frozen water pipes. Some communities have experienced more problems than others, and governing officials in those towns are asking residents to run their water to prevent frozen water lin

In case you didn't get the message this past fall, the City of Superior is making a change to their billing process for sewage rates - effective Jan 1, 2014.  SWL&P will no longer be billing customers for sewage use;  That charge will be billed directly from the city.  Customers who live or obtain services from SWL&P will notice the changes with their first bill of the year.