The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) mandatory national greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting program requires regulated
natural gas utilities, and some of their largest customers, to report GHG emissions from their operations.
The EPA website includes resources to understand the rule
and an online tool to see if it applies to your company.
Electric utility energy mix and emission rates
This electric energy mix and emission rate information is provided for retail electric customers of We Energies, a regulated utility of WEC Energy Group (WEC) operating in the state of Wisconsin. The emission rates are supplied for customers to estimate their environmental footprint from electric energy supplied by We Energies, such as Scope 2 (indirect) greenhouse gas emissions.
Emission rates are calculated using total emissions and megawatt-hours from generation by owned and jointly-owned facilities, and from long-term purchased power arrangements. The CO2 equivalent emission rate includes all sources mentioned previously and net emissions from MISO purchases and sales. The emission rates apply to retail electric utility customers of We Energies, except for customers of Energy for Tomorrow®, the We Energies Green-e Certified renewable energy program that is offered to all retail electric customers.
Emissions from electric generation facilities are calculated in accordance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program regulations under 40 CFR Part 98. The energy resource mix represents net generation from We Energies-owned facilities, as well as generation acquired through long-term purchased power arrangements.
WEC and We Energies reserve the right to use all or some of the environmental attributes associated with generation from renewable energy sources in future years to comply with renewable energy standards or other regulatory requirements, or to sell to third parties the environmental attributes such as renewable energy credits, offsets, allowances and the avoided emissions of greenhouse gases. All information is provided on a voluntary basis, could be subject to change, and has not received independent third party verification. Neither WEC nor We Energies makes any assurances regarding the use of this information by external parties for marketing or other sustainability claims.
We Energies energy mix and emissions1
| |
2019 |
2020 |
20212,3 |
| Emission Rates: Owned energy + Purchased power arrangements (lbs/MWh) |
| Carbon dioxide (CO2) |
1,087 |
1,000 |
1,0604 |
| Methane (CH4) |
0.020 |
0.019 |
0.013 |
| Nitrous oxide (N2O) |
0.020 |
0.018 |
0.014 |
| Carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e)5 |
1,093 |
1,006 |
1,064 |
| Sulfur dioxide (SO2) |
0.09 |
0.04 |
0.05 |
| Nitrogen oxides (NOx) |
0.32 |
0.26 |
0.31 |
| Energy resource mix: Owned energy + Purchased power arrangements |
| Energy from owned generation + purchased power arrangements (MWh) |
30,779,721 |
29,618,067 |
29,772,985 |
| Coal |
36.7% |
32.0% |
37.1% |
| Natural gas |
30.0% |
33.1% |
28.9% |
| Nuclear - long-term PPA |
29.2% |
30.3% |
29.2% |
| Renewable energy |
4.1% |
4.6% |
4.8% |
| Hydroelectric |
1.4% |
1.8% |
1.5% |
| Biofuels |
0.3% |
0.2% |
0.9% |
| Wind |
2.4% |
2.6% |
2.3% |
| Solar |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.1% |
| CO2-equivalent (CO2e) emission rate5: Total net CO2e / Customer load (lbs CO2e/MWh) |
| Customer load (MWh) |
25,981,436 |
24,818,330 |
26,153,676 |
| CO2-equivalent emission rate (lbs CO2e/MWh) |
1,1006 |
1,0106 |
9787 |
1 Table includes data for purchased power arrangements that were not included in previously available emissions data.
2 Rates for 2021 are preliminary and subject to change after regulatory reporting.
3 Rates and MWh for 2021 are calculated using additional sources to be representative of energy resource mix.
4 Biogenic emissions are not included in rate calculations.
5 Global warming potentials for calculating CO2-equivalents: CO2 = 1 ton; CH4 = 25 tons of CO2; N2O = 298 tons of CO2.
6 Regional average CO2 emissions in pounds per megawatt-hour, used to estimate CO2 from market energy purchases for CO2-equivalent emission rates, are provided by the Michigan Public Service Commission.
7 New methodology assigns emissions from contracted generating facilities and market purchases to the utility. Market purchases and sales use regional estimates from EIA CO2 rates by fuel type and MISO fuel mix data. Wholesale power sales used the average utility CO2 rate.
Information about natural gas delivered by We Energies
If your company is required to report greenhouse gas emissions or chooses to analyze its carbon footprint, you may need information
about natural gas delivered by Wisconsin Electric Gas Operations or Wisconsin Gas LLC. The EPA’s default emission factors for natural gas for
CO2 and
CH4 and N2O
are appropriate to use for the natural gas we distribute along with WEC Energy Group’s leak rate of 0.55 kg/mmBTU.
The amount of natural gas consumed can be found on your bill or in the My Account
section of our website. As a service to customers, we provide the heating value of your natural gas below*.
Wisconsin Electric Gas Operations
| Higher Heating Value (HHV) - (MMBtu/Mscf) |
| |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
| Jan |
1.053 |
1.048 |
1.046 |
1.052 |
1.048 |
1.048 |
1.051 |
| Feb |
1.052 |
1.045 |
1.040 |
1.044 |
1.054 |
1.057 |
1.053 |
| Mar |
1.048 |
1.043 |
1.046 |
1.051 |
1.050 |
1.054 |
1.046 |
| Apr |
1.046 |
1.045 |
1.042 |
1.052 |
1.056 |
1.054 |
1.049 |
| May |
1.048 |
1.047 |
1.040 |
1.052 |
1.053 |
1.058 |
1.051 |
| Jun |
1.046 |
1.045 |
1.054 |
1.058 |
1.046 |
1.057 |
1.048 |
| Jul |
1.045 |
1.047 |
1.055 |
1.061 |
1.051 |
1.056 |
1.048 |
| Aug |
1.050 |
1.047 |
1.044 |
1.060 |
1.056 |
1.055 |
1.053 |
| Sep |
1.048 |
1.048 |
1.049 |
1.062 |
1.058 |
1.054 |
1.056 |
| Oct |
1.049 |
1.049 |
1.054 |
1.058 |
1.061 |
1.057 |
1.05 |
| Nov |
1.043 |
1.048 |
1.052 |
1.054 |
1.056 |
1.055 |
1.049 |
| Dec |
1.048 |
1.047 |
1.051 |
1.051 |
1.052 |
1.053 |
1.056 |
Wisconsin Gas LLC
| Higher Heating Value (HHV) - (MMBtu/Mscf) |
| |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
| Jan |
1.050 |
1.040 |
1.044 |
1.048 |
1.051 |
1.048 |
1.05 |
| Feb |
1.050 |
1.039 |
1.041 |
1.046 |
1.053 |
1.054 |
1.051 |
| Mar |
1.049 |
1.038 |
1.046 |
1.050 |
1.052 |
1.052 |
1.046 |
| Apr |
1.051 |
1.039 |
1.043 |
1.053 |
1.060 |
1.053 |
1.048 |
| May |
1.046 |
1.040 |
1.041 |
1.053 |
1.054 |
1.055 |
1.05 |
| Jun |
1.044 |
1.037 |
1.052 |
1.059 |
1.050 |
1.055 |
1.053 |
| Jul |
1.035 |
1.036 |
1.050 |
1.054 |
1.050 |
1.05 |
1.053 |
| Aug |
1.038 |
1.035 |
1.048 |
1.056 |
1.056 |
1.056 |
1.055 |
| Sep |
1.035 |
1.035 |
1.054 |
1.059 |
1.062 |
1.057 |
1.054 |
| Oct |
1.041 |
1.040 |
1.056 |
1.057 |
1.059 |
1.058 |
1.052 |
| Nov |
1.039 |
1.047 |
1.053 |
1.055 |
1.052 |
1.053 |
1.052 |
| Dec |
1.040 |
1.044 |
1.049 |
1.052 |
1.048 |
1.054 |
1.057 |
Standard temperature: 60°F
Standard pressure: 14.7 psia
Measurement standard: GPA 2172-09
* Data on this page represent an average heating value for the system and may differ from data that meets
state or local regulatory requirements and is used for billing purposes. Accordingly, the data is provided solely for informational
purposes and not for billing purposes. We make no claim or representation that the data provided is accurate and make no warranties
express or implied, including but not limited to, fitness for a particular purpose, including EPA compliance. No party should
rely on such data, including, but not limited to, for billing purposes.
