<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000107815-22-000215.txt : 20220603
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20220603142217
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000107815-22-000215
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	11-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20211231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220603
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220603

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000783325
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931]
		IRS NUMBER:				391391525
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		11-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09057
		FILM NUMBER:		22993870

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		231 W MICHIGAN ST
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 1331
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53201
		BUSINESS PHONE:		414-221-2345

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		231 WEST MICHIGAN STREET
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 1331
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53201

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WISCONSIN ENERGY CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<DESCRIPTION>WEC ENERGY GROUP EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN 11-K
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i47b7cf88740d4809b0058a8a51de9bdc_1"></div><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FORM 11-K</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">&#160;</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">&#91;&#160;X&#160;&#93;&#160;&#160;&#160;ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">For the fiscal year ended December&#160;31, 2021 </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">OR</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">&#91;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#93;&#160;&#160;TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">For the transition period from __________ to ___________</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Commission File Number</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> 001-09057</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">A.&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">WEC Energy Group Employee Retirement Savings Plan</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">B.&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">WEC Energy Group, Inc.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">231 West Michigan Street</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">P.O. Box 1331</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Milwaukee, WI 53201</font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:5pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Financial Statements and Exhibits&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Financial Statements&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">WEC Energy Group Employee Retirement Savings Plan</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Report of 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37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Form 5500, Schedule H, Part IV, Line 4i -- Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2021.</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Exhibits&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SIGNATURES</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Committee which administers the plan has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:504.00pt"><tr><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:37.75pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:93.25pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:19.75pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:345.25pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">WEC Energy Group Employee Retirement Savings Plan</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" 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style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47; Lisa R. 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George, Vice President of Human Resources for WEC Energy Group, Inc.</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">WEC ENERGY GROUP</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Milwaukee, Wisconsin</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">December 31, 2021 and 2020</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i47b7cf88740d4809b0058a8a51de9bdc_4"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:503.25pt"><tr><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:457.75pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.75pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:37.75pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:24pt"><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">WEC ENERGY GROUP<br>EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN</font></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">TABLE OF CONTENTS</font></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Page</font></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#i47b7cf88740d4809b0058a8a51de9bdc_7" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">3</a></font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">FINANCIAL STATEMENTS&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2021 and 2020</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#i47b7cf88740d4809b0058a8a51de9bdc_10" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">5</a></font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the Year Ended December 31, 2021</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#i47b7cf88740d4809b0058a8a51de9bdc_13" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">6</a></font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Notes to Financial Statements</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#i47b7cf88740d4809b0058a8a51de9bdc_16" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">7</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">-</font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#i47b7cf88740d4809b0058a8a51de9bdc_414" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">15</a></font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Form&#160;5500, Schedule H, Part IV, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2021</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#i47b7cf88740d4809b0058a8a51de9bdc_46" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">17</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">All other schedules required by Section 2520.103-10 of the Department of Labor Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, have been omitted because they are not applicable.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2</font></div></div></div><div id="i47b7cf88740d4809b0058a8a51de9bdc_7"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Employee Benefits Committee and Plan Participants</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">WEC Energy Group Employee Retirement Savings Plan</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Milwaukee, Wisconsin</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Opinion on the Financial Statements</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of WEC Energy Group Employee Retirement Savings Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December&#160;31, 2021, and the related notes and schedule (collectively referred to as the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of WEC Energy Group Employee Retirement Savings Plan as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December&#160;31, 2021, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Basis for Opinion</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan&#8217;s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Plan&#8217;s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Plan in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan&#8217;s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Supplemental Information</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) (supplemental information) has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan's financial statements. The supplemental information is the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the supplemental information reconciles to the financial statements or the underlying accounting and other records, as applicable, and performing procedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in the supplemental information. In forming our opinion on the supplemental information, we evaluated whether the supplemental information, including its form and content, is presented in conformity with the Department of Labor's Rules and </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">3</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In our opinion, the supplemental information is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements as a whole.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">&#47;s&#47; CliftonLarsonAllen LLP</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We have served as the Plan&#8217;s auditor since 2005.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Charlotte, North Carolina</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">June&#160;3, 2022 </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">4</font></div></div></div><div id="i47b7cf88740d4809b0058a8a51de9bdc_10"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">WEC ENERGY GROUP EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS</font></div><div><font 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style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2021</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2020</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Investments&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:0 1pt"></td><td 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colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,863,455&#160;</font></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Plan interest in Master Trust, at contract value</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">141,191&#160;</font></td><td style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">143,233&#160;</font></td><td style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;Total investments</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,130,493&#160;</font></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,006,688&#160;</font></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Receivables&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Employer contributions receivable</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4,826&#160;</font></td><td style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4,113&#160;</font></td><td style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Participant contributions receivable</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,189&#160;</font></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td 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1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Deductions from net assets attributed to&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Benefits paid to participants</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">233,237&#160;</font></td><td style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Administrative expenses</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">639&#160;</font></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 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colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Net assets available for benefits&#58;<br>Beginning of year</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,027,138&#160;</font></td><td style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">End of 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style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">6</font></div></div></div><div id="i47b7cf88740d4809b0058a8a51de9bdc_16"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">WEC ENERGY GROUP EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;DESCRIPTION OF PLAN</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following description of the WEC Energy Group Employee Retirement Savings Plan (the &#34;Plan&#34;) is provided for general information purposes only. More complete information regarding the Plan's provisions may be found in the Plan document.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">General</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Plan is a defined contribution plan covering certain non-represented employees who are employed by a participating company and represented employees who are represented by a union which elected to participate in the Plan. Seasonal or temporary employees, students and interns, and leased employees are not eligible to participate in this Plan. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (&#34;ERISA&#34;).</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Plan assets are held in the WEC Energy Group Defined Contribution Master Trust (&#34;Master Trust&#34;). Assets of two other savings plans sponsored by WEC Energy Group, Inc. (the &#34;Company&#34;) are commingled with the Plan in the Master Trust. Each participating plan has a divided interest in specific assets of the Master Trust based on participant account balances.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company is the sponsor of the Plan. Fidelity Management Trust Company (the &#34;Trustee&#34;) serves as the Trustee for the Master Trust. Fidelity Workplace Services LLC serves as the Plan recordkeeper.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Plan has an automatic enrollment feature for all newly hired full-time management employees and certain represented employees. These employees are enrolled automatically in the Plan at a pre-tax rate of 3% of their 401(k) eligible wages unless they make an alternate election. In addition, these 401(k) account contributions increase automatically by 1% in each subsequent year up to 6% of eligible wages. If employees enroll, or are automatically enrolled, in the Plan, but do not designate a desired investment strategy, the Trustee will direct the employee's contributions into a target retirement date-based Fidelity Freedom Fund.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Participant Contributions&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Participants are allowed to make pre-tax, after-tax, and Roth contributions of up to 75% of their base wages, as defined, subject to certain limitations of the Internal Revenue Code (&#34;IRC&#34;). Participants may also contribute amounts representing distributions from other qualified defined benefit or defined contribution plans (&#34;rollovers&#34;). Additionally, each participant over age 50 may elect to make catch up contributions subject to certain limitations of the IRC.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Employer Contributions&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company matches 100% of the first 1% and 50% of the next 6% of participant contributions.  </font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Company match contributions are invested in the same manner as the investment elections set by the participant for his or her pre-tax contributions. However, participants may designate a different investment election for Company contributions than those designated for the participant's contributions. If investment elections have not been set by the participant for his or her pre-tax contributions, the Company match will be invested in the same target retirement date-based Fidelity Freedom Fund as the participant's pre-tax contributions. </font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">7</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Certain employees receive an Employer Retirement Contribution annually to the Plan instead of being enrolled in the Company's defined benefit plans. The Employer Retirement Contribution is made annually, in the first quarter following the year for which the contribution is made. 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Allocations of investment income and administrative expenses are based on participant earnings or account balances, or participant transactions, as defined. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided by the participant's vested account.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Vesting&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Participants are immediately vested in their contributions plus actual earnings thereon. Upon completion of one year of service or upon attainment of 59-1&#47;2 years of age while in the service of the Company, participants become 100% vested in the Company's matching contributions and the Company pension contributions, plus actual earnings on those contributions. Forfeited balances of terminated participants' non-vested accounts are used to reduce future Company contributions or to pay Plan expenses. At December 31, 2021 and 2020, forfeited non-vested accounts totaled $62,554 and $55,658, respectively. Total forfeitures used to reduce Company contributions were $23,893 in 2021. No forfeitures were used to pay Plan expenses in 2021.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Investment Options&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The participants' deposits and the Company's contributions are paid to the Trustee who invests the deposits, as directed (in whole percentages) by the participant, within prescribed limitations, into various investment funds offered by the Plan, including the WEC Common Stock Fund, which includes Company common stock.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Employee Stock Ownership Plan&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The employee stock ownership plan portion of the Plan permits participants invested in the WEC Common Stock Fund to elect to have dividends reinvested in additional units of the WEC Common Stock Fund or to be paid in cash as a taxable distribution.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Voting Rights&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Each participant is entitled to exercise voting rights attributable to the shares of Company common stock allocated to the participant's account. Each participant is notified prior to the time such voting rights are to be exercised. The Trustee will vote any allocated shares for which instructions have not been given by participants in the same proportion as directed by participants who gave voting instructions.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Benefit Payments&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">A participant may take a distribution due under the Plan as a single lump-sum cash payment&#59; installment payments over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of the participant&#59; or up to four partial withdrawals per Plan year. The full value of a participant's account is automatically distributed through a lump-sum cash payment to the employee or designated beneficiary upon retirement, termination of employment or death, for account balances less than $1,000. As the Plan is primarily designed to meet long-term financial needs, employees may permanently withdraw amounts from their accounts under the terms of the Plan's financial hardship withdrawal guidelines. Additionally, participants may withdraw all or a portion of the value of their after-tax contributions&#59; however, these withdrawals are limited to once per Plan year per participant.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Employee Transfers&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In the event that an employee has a change in status and is no longer eligible for this Plan, participation in the Plan shall be suspended. Employees transferred to ineligible positions may be eligible for an elective transfer to another defined contribution plan maintained by the Company. The net transfer of accounts between plans is presented in the statement of changes in net assets available for benefits.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">8</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Notes Receivable from Participants&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Participants may borrow from their fund accounts a minimum of $1,000 up to the lesser of 50% of their account balance or $50,000, minus any outstanding loan balances over the past 12 months. Participants are limited to two outstanding loans at any time. New loans are repayable monthly over periods not to exceed five years. The interest rate charged on participant loans is fixed at the beginning of each loan at the then current prime rate plus 1%. The interest paid by a participant on their loan balance is credited directly to their individual account.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div id="i47b7cf88740d4809b0058a8a51de9bdc_19"></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;ACCOUNTING POLICIES</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Basis of Accounting and Use of Estimates&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The financial statements of the Plan are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting. </font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. This requires the Plan's management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and changes therein, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Valuation of Investments in Master Trust&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Investments of the Master Trust and the Plan's interest in the Master Trust are reported at fair value, with the exception of fully benefit-responsive investment contracts, which are presented at contract value. Contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan and, thus, is the relevant measurement attribute for that portion of the net assets available for benefits of a defined-contribution plan attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Fair Value Measurements&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The framework for measuring fair value provides a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described as follows&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Level 1&#8211;Pricing inputs are unadjusted quoted prices available in active markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the reporting date. Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.</font></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Level 2&#8211;Pricing inputs are quoted prices for similar or identical assets or liabilities in active or inactive markets, either directly or indirectly observable, that reflect assumptions market participants would use to price the asset based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Plan. This may include matrix pricing, yield curves and indices. Other inputs are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means. If the asset or liability has a specified (i.e., contractual) term, the Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.</font></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Level 3&#8211;Pricing inputs include significant inputs that are generally less observable from objective sources. The inputs in the determination of fair value require significant Plan judgment or estimation.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The asset or liability's fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Valuation techniques used maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for investments of the Master Trust measured at fair value. There have been no changes in the methodologies used at December 31, 2021 and 2020.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Mutual Funds&#58; Valued at the daily closing price as reported by the fund. Mutual funds held by the Plan are open-end mutual funds that are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These funds are required to publish their daily net asset value (&#34;NAV&#34;) and to transact at that price. The mutual funds held by the Plan are deemed to be actively traded.</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">9</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;WEC Common Stock Fund&#58; Valued at the daily NAV of the underlying investment as calculated by the Trustee. The NAV is used as a practical expedient to estimate fair value. The NAV reflects the combined fair value of the underlying stock and fair value of the short-term cash position. The fair value of the common stock portion of the fund is based on the closing price as of the last day of the year of the stock on its primary exchange times the number of shares held in the fund. After determining the fair value of the stock portion of the fund, the fair value of the cash position, accrued dividends, expenses and&#47;or other liabilities are calculated and the total (i.e., shareholder equity) is divided by the number of outstanding units.</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Common Collective Trust Funds&#58; Valued at the NAV of units of bank collective trust. The NAV, as provided by the trustee, is used as a practical expedient to estimate fair value. The NAV is based on the fair value of the underlying investments held by the fund less its liabilities. This practical expedient is not used when it is determined to be probable that the fund will sell the investment for an amount different than the reported NAV.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Allocation of Master Trust&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Net assets and investment income of the Master Trust are allocated to the participating plans based on their interest in each of the underlying participant-directed investments.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Investment Transactions and Investment Income&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Investment transactions of the Plan and the Master Trust are recorded on the trade date. Interest is recorded as earned on an accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Net appreciation (depreciation) includes gains and losses on investments bought and sold as well as held during the year.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Risks and Uncertainties&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Plan and the Master Trust provide for various investment options. Investments, in general, are exposed to various risks including, but not limited to, interest rate, credit, and overall market volatility. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investments will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants' account balances and the amounts reported in the financial statements.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Administrative Expenses&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">A flat amount is deducted quarterly from each participant's account to pay for the Plan's administrative expenses such as recordkeeping, communications, investment advisory, audit, reporting, and compliance costs. The Company pays the annual administrative expenses for which participant deductions were not sufficient&#59; conversely, fees collected from participants in excess of the annual administrative costs are allocated back to participant accounts. Loan origination fees are paid by the borrowing participant and charged against the fund from which the borrowings are made. Investment-related expenses are included in the Plan interest in Master Trust net investment income.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Contributions&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Participant contributions become payable to the Plan on the pay date on which the contribution was deducted from the employee's pay. The Plan records employer contributions receivable when earned by the participants.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Payment of Benefits&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Benefit payments to participants are recorded upon distribution.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Notes Receivable from Participants&#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Notes receivable from participants are measured at their unpaid principal balance plus accrued interest. 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style="background-color:#cccccc;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Interest and dividend income</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="background-color:#cccccc;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="background-color:#cccccc;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">145,068&#160;</font></td><td style="background-color:#cccccc;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" 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style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="background-color:#cccccc;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="background-color:#cccccc;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="background-color:#cccccc;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="background-color:#cccccc;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td 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#000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">3,689,996</font><font 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1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="background-color:#cccccc;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="background-color:#cccccc;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="background-color:#cccccc;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="background-color:#cccccc;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,815,259&#160;</font></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Common collective trust funds</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">911,218&#160;</font></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid 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colspan="21" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Fair Value Estimated Using Net Asset Value per Share</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(in thousands)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="21" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">December 31, 2020</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Investment</font></td><td 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="background-color:#cccccc;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">759,592&#160;</font></td><td style="background-color:#cccccc;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Daily</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cccccc;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">None</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Common collective trust funds</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">834,918&#160;</font></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 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Wrap contracts are designed to allow a stable value fund, such as the BRIF, to protect the fund in extreme circumstances. In a typical wrap contract, the wrap issuer agrees to pay the fund the difference between the contract value and the market value of the covered assets once the market value has been totally exhausted.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Trustee generally purchases wrap contracts from issuers rated in the top three long-term categories (A- or the equivalent and above) by any one of the nationally recognized statistical rating organizations. The Trustee expects a substantial percentage (up to 99%) of the fund's assets to be covered by wrap contracts, although they may change this target from time-to-time. Assets not covered by wrap contracts will generally be invested in money market instruments and cash equivalents to provide necessary liquidity for participant withdrawals and exchanges.</font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">12</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Wrap contracts accrue interest using the crediting rate formula. This formula is used to convert market value changes in the covered assets into income distributions in order to minimize the difference between the market and contract value of the covered assets over time. Using the crediting rate formula, an estimated future market value is calculated by compounding the fund's current market value at the fund's current yield to maturity for a period equal to the fund's duration. The crediting rate is the discount rate that equates that estimated future market value with the fund's current contract value. Crediting rates are reset quarterly. The wrap contracts provide a guarantee that the crediting rate will not fall below 0%. </font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The crediting rate, and hence the fund's return, may be affected by many factors, including purchases and redemptions by shareholders. The precise impact on the fund depends on whether the market value of the covered assets is higher or lower than the contract value of those assets. If the market value of the covered assets is higher than their contract value, the crediting rate will ordinarily be higher than the yield of the covered assets. Under these circumstances, cash from new investors will tend to lower the crediting rate and the fund's return, and redemptions by existing shareholders will tend to increase the crediting rate and the fund's return.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If the market value of the covered assets is lower than their contract value, the crediting rate will ordinarily be lower than the yield of the covered assets. When market value is lower than contract value, the fund will have, for example, less than $10.00 in cash and bonds for every $10.00 in net asset value. Under these circumstances, cash from new investors will tend to increase the market value attributed to the covered assets and to increase the crediting rate and the fund's return. Redemptions by existing shareholders will have the opposite effect, and will tend to reduce the market value attributed to remaining covered assets and to reduce the crediting rate and the fund's return. Generally, the market value of covered assets will tend to be higher than contract value after interest rates have fallen due to higher bond prices. Conversely, the market value of covered assets will tend to be lower than their contract value after interest rates have risen due to lower bond prices.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If the fund experiences significant redemptions when the market value is below the contract value, the fund's yield may be reduced significantly, to a level that is not competitive with other investment options. This may result in additional redemptions, which would tend to lower the crediting rate further. If redemptions continued, the fund's yield could be reduced to zero. If redemptions continued thereafter, the fund might have insufficient assets to meet redemption requests, at which point the fund would require payments from the wrap issuer to pay further shareholder redemptions.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The fund and the wrap contracts purchased by the fund are designed to pay all participant-initiated transactions at contract value. Participant-initiated transactions are those transactions allowed by the underlying defined contribution plan (typically this would include withdrawals for benefits, loans, or transfers to non-competing funds within the plan). However, the wrap contracts limit the ability of the fund to transact at contract value upon the occurrence of certain events. 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of the Company's labor agreements. 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The Plan has been amended since filing for the determination letter&#59; however, the Company and the Plan administrator believe that the Plan is currently designed and operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC and the Plan continues to be tax-exempt.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require Plan management to evaluate tax positions taken by the Plan and recognize a liability if the Plan has taken an uncertain position that more likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by the Internal Revenue Service. 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These transactions and the notes receivable from participants are exempt party-in-interest transactions under ERISA regulations.</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Master Trust held 7,466,953 and 8,168,985 shares, respectively, in the WEC Common Stock Fund. The WEC Common Stock Fund is unitized and in total held 7,335,815 and 8,027,852 units as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. </font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Fees paid by the Master Trust for investment management services were included as a reduction of the return earned on each fund. 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The Company intends to vigorously defend against the allegations made in this lawsuit. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">15</font></div></div></div><div id="i47b7cf88740d4809b0058a8a51de9bdc_43"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div 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