With colder temperatures approaching, Wisconsin’s annual winter heating disconnection moratorium is currently in effect
With colder temperatures approaching Wisconsin’s annual winter heating disconnection moratorium is currently in effect to help protect consumers unable to pay their utility bills stay warm. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) warns about scammers pretending to be utility company representatives. Michelle Reinen is with DATCP.
The scammers’ goal is to use high-pressure tactics and make their targets act out of fear before they can pause and think clearly about the request.
If you are contacted about a disconnection and are unsure of the status of your account you should not listen to cold callers or click on links received. Instead reach out to your utility provider to verify the information you receive. If you are a victim of this scam, or any scam, you can contact DATCP’s Consumer Protection Hotline by phone at 1-800-422-7128 or by email at DATCP Hotline at wi dot gov.
Adam Hess has been involved in radio broadcasting since 1990, with many of those years spent on the air at WRCO FM in Richland Center. Currently, Adam hosts the Weekend Wake-up and Prime Mover Saturdays on WRCO FM, jumps in and helps out with news duties, handles Social Media duties for WRCO and WRCE, and is the Director of Technology at a Southwest Wisconsin School District. Reach him at adam.hess@civicmedia.us.
Tim Thiede is a Muscoda native who earned a degree in Radio/TV/Film from UW-Oshkosh where he decided to return to school as a non-traditional student. Since graduating in 2013 Tim has been working in radio previously in Reedsburg before being hired at WRCO in 2021. Besides being an on-air personality Tim also assists in the news department, engineers sports broadcasts and helps out wherever needed.