MILWAUKEE, Dec. 9, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- WEC Energy Group (NYSE: WEC) announced today that
Maria Bocanegra, previously the
chief legal and government relations officer at the Port of
Cleveland, has been named
president — Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas, effective Jan. 2, 2025.
"Maria has an impressive list of accomplishments in utility
regulation and creating successful engagement strategies within the
government, private and public sectors," said Scott Lauber, president and chief executive
officer — WEC Energy Group. "I know her broad experience, along
with her strong leadership, will be instrumental in helping us
achieve our goals in Illinois."
Bocanegra will have primary responsibility for managing the
daily operations, strategy and administrative activities of the two
Illinois utilities, which together
provide safe, reliable natural gas service to nearly 1 million
customers in Chicago and 54
communities in its northern suburbs. She will report to Lauber.
Bocanegra holds a bachelor's degree in political science from
Quincy University and a juris doctor from DePaul University College of Law.
Prior to her position at the Port of Cleveland, Bocanegra served as a commissioner
with the Illinois Commerce Commission. There, she regulated
electric, natural gas and water utilities and engaged in outreach
on energy and water issues with the City
of Chicago. Earlier, she was an administrative law judge for
the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission and a Leadership
Academy fellow for the City of Chicago Latino Caucus Foundation.
She also was an attorney with the law firm of Katz Friedman.
WEC Energy Group (NYSE: WEC), based in Milwaukee, is one of the nation's premier
energy companies, serving 4.7 million customers in Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota.
The company's principal utilities are We Energies, Wisconsin
Public Service, Peoples Gas, North Shore Gas, Michigan Gas
Utilities, Minnesota Energy Resources and Upper Michigan Energy
Resources. Another major subsidiary, We Power, designs, builds
and owns electric generating plants. In addition, WEC
Infrastructure LLC owns a growing fleet of renewable generation
facilities in states ranging from South
Dakota to Texas.
WEC Energy Group (wecenergygroup.com) is a Fortune 500
company and a component of the S&P 500. The company has
approximately 34,000 stockholders of record, 7,000 employees and
more than $45 billion of
assets.
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