MEA honors Brian Hunter of We Energies with a 2020 Life Sustaining Award for saving a trapped man from suffocating to death in 2019. BLOOMINGTON, Minn., Oct. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/…
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![Another Coal-fired Plant Will Close in Wisconsin](https://www.powermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/eagles-at-pulliam-plant.jpg)
WEC Energy Group continues to move away from coal-fired power in its portfolio. The Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based utility in November gave WEC investors more details about the plan for Wisconsin Public…
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- We Energies has received the 2017 ReliabilityOne™ National Reliability Award for superior reliability of its electric system. This is the third time the company has…
![WEC Will Close Coal-fired Plant in Wisconsin](https://www.powermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/pleasant-prairie.jpg)
The bell has tolled for another U.S. coal-fired power plant. WEC Energy Group on November 28 said it would shutter its Pleasant Prairie facility in Wisconsin, another victim of energy…
![Michigan Backs Gas Plants for Upper Peninsula](https://www.powermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/presque_isle_power_plant_-_courtesy_we_energies.jpg)
Michigan regulators on October 25 gave their support to Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp.’s (UMERC) plan for two new natural gas-fired plants in the state’s Upper Peninsula (U.P.). The plants…
![Coal Combustion By-products Aren’t All Bad: The Beneficial Use Solution](https://www.powermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/pwr_100116_coalbyproducts_fig5.jpg)
While it’s true that coal ash can be an environmental hazard if it’s not properly managed, there are a lot of positive uses for coal combustion products that actually provide…
![WEC Inks Deal for Gas Plants to Replace Presque Isle](https://www.powermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/presque_isle_power_plant_-_courtesy_we_energies.jpg)
WEC Energy Group, parent company of We Energies, signed a deal with mining firm Cliffs Natural Resources that will support two natural gas engine plants in the Upper Peninsula (UP)…
![Doubling of We Energies Coal Stockpile Approved, Extra Dust Mitigation Required](https://www.powermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Stock_FlowerInCoal_UnaNowlingWeb.jpg)
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issued the final construction permit this week, allowing the expansion of the coal storage facility at We Energies’ Oak Creek site, but not…
![Agreements Solve Power Problem in Michigan, Move Wisconsin Energy’s Acquisition of Integrys Forward](https://www.powermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Stock_Presque-Isle-Power-Plant_We-Energies.jpg)
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder announced a series of deals designed to eliminate a costly utility rate payment in the state’s Upper Peninsula (UP), while providing long-term, cost-effective energy reliability for…