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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;7, 2009.
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>WISCONSIN ENERGY CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</I></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>WISCONSIN</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>39-1391525</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)</I>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>231 West Michigan Street</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>53201</B></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>P.O. Box 1331</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(Zip Code)</I></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Milwaukee, Wisconsin</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</I></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>WISCONSIN ENERGY CORPORATION<BR>
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN</B><br>
<i>(Full title of the Plan)</i>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Jeffrey West<BR>
Vice President and Treasurer<BR>
231 West Michigan Street<BR>
P.O. Box 1331<BR>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201</B><BR>
<I>(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>Copy to:</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>John T. W. Mercer<BR>
Mercer Thompson LLC<BR>
191 Peachtree Street, N.E.<BR>
Suite&nbsp;3265<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30303<BR>
(404)&nbsp;577-4201</B></DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Non-accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap>Smaller reporting company <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to Be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of Securities to Be Registered</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registered (1)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Per Share (2)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Price (2)</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $.01 par value</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">5,000,000 shares</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$43.36</TD>
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<TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$216,800,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$12,098</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement also covers an inderteminable amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to
the employee benefit plan described herein.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
under the Securities Act and based upon the average of the high and low prices on the New York
Stock Exchange on August&nbsp;5, 2009.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 (Items 1 and 2) will be sent or given to plan
participants as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents listed below are incorporated by reference in this registration statement; and
all documents subsequently filed by Wisconsin Energy Corporation (&#147;WEC&#148; or the &#147;registrant&#148;) or the
Wisconsin Energy Corporation Employee Retirement Savings Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. However, no
information furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of any current report on Form 8-K will be
incorporated by reference in this registration statement unless specifically stated otherwise.
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>The registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008.</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Plan&#146;s Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March&nbsp;31, 2009
and June&nbsp;30, 2009.</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed March&nbsp;16, 2009 and April&nbsp;28, 2009.</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the registrant&#146;s common stock contained in Item&nbsp;5 of its Current
Report on Form 8-K dated September&nbsp;1, 1999 (which updates and supersedes the description in
its Registration Statement on Form 8-B dated January&nbsp;7, 1987, as previously updated),
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating that description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to
the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also
is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or superseded such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this registration statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WEC is incorporated under the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law (&#147;WBCL&#148;).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under Section&nbsp;180.0851(1) of the WBCL, WEC is required to indemnify a director or officer, to
the extent such person is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of a proceeding, for
all reasonable expenses incurred in the proceeding if such person was a party because he or she was
a director or officer of WEC. In all other cases, WEC is required by Section&nbsp;180.0851(2) to
indemnify a director or officer against liability incurred in a proceeding to which such person was
a party because he or she was a director or officer of WEC, unless it is determined that he or she
breached or failed to perform a duty owed to WEC and the breach or failure to perform constitutes:
(i)&nbsp;a willful failure to deal fairly with WEC or its shareholders in connection with a matter in
which the director or officer has a material conflict of interest; (ii)&nbsp;a violation of criminal
law, unless the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was lawful
or no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful; (iii)&nbsp;a transaction from which
the director or officer derived an improper personal profit; or (iv)&nbsp;willful misconduct.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;180.0858(1) provides that, subject to certain limitations, the mandatory
indemnification provisions do not preclude any additional right to indemnification or allowance of
expenses that a director or officer may have under WEC&#146;s Restated Articles of Incorporation,
Bylaws, any written agreement or a resolution of the Board of Directors or shareholders.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;180.0859 of the WBCL provides that it is the public policy of the State of Wisconsin
to require or permit indemnification, allowance of expenses and insurance to the extent required or
permitted under Sections&nbsp;180.0850 to 180.0858 of the WBCL, for any liability incurred in connection
with a proceeding involving a federal or state statute, rule or regulation regulating the offer,
sale or purchase of securities.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;180.0828 of the WBCL provides that, with certain exceptions, a director is not liable
to a corporation, its shareholders, or any person asserting rights on behalf of the corporation or
its shareholders, for damages, settlements, fees, fines, penalties or other monetary liabilities
arising from a breach of, or failure to perform, any duty resulting solely from his or her status
as a director, unless the person asserting liability proves that the breach or failure to perform
constitutes any of the four exceptions to mandatory indemnification under Section&nbsp;180.0851(2)
referred to above.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under Section&nbsp;180.0833 of the WBCL, directors of WEC against whom claims are asserted with
respect to the declaration of improper dividends or distributions to shareholders or certain other
improper acts which they approved are entitled to contribution from other directors who approved
such actions and from shareholders who knowingly accepted an improper dividend or distribution, as
provided therein.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Articles V and VI of WEC&#146;s Bylaws provide that WEC will indemnify to the fullest extent
permitted by law any person who is or was a party or threatened to be made a party to any legal
proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of WEC, or is or
was serving at the request of WEC as a director or officer of another enterprise, against expenses
(including attorney fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by the person in connection with such legal proceeding. WEC&#146;s Restated Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws do not limit the indemnification to which directors and officers are
entitled under the WBCL.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Officers and directors of WEC are covered by insurance policies purchased by WEC under which
they are insured (subject to exceptions and limitations specified in the policies) against expenses
and liabilities arising out of actions, suits or proceedings to which they are parties by reason of
being or having been such directors or officers.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Plan provides that WEC shall indemnify the Plan administrator, members of the Employee
Benefits Committee, members of the Investment Trust Policy Committee, directors and any other
employee deemed to be a &#147;fiduciary&#148; against claims in connection with any action or failure to act
regarding the Plan (except to the extent any liability may be based on the individual&#146;s own willful
misconduct), to the extent required or permitted by law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference in this registration
statement:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>Exhibit&nbsp;No.</U>
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated articles of incorporation of registrant, as amended and restated
effective June&nbsp;12, 1995. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (3)-1 to the
registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 1995, File No.&nbsp;001-09057.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of the registrant, as amended to May&nbsp;5, 2005. (Incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2(b) to the registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2004, File No.&nbsp;001-09057.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Joshua M. Erickson as to the legality of the securities being
registered (to the extent such securities may be original issuance or treasury shares as
opposed to market purchase shares).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Clifton Gunderson LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Joshua M. Erickson (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 above).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (contained in signature page of registration statement).</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant hereby undertakes that it has submitted or will submit the Plan and any
amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service (&#147;IRS&#148;) in a timely manner, and has made or will
make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan under Section&nbsp;401 of the Internal
Revenue Code.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Rule&nbsp;415 Offering:</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 8%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 8%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high and of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price, set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148;
table in the effective registration statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 8%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in
a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference into the
registration statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filings Incorporating Subsequent Exchange Act Documents by Reference:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (and each filing of the Plan&#146;s report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Undertaking Relating to Filing of Registration Statement on Form S-8:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised
that, in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In
the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection
with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of
its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.
</DIV>

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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">SIGNATURES
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>The Registrant. </B>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin, on August
7, 2009.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" valign="top" align="left">WISCONSIN ENERGY CORPORATION</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Gale E. Klappa
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gale E. Klappa, Chairman of the Board, President
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes Gale E. Klappa, Allen L. Leverett and
Jeffrey West, or any of them, as attorneys-in fact with full power of substitution, to execute in
the name of and on behalf of such person, individually, and in each capacity stated below or
otherwise, and to file, any and all amendments to this registration statement, including any
post-effective amendments.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="65%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gale E. Klappa
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gale E. Klappa, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;7, 2009&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Executive Officer and Director &#151; Principal Executive Officer</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Allen L. Leverett
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Allen L. Leverett, Executive Vice President and Chief
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;7, 2009&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Financial Officer &#151; Principal Financial Officer</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Stephen P. Dickson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Stephen P. Dickson, Vice President and
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;7, 2009&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Controller &#151; Principal Accounting Officer</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John F. Bergstrom
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John F. Bergstrom, Director
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;7, 2009&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Barbara L. Bowles
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Barbara L. Bowles, Director
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;7, 2009&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Patricia W. Chadwick
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Patricia W. Chadwick, Director
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;7, 2009&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert A. Cornog
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert A. Cornog, Director
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;7, 2009&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Curt S. Culver
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Curt S. Culver, Director
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;7, 2009&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas J. Fischer
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas J. Fischer, Director
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;7, 2009&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ulice Payne, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ulice Payne, Jr., Director
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;7, 2009&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="65%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Frederick P. Stratton, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Frederick P. Stratton, Jr., Director
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;7, 2009&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>The Plan. </B>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other
persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this registration statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Milwaukee,
State of Wisconsin, on August&nbsp;7, 2009.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="55%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<!-- End Table Head -->
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="4" valign="top" align="left">WISCONSIN ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Jeffrey West
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jeffrey West, Vice President and Treasurer of Wisconsin <BR>
Energy Corporation; Member of the Employee Benefits Committee
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 7, 2009.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
WISCONSIN ENERGY CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
WISCONSIN
39-1391525
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
231 West Michigan Street
53201
P.O. Box 1331
(Zip Code)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
WISCONSIN ENERGY CORPORATION
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
(Full title of the Plan)
Jeffrey West
Vice President and Treasurer
231 West Michigan Street
P.O. Box 1331
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
John T. W. Mercer
Mercer Thompson LLC
191 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Suite 3265
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
(404) 577-4201
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount to Be
Offering Price
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Title of Securities to Be Registered
Registered (1)
Per Share (2)
Price (2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $.01 par value
5,000,000 shares
$43.36
$216,800,000
$12,098
(1)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement also covers an inderteminable amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to
the employee benefit plan described herein.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
under the Securities Act and based upon the average of the high and low prices on the New York
Stock Exchange on August 5, 2009.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
Information specified in Part I of Form S-8 (Items 1 and 2) will be sent or given to plan
participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The documents listed below are incorporated by reference in this registration statement; and
all documents subsequently filed by Wisconsin Energy Corporation ("WEC" or the "registrant") or the
Wisconsin Energy Corporation Employee Retirement Savings Plan (the "Plan") pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. However, no
information furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of any current report on Form 8-K will be
incorporated by reference in this registration statement unless specifically stated otherwise.
•
The registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.
•
The Plan's Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.
•
The registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2009
and June 30, 2009.
•
The registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed March 16, 2009 and April 28, 2009.
•
The description of the registrant's common stock contained in Item 5 of its Current
Report on Form 8-K dated September 1, 1999 (which updates and supersedes the description in
its Registration Statement on Form 8-B dated January 7, 1987, as previously updated),
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating that description.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to
the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also
is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or superseded such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this registration statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
WEC is incorporated under the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law ("WBCL").
Under Section 180.0851(1) of the WBCL, WEC is required to indemnify a director or officer, to
the extent such person is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of a proceeding, for
all reasonable expenses incurred in the proceeding if such person was a party because he or she was
a director or officer of WEC. In all other cases, WEC is required by Section 180.0851(2) to
indemnify a director or officer against liability incurred in a proceeding to which such person was
a party because he or she was a director or officer of WEC, unless it is determined that he or she
breached or failed to perform a duty owed to WEC and the breach or failure to perform constitutes:
(i) a willful failure to deal fairly with WEC or its shareholders in connection with a matter in
which the director or officer has a material conflict of interest; (ii) a violation of criminal
law, unless the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was lawful
or no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful; (iii) a transaction from which
the director or officer derived an improper personal profit; or (iv) willful misconduct.
Section 180.0858(1) provides that, subject to certain limitations, the mandatory
indemnification provisions do not preclude any additional right to indemnification or allowance of
expenses that a director or officer may have under WEC's Restated Articles of Incorporation,
Bylaws, any written agreement or a resolution of the Board of Directors or shareholders.
Section 180.0859 of the WBCL provides that it is the public policy of the State of Wisconsin
to require or permit indemnification, allowance of expenses and insurance to the extent required or
permitted under Sections 180.0850 to 180.0858 of the WBCL, for any liability incurred in connection
with a proceeding involving a federal or state statute, rule or regulation regulating the offer,
sale or purchase of securities.
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Section 180.0828 of the WBCL provides that, with certain exceptions, a director is not liable
to a corporation, its shareholders, or any person asserting rights on behalf of the corporation or
its shareholders, for damages, settlements, fees, fines, penalties or other monetary liabilities
arising from a breach of, or failure to perform, any duty resulting solely from his or her status
as a director, unless the person asserting liability proves that the breach or failure to perform
constitutes any of the four exceptions to mandatory indemnification under Section 180.0851(2)
referred to above.
Under Section 180.0833 of the WBCL, directors of WEC against whom claims are asserted with
respect to the declaration of improper dividends or distributions to shareholders or certain other
improper acts which they approved are entitled to contribution from other directors who approved
such actions and from shareholders who knowingly accepted an improper dividend or distribution, as
provided therein.
Articles V and VI of WEC's Bylaws provide that WEC will indemnify to the fullest extent
permitted by law any person who is or was a party or threatened to be made a party to any legal
proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of WEC, or is or
was serving at the request of WEC as a director or officer of another enterprise, against expenses
(including attorney fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by the person in connection with such legal proceeding. WEC's Restated Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws do not limit the indemnification to which directors and officers are
entitled under the WBCL.
Officers and directors of WEC are covered by insurance policies purchased by WEC under which
they are insured (subject to exceptions and limitations specified in the policies) against expenses
and liabilities arising out of actions, suits or proceedings to which they are parties by reason of
being or having been such directors or officers.
The Plan provides that WEC shall indemnify the Plan administrator, members of the Employee
Benefits Committee, members of the Investment Trust Policy Committee, directors and any other
employee deemed to be a "fiduciary" against claims in connection with any action or failure to act
regarding the Plan (except to the extent any liability may be based on the individual's own willful
misconduct), to the extent required or permitted by law.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference in this registration
statement:
Exhibit No.
4.1
Restated articles of incorporation of registrant, as amended and restated
effective June 12, 1995. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (3)-1 to the
registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1995, File No. 001-09057.)
4.2
Bylaws of the registrant, as amended to May 5, 2005. (Incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3.2(b) to the registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2004, File No. 001-09057.)
5.1
Opinion of Joshua M. Erickson as to the legality of the securities being
registered (to the extent such securities may be original issuance or treasury shares as
opposed to market purchase shares).
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
Consent of Clifton Gunderson LLP
23.3
Consent of Joshua M. Erickson (contained in Exhibit 5.1 above).
24.1
Power of Attorney (contained in signature page of registration statement).
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The registrant hereby undertakes that it has submitted or will submit the Plan and any
amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in a timely manner, and has made or will
make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan under Section 401 of the Internal
Revenue Code.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
Rule 415 Offering:
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement;
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high and of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price, set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee"
table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in
a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference into the
registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)
Filings Incorporating Subsequent Exchange Act Documents by Reference:
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (and each filing of the Plan's report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)
Undertaking Relating to Filing of Registration Statement on Form S-8:
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised
that, in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In
the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection
with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of
its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin, on August
7, 2009.
WISCONSIN ENERGY CORPORATION
By
/s/ Gale E. Klappa
Gale E. Klappa, Chairman of the Board, President
and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes Gale E. Klappa, Allen L. Leverett and
Jeffrey West, or any of them, as attorneys-in fact with full power of substitution, to execute in
the name of and on behalf of such person, individually, and in each capacity stated below or
otherwise, and to file, any and all amendments to this registration statement, including any
post-effective amendments.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
/s/ Gale E. Klappa
Gale E. Klappa, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief
August 7, 2009
Executive Officer and Director — Principal Executive Officer
/s/ Allen L. Leverett
Allen L. Leverett, Executive Vice President and Chief
August 7, 2009
Financial Officer — Principal Financial Officer
/s/ Stephen P. Dickson
Stephen P. Dickson, Vice President and
August 7, 2009
Controller — Principal Accounting Officer
/s/ John F. Bergstrom
John F. Bergstrom, Director
August 7, 2009
/s/ Barbara L. Bowles
Barbara L. Bowles, Director
August 7, 2009
/s/ Patricia W. Chadwick
Patricia W. Chadwick, Director
August 7, 2009
/s/ Robert A. Cornog
Robert A. Cornog, Director
August 7, 2009
/s/ Curt S. Culver
Curt S. Culver, Director
August 7, 2009
/s/ Thomas J. Fischer
Thomas J. Fischer, Director
August 7, 2009
/s/ Ulice Payne, Jr.
Ulice Payne, Jr., Director
August 7, 2009
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/s/ Frederick P. Stratton, Jr.
Frederick P. Stratton, Jr., Director
August 7, 2009
The Plan.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other
persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this registration statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Milwaukee,
State of Wisconsin, on August 7, 2009.
WISCONSIN ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
By
/s/ Jeffrey West
Jeffrey West, Vice President and Treasurer of Wisconsin
Energy Corporation; Member of the Employee Benefits Committee
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