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Wisconsin Energy Named One of the Nation's Best Corporate Citizens for the Second Year in a Row

Posted on: Wednesday, 11 March 2009, 13:56 CDT

MILWAUKEE, March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wisconsin Energy Corporation (NYSE: WEC) moved up to 12th place on the list of the Top 100 corporate citizens in the United States in the annual ranking prepared by Corporate Responsibility Officer (CRO) magazine. In 2008, Wisconsin Energy was 15th on the list.

CRO evaluates approximately 1,100 publicly held companies in the areas of employee relations, governance, finance, philanthropy, human rights, environmental efforts and lobbying.

"We're delighted to receive this recognition for the second year in a row," said Gale Klappa, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Wisconsin Energy. "It underscores our philosophy of customer focus, accountability and making a positive contribution in the communities where our employees live and work."

In addition to Wisconsin Energy, the top companies on the 2009 list include Bristol-Myers Squibb, General Mills, IBM, Merck, HP, Cisco Systems, Mattel, Abbott Laboratories, Kimberly-Clark, Entergy and Exxon Mobil.

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 utilities are We Energies and Edison Sault Electric. The company's non-utility businesses include renewable energy technology and real estate development.

Wisconsin Energy Corporation (www.wisconsinenergy.com), a component of the S&P 500, has more than $12 billion of assets, and approximately 5,000 employees and 48,000 stockholders of record.

SOURCE Wisconsin Energy Corporation

Source: PR Newswire

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