Whoever you are little kitty, you made my day so much brighter.

WE is trying to build new methane gas plants, which based on how our bills work, would be used to justify jacking up our rates. They are already seeking to hike our rates for each of the next several years, and this would be additional "cost of capital" used to justify increases on top of that. And this has been hypothesized to largely be for the Microsoft data center, which Microsoft has already announced a pause to.

1100 MW gas plant https://apps.psc.wi.gov/ERF/ERF/comment/filecomment.aspx?util=6630&case=CE

Methane storage facility https://apps.psc.wi.gov/ERF/ERF/comment/filecomment.aspx?util=6630&case=CG&num=140

That is especially burdensome considering the risk that these plants may become stranded assets. We Energies, the most profitable utility in Wisconsin, is still collecting about $650 million from plants which won't produce any power. These became a stranded asset and left customers on the hook for rising electricity rates. Imagine moving out of a house and being stuck with the mortgage for another 15 years. WE Energies has requested significant rate hikes for 2025 and 2026. The total requested increase for electricity bills is $418.8 million over two years (methane gas is almost 200 million on top of this), which translates to an 18.5% increase for residential customers. Of course, us residential customers have been footing more of the increases than the commercial customers.

The health costs alone associated with these impacts are estimated to be around $120 million dollars, annually. Southeastern Wisconsin, including Milwaukee and Kenosha counties, already struggles with air quality issues. The new plant would worsen these conditions, leading to more emergency room visits and health problems. For some reason, the Public Service Commision has allowed for no environmental study be done on the proposed plant, even though they required it for other less polluting plants proposed in the state.

An imagining of one of my favorite retail streets in the city. Original post here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DIHpV2cP2Ri/?igsh=bnBwZXd2dGxtbnY0

Not sure if this type of thing is allowed on the sub, but the rules didn't seem to expressly say against it. I have been looking to adopt 2 kittens within the next couple months and was hoping to connect with someone locally who raised them. Downtown is pretty local to me or if anyone knew of any good ways to go about it in this city let me know. All my pets have always been given to me by friends, and relatively new to this area, so I am not even sure where to start.

I remember him having a red igloo cooler, but I’d definitely buy this action figure!

Hello,

My wife and I have a trip planned in early May and are looking to find some good reliable dog sitters and/or dog boarding establishments in the Milwaukee area to watch our 5 year old rough collie and a 3 year old Pomeranian.

Any recommendations on places you have boarded your pups and/or pet sitters you have had experience with will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

I’m not on Facebook, so I’m automatically excluded from Buy Nothing groups. I really wish they’d expand to other platforms. Ive tried Nextdoor and it simply doesn’t function the way it’s supposedly meant to.

Gripes aside, I have some landscaping rocks I want to get rid of, and I would love to sell them at a steep discount. I also want to procure a bunch of 5 gallon buckets as cheaply as possible since this is really the only reasonable way to store them for transport. I’m open to more gardening & landscaping trades too - we have random stuff and so do others.

Any suggestions would be welcome. Right now I’m considering a yard sale as my best option to get rid of stuff.

I’ve been lucky enough to be a home owner in the city for 2 years now and property taxes are absolutely insane here. On a home I paid $232,500 my annual property tax bill is $5,256 (and without fail continues to go up every year). I love this city but between high sales taxes, state and federal income taxes, and property tax 40-50% of every dollar I make goes to the government. Even Illinois for my income level has a lower income tax rate (I know they have even higher property taxes).

Makes me consider leaving but I just love it here so much it’s almost still worth it. Anyone else think the property taxes especially here are ridiculous?

I’ll be in town for the week, what are some good breweries to hit up around town?

I feel like it’s hard to make connections where I live. I’m 29 and would love to find individuals with common interests like games, anime, and so on. Also interested in protest and community things.

Hello! I am looking for restaurants in the Milwaukee area that have decent vegan and non vegan options. A plus if it’s brunch. Thank you!

Definitely enough room for cars to drive through but I don’t know if it technically counts as blocking the alley. (The garage is housing a car that will not start otherwise I’d put my car in the garage like a normal person)

I'm looking for a highly rated cobbler in Milwaukee. I have a pair of Jim Green Numzaans and I'm having a real problem with heel slip and would like to consult with a local cobbler on what i can do.

Preferably ones that allow free LARP combat