WEC 8-K Q3 Dividend Release



Commission	Registrant; State of Incorporation	IRS Employer
File Number	Address; and Telephone Number	Identification No.


001-09057	WISCONSIN ENERGY CORPORATION	39-1391525
	(A Wisconsin Corporation)
	231 West Michigan Street
	P.O. Box 1331
	Milwaukee, WI 53201
	(414) 221-2345

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On October 16, 2014, Wisconsin Energy Corporation issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors had declared a quarterly dividend of $0.39 per share. The dividend is payable December 1, 2014 to stockholders of record on November 14, 2014.

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.



SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



	WISCONSIN ENERGY CORPORATION
	(Registrant)

	/s/ STEPHEN P. DICKSON
Date: October 16, 2014	Stephen P. Dickson -- Vice President and Controller

MILWAUKEE - The boards of directors of Wisconsin Energy Corporation (NYSE: WEC) and Wisconsin Electric Power Company today declared quarterly dividends.

The Wisconsin Energy board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of 39 cents a share on the company’s common stock. The dividend is payable Dec. 1, 2014, to stockholders of record on Nov. 14, 2014. This marks the 289^th consecutive quarter - dating back to 1942 - that the company will have paid a dividend to its stockholders.

The Wisconsin Electric board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of 90 cents a share on the Preferred Stock, 3.60% Series, payable Dec.1, 2014, to stockholders of record on Nov. 14, 2014. The board also declared a quarterly dividend of $1.50 a share on the Six Per Cent Preferred Stock payable Jan. 31, 2015, to stockholders of record on Jan. 14, 2015.

Wisconsin Energy Corporation (NYSE: WEC), based in Milwaukee, is one of the nation’s premier energy companies, serving more than 1.1 million electric customers in Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and 1.1 million natural gas customers in Wisconsin. The company’s principal utility is We Energies. The company's other major subsidiary, We Power, designs, builds and owns electric generating plants.

Wisconsin Energy (wisconsinenergy.com), a component of the S&P 500, has nearly $15 billion of assets, 4,300 employees and approximately 40,000 stockholders of record.

Wisconsin Electric Power Co., doing business as We Energies, is a subsidiary of Wisconsin Energy Corporation. The company serves more than 1.1 million electric customers in Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and more than 460,000 natural gas customers in Wisconsin. Visit the We Energies website at we-energies.com.


99.1	Press Release of Wisconsin Energy Corporation issued October 16, 2014.