Winter construction costs are charged for underground facilities installed in our service area between Dec.1 and March 31. The additional fee is assessed per foot. Contact your WPS representative for an estimate based on your specific property.
Subdivision customers
Avoid winter charges by:
- Submitting application to WPS by Sept. 30.
- Preparing property and/or construction site for underground facilities installation by Oct. 31.
- Submitting total advanced payment for installation of facilities by Oct. 31.
Residential and commercial customers
Avoid winter charges by:
- Submitting application and site sketch/liability waiver (residential) or site plan and completed load data forms (commercial) to WPS by Oct. 14.
- Preparing property and/or construction site for underground facilities installation by Nov. 14.
- Submitting total advanced payment for installation of facilities by Nov. 14.
| Project type |
Apply on or before |
Site ready on or before |
| Subdivisions |
Sept. 30 |
Oct. 31 |
| Residential and commercial |
Oct. 14 |
Nov. 14 |
A property and/or construction site is ready for underground facilities installation when the conditions have been met:
- Required payments, signed easements and contracts received by WPS.
- Foundation and construction site backfilled within 6 inches of final grade.
- Underground service route cleared within 10-foot-wide path.
- Electric meter base installed and/or natural gas meter location clearly marked.
- Customer-provided transformer pad poured and cured for seven days (if applicable).
Winter construction charges are in addition to other applicable charges and are nonrefundable, except as noted in our service rules.
