PA Consulting Group has named We Energies its 2004 National Award Winner for electric reliability in the US. For the third consecutive year, PA Consulting Group has also honored We Energies with the ReliabilityOne(TM) award for superior electric system reliability in the Midwest region.
"Our employees have been working very hard this year and we're thrilled and honored to receive this award," said Charley Cole, senior vice president, Customer Operations. "This award is a reflection of each of our employees' commitment to excellent customer service and reliability."
PA Consulting Group is the energy industry's largest management consulting firm. PA reviewed the outage performance data of utilities throughout the country as a part of the firm's annual benchmarking study of North American energy providers.
According to PA, We Energies was named top electric utility in the country for "achieving superior reliability performance in its region, sustaining and improving this performance over time and leading the industry toward a more reliable future by adopting innovative information systems, accelerating response to major events and advancing regional grid security."
More information about PA and the Reliability One Awards is available at: www.paconsulting.com/industries/energy/publications/pb_energy_ReliabilityOne_awards_presentation_2004.htm
We Energies serves more than one million electric customers in Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula and more than one million natural gas customers in Wisconsin. Its energy prices are more than 10 percent below the average for major U.S. cities. We Energies is the trade name of Wisconsin Electric Power Company and Wisconsin Gas LLC, the principal utility subsidiaries of Wisconsin Energy Corporation (NYSE: WEC - News).
Visit the We Energies Web site at www.we-energies.com . Learn more about Wisconsin Energy Corporation by visiting www.WisconsinEnergy.com .
