Wisconsin Energy, Wisconsin Electric Declare Quarterly Dividends

MILWAUKEE, July 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The boards of directors of Wisconsin Energy Corporation (NYSE: WEC) and Wisconsin Electric Power Co. today declared regular quarterly dividends.

Wisconsin Energy

The Wisconsin Energy board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of 26 cents a share on the company's common stock.  The dividend is payable Sept. 1, 2011, to stockholders of record on Aug. 12, 2011.  This marks the 276th consecutive quarter – dating back to 1942 – that the company will have paid a dividend to its stockholders.

Wisconsin Electric

The Wisconsin Electric board of directors today declared a quarterly dividend of 90 cents a share on the Preferred Stock, 3.60% Series, payable Sept. 1, 2011, to stockholders of record on Aug. 12, 2011.  The board also declared a quarterly dividend of $1.50 a share on the Six Per Cent Preferred Stock payable Oct. 31, 2011, to stockholders of record on Oct. 14, 2011.

Wisconsin Energy Corporation (NYSE: WEC), based in Milwaukee, is one of the nation's premier energy companies, serving more than 1.1 million electric customers in Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula and more than 1 million natural gas customers in Wisconsin.  The company's principal utility is We Energies.  The company's other major subsidiary, We Power, designs, builds and owns electric generating plants.

Wisconsin Energy Corporation (www.wisconsinenergy.com), a component of the S&P 500, has more than $13 billion of assets, approximately 4,600 employees and over 43,000 registered stockholders.

Wisconsin Electric Power Co., doing business as We Energies, is a subsidiary of Wisconsin Energy Corporation (NYSE: WEC).  The company serves more than 1.1 million electric customers in Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula and more than 460,000 natural gas customers in Wisconsin.  Visit the We Energies website at www.we-energies.com.

SOURCE Wisconsin Energy Corporation; Wisconsin Electric Power Co.

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