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We Energies, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a Diamond Level Wisconsin Clean Cities member. The company serves more than 1.1 million electric customers and 1.1. million natural gas customers in Wisconsin. . We Energies also provides steam to customers in downtown Milwaukee.
The company’s mission includes a commitment to enhance the quality of life in the areas it serves, which includes compatibility of its operations with the environment.
We Energies recently added five new electric vehicles to its fleet, bringing its total to six. The 2018 Nissan LEAFs were deployed to three company locations, including its headquarters in Milwaukee and service centers in West Allis and Appleton. The electric vehicles will be used by field employees.
The purchases will lead to savings on fuel costs while also reducing vehicle emissions. The operating cost of all-electric vehicles is considerably less than vehicles using fossil fuels. All-electric vehicles require less periodic maintenance as there is no internal combustion engine. The cost of the electric energy to power the car also is less than fueling it with gasoline. We Energies will be tracking the cost savings as well as the overall ownership experience to share knowledge with its customers who own electric vehicles.
We Energies also has workplace charging stations at seven company locations. The stations are shared between company fleet plug-in electric vehicles and employees who drive personal plug-in electric vehicles.
The company has more than 475 megawatts of renewable energy capacity from a variety of sources in Wisconsin, Michigan and the Midwest and is prepared to meet the renewable energy portfolio standards in Wisconsin and Michigan through 2022.
We Energies’ renewable energy sources include biomass, wind and hydroelectric. Its customers also can buy all or some of their energy from renewable resources through the Energy for Tomorrow Renewable Energy Program.
The company is well on its way to achieving an ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goal. WEC Energy Group, We Energies’ parent company, has a goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 40 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 – in part by retiring coal generation.
We Energies also has invested in state-of-the-art emission control technologies at its power plants. The company has several initiatives that recover and reuse materials produced from power plant and air quality control system operations. System-wide, We Energies typically uses more than 95 percent of the combustion products generated at its power plants. In the past decade, We Energies has provided more than 8 million tons of combustion products for beneficial use as construction material and in concrete, cement, wallboard and agricultural markets.
To learn more, visit https://www.we-energies.com/
