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We
Energies is the trade name of Wisconsin Electric Power Co. and Wisconsin
Gas LLC, the principal utility subsidiaries of Wisconsin
Energy Corporation.
(Updated April 2008)
- Electric
Customers:
1.1 million
- Gas
Customers:
1 million
- People
Served:
2.4 million
- Service
Area:
18,410 square miles in Wisconsin
5,055
square miles in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
- Water
Customers:
2,971 in Milwaukee’s northern suburbs
- Steam
Customers:
455 in downtown Milwaukee
- Number
of Employees:
4,800
- Primary Power Lines:
45,000 miles (Earth's circumference is approximately 24,000 miles)
- Gas Main (Large pipes to transport natural gas through communities):
20,000 miles
- Peak Generating
Capability : About 5,676 megawatts (A megawatt is
1 million watts)
- Number
of Power Plants: 26
Our Generating
Capacity and Production by Fuel Type
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2008 Capacity*
Source: Summer 2008 capacities
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2008 Production*
Actual: January-July
Forecast: August-December
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*Reflects the second Port Washington Generating Station unit in Natural Gas category and Blue Sky Green Field Wind Project in Renewables category.
From Our Record Book
Record Peak Electrical Demand:
6,505 megawatts on July 31, 2006
Record Natural Gas Send-Out:
1.717 million dekatherms on Feb. 5, 2007
Record Steam Demand:
1,081,000 lbs./hr. on Jan. 18, 1995
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