ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

As part of its ongoing director succession planning process, on October 20, 2022, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of WEC Energy Group, Inc. ("WEC Energy") increased the number of directors constituting the Board from 11 to 12 and elected Ave M. Bie to fill the vacancy, effective January 1, 2023.

Ms. Bie is currently a partner with the law firm of Quarles & Brady, LLP, and will be retiring at the end of 2022. Ms. Bie is the past chair and current vice chair of the board of directors of the New York Independent System Operator and previously served as the chair of the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. The Board has not yet appointed Ms. Bie to any committees of the Board.

Ms. Bie will be compensated according to WEC Energy's standard compensation program for non-employee directors as described in its Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2022.


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