92939UAR7 Filings — Wec Energy Group, Inc. - FilingSpy
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Wec Energy Group, Inc.
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A Midwestern utility holding company that delivers electricity and natural gas to homes and businesses across Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota through brands like We Energies, serving everyday customers, towns, and industrial users. Its roots stretch to the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company founded in 1896, and it took its present shape in 2015 when Wisconsin Energy acquired Integrys Energy Group. A beloved local tradition it carries on: the "Cookie Book," a holiday recipe collection first published in 1928 that Wisconsin families still look forward to each year.
Wisconsin rate relief and a non-utility recovery lift Q2 net income 23.9%, while the capital plan escalates to $37.5 billion.
Non-utility energy infrastructure swung from a loss to a gain, reversing the prior year's solar . rose 2.6% to $2,062.1 million and climbed 19.7% to $0.91, driven by Wisconsin rate relief and improved market conditions at WECI. The capital plan now stands at $37.5 billion, with reaching $19.2 billion and no common equity issued yet.
Key takeaways
Non-utility energy infrastructure rose $36.4 million to $118.7 million, the largest driver of the quarter's earnings increase, as WECI benefited from improved market conditions, lower storm losses, business interruption insurance proceeds, and lower operating costs — reversing the $11.0 million decline in Q2 2025 that included an $11.6 million solar impairment.
Wisconsin earnings rose $25.8 million, with utility margin increasing $56.4 million — $44.2 million from new PSCW rate orders effective January 1, 2026, and $10.8 million from VLC carrying costs — partially offset by unfavorable weather.
Section summaries
Management's Discussion and Analysis
Q2 2026 net income rose 22% to $299M, driven by Wisconsin rate relief, non-utility recovery, and ATC growth.
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Consolidated Q2 2026 reached $299.2M ($0.91 ), up $53.8M from Q2 2025, with Wisconsin contributing $25.8M of the increase from new PSCW rate orders effective January 1, 2026.
Electric transmission grew $8.6 million to $44.2 million, reflecting continued capital investment at ATC.
rose 16.3% to $992.3 million for the quarter, while climbed to $2,079.9 million for the first half, pushing to negative $269.7 million in Q2 as the company funds its expanding capital program.
widened 1.4 percentage points to 73.1%, as the pass-through of fuel and purchased power costs eased relative to the prior-year quarter.
The company reaffirmed its capital plan, now set at $37.5 billion for the five-year period, with $5.0 billion to $7.0 billion in annual expected through 2028, focused on natural gas generation, renewables, battery storage, and LNG facilities.
What changed
The $11.6 million at storm-damaged solar facilities flagged in Q2 2025 did not recur; non-utility energy infrastructure swung from an $11.0 million earnings decline to a $36.4 million increase, with lower storm impairment losses and business interruption insurance proceeds contributing to the recovery.
The Illinois 's winter-weighted rate design continued to produce a Q2 earnings decline — down $3.1 million — after Q1 2026 showed a $10.8 million gain, consistent with the pattern flagged in prior quarters where earnings concentrate in the heating months.
The company has still not issued common equity to fund its capital plan, despite flagging it as a possibility since 2024; rose to $19.2 billion, up 12.3% , as the capital plan escalates to $37.5 billion.
The capital plan expanded from $28.0 billion to $37.5 billion, with a notable shift toward natural gas generation and LNG facilities, a change from the prior emphasis on regulated renewables and reliability.
What to watch
Whether the company begins issuing common equity in 2026 to fund the $37.5 billion capital plan, given has reached $19.2 billion and remains negative.
Whether the non-utility energy infrastructure can sustain its Q2 recovery through the second half of 2026, or if the improvement was concentrated in one-time items like business interruption insurance proceeds.
The outcome of regulatory proceedings for the proposed VLC and Bespoke Resources Tariffs for data center customers, where denial could trigger cancellation penalties and unrecoverable costs.
Whether the Illinois 's Q2 earnings decline of $3.1 million widens in Q3, continuing the pattern of losses in non-heating quarters under the winter-weighted rate design.
Non-utility energy infrastructure rose $36.4M to $118.7M, driven by WECI's improved market conditions, lower storm losses, business interruption insurance proceeds, and lower operating costs.
Electric transmission grew $8.6M to $44.2M, reflecting continued capital investment at ATC, while Illinois segment earnings fell $3.1M on higher benefit expenses and a prior-year lease gain.
Wisconsin increased $56.4M, with $44.2M from rate relief and $10.8M from VLC carrying costs, partially offset by unfavorable weather; total electric retail sales volumes rose 2.9% on large C&I growth.
rose $194.8M to $2,210.7M, while surged $549.4M to $2,079.9M, concentrated in Wisconsin CTs, LNG, renewables, and electric distribution.
The company expects a 2026 annual of 6.5%–7.5% and plans $5.0B–$7.0B in annual through 2028, with significant investments in solar, wind, battery, and gas-fired generation.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
There have been no material changes related to market risk from the disclosures presented in our 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K. In addition to the Form 10-K disclosures, see Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Factors Affecti…
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There have been no material changes related to market risk from the disclosures presented in our 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K. In addition to the Form 10-K disclosures, see Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Factors Affecting Results, Liquidity, and Capital Resources – Market Risks and Other Significant Risks in Item 2 of Part I of this report, as well as Note 14, Fair Value Measurements, Note 15, Derivative Instruments, and Note 16, Guarantees, in this report for information concerning our market risk exposures.
The following should be read in conjunction with Item 3. Legal Proceedings in Part I of our 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K. See Note 22, Commitments and Contingencies, and Note 24, Regulatory Environment, in this report for additional information on material legal proceedings a…
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The following should be read in conjunction with Item 3. Legal Proceedings in Part I of our 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K. See Note 22, Commitments and Contingencies, and Note 24, Regulatory Environment, in this report for additional information on material legal proceedings and matters related to us and our subsidiaries.
In addition to those legal proceedings discussed in Note 22, Commitments and Contingencies, and Note 24, Regulatory Environment, we currently, and from time to time, are subject to claims and suits arising in the ordinary course of business. Although the results of these additional legal proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, management believes, after consultation with legal counsel, that the ultimate resolution of these proceedings will not have a material impact on our financial statements.