MILWAUKEE, March 12,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- WEC Energy Group (NYSE: WEC)
announced today that Michael Hooper,
currently president and chief operating officer of Northern Indiana
Public Service Company (NIPSCO), a subsidiary of NiSource
(NYSE: NI), has been named president of We Energies
and Wisconsin Public Service, effective April 1, 2024.
"We're fortunate to have Mike join our senior leadership team,"
said Scott Lauber, president and
chief executive officer of WEC Energy Group. "He has an impressive
record of accomplishments in our industry along with proven
leadership skills. His broad experience, together with his
demonstrated ability to lead and manage complex projects, will be
key in helping us achieve our long-term goals."
Hooper will have primary responsibility for the electric and gas
distribution business, customer service, power generation and major
projects for We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service. He will
report to Lauber.
Hooper holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from
West Virginia Institute of
Technology and is a graduate of the Strategic Leadership
Program from the Fisher College of
Business at The Ohio State
University.
Prior to his current position at NIPSCO, Hooper served as
senior vice president of Regulatory and Legislative Affairs and
Strategy. Earlier, he was senior vice president of Electric
Operations as well as vice president of Major Projects. Before
joining NiSource, he held a variety of leadership positions with
American Electric Power, working for 15 years in power generation
and capital project management.
WEC Energy Group (NYSE: WEC), based in Milwaukee, is one of the nation's premier
energy companies, serving 4.7 million customers in Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota.
The company's principal utilities are We Energies, Wisconsin
Public Service, Peoples Gas, North Shore Gas, Michigan Gas
Utilities, Minnesota Energy Resources and Upper Michigan Energy
Resources. Another major subsidiary, We Power, designs, builds
and owns electric generating plants. In addition, WEC
Infrastructure LLC owns a growing fleet of renewable generation
facilities in states ranging from South
Dakota to Texas.
WEC Energy Group (wecenergygroup.com) is a Fortune 500
company and a component of the S&P 500. The company has
approximately 35,000 stockholders of record, 7,000 employees and
more than $43 billion of
assets.
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SOURCE WEC Energy Group