KCBD, NewsChannel 11 Lubbock |Wisconsin Energy Announces 2009 Third Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wisconsin Energy Corporation (NYSE: WEC) will issue its third quarter 2009 earnings news release before the stock market opens on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. A conference call for security analysts is scheduled for the same day at 1 p.m. Central time.

To listen to the presentation on the Web

Go to www.wisconsinenergy.com. Click on the link for the "Third Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call" and select "webcast audio" up to 15 minutes before 1 p.m. Central time.

A packet of detailed financial information will be available on the Wisconsin Energy Web site at 6 a.m. Central time on Oct. 29, 2009.

To listen to the presentation on the telephone

United States: Dial toll free 888-312-3051 up to 15 minutes before 1 p.m. Central time. A replay of the audio portion of the presentation will be available approximately two hours following the conclusion of the presentation and will be accessible through Nov. 11, 2009, at 888-203-1112. The confirmation code for both the live call and the replay is 1584701.

International: Dial 719-325-2220 up to 15 minutes before 1 p.m. Central time. A replay of the audio portion of the presentation will be available approximately two hours following the conclusion of the presentation and will be accessible through Nov. 11, 2009, at 719-457-0820. The confirmation code for both the live call and the replay is 1584701.

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 other major subsidiary, We Power, designs, builds and owns electric generating plants.

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

SOURCE Wisconsin Energy Corporation