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Key Facts
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

2008 Estimated Capacity
 
2008 Estimated Production

2008 Capacity*
Source: Summer 2008 capacities
 

2008 Production*
Actual: January-July
Forecast: August-December

*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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