Wisconsin

A WEC Energy Group subsidiary has received complaints from residents of Ixonia, Wisconsin, where the utility is proposing a $185 million liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility.  We Energies Inc. initially filed an application requesting a certificate to install two LNG peaking facilities in southeastern Wisconsin last November. The Ixonia facility, which could occupy 25 acres…

Enbridge Inc. is reviewing a newly launched Wisconsin counterpart to the Michigan lawsuit that seeks to shut down a 540,000 b/d northern leg of its oil delivery network in Canada and the United States, the company said.

FERC on Monday authorized ANR Pipeline Co. (ANR) to begin service on its brownfield Wisconsin South Expansion Project, enabling an additional 230,950 Dth/d of capacity serving markets in northern Illinois and Wisconsin in time for the upcoming heating season.

Natural gas expansion in an unlikely area of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula promises to fuel the bulk of the growth at Milwaukee, WI-based WEC Energy Group Inc., formed by the recent marriage of Wisconsin Energy and the Illinois-based Integrys Group.

In a filing at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the WEC Cos. — Wisconsin Electric Power Co., Wisconsin Public Service Corp., Wisconsin Gas LLC, The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Co., North Shore Gas Co. and Michigan Gas Utilities Corp. — are protesting a system-wide general rate increase proposed by ANR Pipeline Co. [RP16-440]. ANR, whose current rates were established in 1997, has proposed an overall rate of return of 11.89% with a capital structure of 35% debt at 7.63%, and 65% equity at 14.19%, to go into effect March 1. The companies are asking FERC to suspend the proposed rates and “investigate the justness and reasonableness of ANR’s proposal.”

With the completion of a merger forming Milwaukee-based WEC Energy Group, a controversial multi-billion-dollar, multi-year effort to replace the aging natural gas pipeline system in Chicago is getting a fresh look, WEC’s CEO told financial analysts during a quarterly earnings conference call last week.

Wisconsin Energy Corp. has completed its acquisition of Integrys Energy Group and formed Midwest natural gas and power utility giant WEC Energy Group Inc., the Milwaukee-based company said Monday.

Wisconsin Energy Corp. has completed its acquisition of Integrys Energy Group and formed Midwest natural gas and power utility giant WEC Energy Group Inc., the Milwaukee-based company said Monday.

Wisconsin Energy Corp. is to acquire Integrys Energy Group Inc. in a cash and stock deal worth $9.1 billion, including debt, to create a Midwest natural gas and power utility giant called WEC Energy Group Inc.