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We Energies, ReliabilityOne winner for the Upper Midwest

We Energies is the largest electric and natural gas utility in Wisconsin, serving customers across the southeastern, central and northern parts of the state. The company won the 2025 ReliabilityOne Award for the Upper Midwest and is rolling out one of the most aggressive undergrounding plans in the region.

• The size of the We Energies network and the regions it covers
• Why power outages happen on the Wisconsin grid
• The plan to bury 800 miles of power lines over a decade
• How $5 billion in clean energy and grid projects support reliability

1.1 million electric customers across Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula

We Energies covers the most populated parts of Wisconsin, from Milwaukee and the Lake Michigan shoreline through the central and northern counties, plus the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in some neighbouring areas through affiliates.

• More than 1.1 million electric customers in Wisconsin.
• More than 1.1 million natural gas customers in Wisconsin.
• 2025 ReliabilityOne Award for outstanding reliability performance in the Upper Midwest, based on 2024 outage frequency and duration.
• Forestry-related power interruptions down 25% and outage durations down 75% versus the prior three-year average.

We Energies is the trade name of Wisconsin Electric Power Company and Wisconsin Gas LLC, both subsidiaries of WEC Energy Group (NYSE: WEC), headquartered in Milwaukee. Mike Hooper is president. Operations are regulated by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW).

Severe summer storms and harsh Wisconsin winters: why outages happen

Wisconsin has seen stronger and more frequent severe storms in recent years. The combination of dense forests, cold winters and aging infrastructure drives most outages on the We Energies grid.

Severe storms and tornadoes

Summer thunderstorms, derechos and isolated tornadoes drive most large-scale outages. Lake-effect winds along Lake Michigan add an additional risk to substations and overhead lines.

Winter storms and ice

Heavy snow and freezing rain weigh down conductors and break tree limbs onto lines, often causing the longest restoration events of the year.

Trees and vegetation

Wisconsin's heavy tree cover, including dead ash trees from emerald ash borer infestations, makes vegetation a recurring outage driver. We Energies trims thousands of miles of lines each year and removes dead ash trees outside the standard trim zone.

Aging infrastructure

Older poles, conductors and substation equipment fail more often. Replacement is a core part of the long-term capital plan.

The plan to bury 800 miles of distribution lines underground

We Energies has filed multiple rate cases with the PSCW since 2022 focused on storm hardening, undergrounding and clean energy. The April 2026 filing reaffirms the long-term plan to keep typical residential bills below the national average while modernizing the system.

Major data center projects from Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle and Vantage are accelerating capital deployment. A Customer Protection Plan ensures large data centers pay for the generation and distribution facilities built to serve them, limiting cost shifts to residential customers.

Composite poles, automated switches and data-center-ready grid

Targeted undergrounding

We Energies prioritizes undergrounding on lines that have repeatedly failed in storms or run through heavily wooded areas. The 800-mile decade-long plan focuses on the segments most likely to deliver measurable outage reduction.

Distribution automation

High-tech equipment along power lines automatically detects faults, isolates damaged sections and restores service to as many customers as possible. This is a core driver of the company's reliability performance.

Clean energy generation

We Energies is the largest renewable energy investor in Wisconsin. New solar, wind, battery storage and natural gas projects are coming online through 2029 in counties including Waushara, Juneau, Oconto, Adams, Wood, Walworth and Jefferson.

Strategic vegetation management

Targeted tree trimming, dead ash tree removal outside the standard trim zone and analytics-driven prioritization deliver the largest single contribution to reduced outage frequency.

We Energies outage map and customer programs

We Energies outage map

We Energies publishes a public outage map updated in near real-time. Customers can search by address or zip code and see the size of an affected area, estimated restoration times and crew status.

Mobile app and alerts

The We Energies mobile app gives access to the outage map, lets customers report a power outage and pushes proactive SMS, email and app notifications when service is interrupted.

Bill assistance programs

We Energies partners with the Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Program (WHEAP) and several local non-profits to support income-eligible customers, including weatherization, payment plans and emergency assistance.

Wisconsin's main ISPs

For a wider view of how the U.S. electric grid works and why outages happen, see the U.S. power outage page. For internet outages across the same Wisconsin footprint, the most common providers are Spectrum, AT&T and Xfinity.