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and Exchange Commission on September 12, 2016</B></P>

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STATES</FONT></P>

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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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S-8</FONT></P>

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STATEMENT</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><I>UNDER</I></P>

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ENERGY GROUP, INC.</FONT></P>

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its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font-size: 10pt"><b>Wisconsin</b></font></td>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font-size: 10pt"><b>39-1391525</b></font></td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font-size: 10pt">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</font></td></tr>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1.5pt; text-align: center"><b>231 West Michigan Street</b></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1.5pt; text-align: center"><b>P.O. Box 1331</b></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1.5pt; text-align: center"><b>Milwaukee, Wisconsin</b></P></td>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><b>53201</b></P></td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font-size: 10pt">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font-size: 10pt">(Zip Code)</font></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>WEC Energy Group
Retirement Savings Plan</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>WEC Energy Group
Limited Retirement Savings Plan</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Full title of the plans)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Scott J. Lauber</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Executive Vice President&nbsp;&amp;
Chief Financial Officer</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">231 West Michigan Street</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">P.O. Box 1331</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(414) 221-2345</P>

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address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal"><I>Copy
to:</I></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Eric A. Koontz</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Troutman Sanders LLP</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">600 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 5200</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Atlanta, Georgia 30308-2216</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">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 definitions of
&ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; and &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 70%; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Large accelerated filer <font style="font-family: Wingdings">x</font></font></td>
    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer <font style="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</font></font></td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;<font style="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</font> (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Smaller reporting company <font style="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</font></font></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</P>

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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Title of <BR>Securities to
    be Registered</B></FONT></TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Amount
                                         to be</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Registered<SUP>(1)</SUP></B></FONT></P></TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Proposed</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Maximum</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Offering
                                         Price</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Per
                                         Share<SUP>(2)</SUP></B></FONT></P></TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Proposed</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Maximum</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Aggregate</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Offering
                                         Price<SUP>(2)</SUP></B></FONT></P></TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Amount of Registration
    <BR>Fee</B></FONT></TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 48%; text-indent: -12pt; padding-left: 12pt">Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 10%; text-align: right">1,881,000</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 10%; text-align: right">61.25</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 10%; text-align: right">115,211,250</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 10%; text-align: right">11,602</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-indent: -12pt; padding-left: 12pt">Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">19,000</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">61.25</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">1,163,750</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">117</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left">(1)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Amount to be registered consists of 1,881,000 shares
of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (&ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;) that may be issued under the WEC Energy Group Retirement
Savings Plan and 19,000 shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the WEC Energy Group Limited Retirement Savings Plan (together
with the WEC Energy Group Retirement Savings Plan, the &ldquo;Plans&rdquo;). In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of
additional shares of Common Stock that may be issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions pursuant to the adjustment provisions of the Plans. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act,
this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Plans.</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left">(2)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
fee and computed in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act, using the average of the high and low sale
prices of the Common Stock of the registrant as reported in the New York Stock Exchange consolidated reporting system on September
8, 2016.</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART I</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Information
specified in Part 1 of Form S-8 (Items 1 and 2) will be sent or given to participants in the Plans as specified by<B> </B>Rule
428(b)(1) of the Securities Act.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">PART II</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation
of Documents by Reference.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">The
following documents are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">WEC Energy Group, Inc.&rsquo;s (&ldquo;WEC&rdquo; or the &ldquo;registrant&rdquo;) Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31,
2016 and June 30, 2016.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The registrant&rsquo;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 28, 2016, February 26, 2016,
March 23, 2016 (Amendment), April 22, 2016 (Amendment), May 10, 2016, July 29, 2016 and August 15, 2016.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The description of the registrant&rsquo;s Common Stock contained in its Current Report on Form
8-K, filed on September&nbsp;1, 1999 (which updates and supersedes the description in the registrant&rsquo;s 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
such description.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">All
documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents
or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission rules (including
information furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K) shall not be deemed incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement unless specifically stated otherwise.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">Any
statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
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 that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified, to constitute
a part of this Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Description
of Securities.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interests
of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Joshua M. Erickson,
Director &ndash; Legal Services &ndash; Corporate and Finance of WEC, has passed upon the legality of the shares of Common Stock
of WEC to be issued under the Plans. Mr.&nbsp;Erickson is a full-time employee of WEC Business Services LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary
of WEC, and beneficially owns, or has options to acquire, shares of WEC&rsquo;s Common Stock.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification
of Directors and Officers.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">WEC
is incorporated under the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law (the &ldquo;WBCL&rdquo;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">Under
Section&nbsp;180.0851(1)&nbsp;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)&nbsp;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</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">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.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">Section&nbsp;180.0858(1)&nbsp;of
the WBCL 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&rsquo;s Restated Articles of Incorporation
or Bylaws, any written agreement or a resolution of the Board of Directors or shareholders.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">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 180.0850 to 180.0858 of the WBCL, for any liability incurred
in connection with a proceeding involving a federal or state statute, rule&nbsp;or regulation regulating the offer, sale or purchase
of securities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">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)&nbsp;referred to above.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">Articles&nbsp;V
and VI of WEC&rsquo;s Bylaws provides 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&rsquo;s Restated Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws do not limit the indemnification to which directors
and officers are entitled under the WBCL.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exemption
from Registration Claimed.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">The following
exhibits are filed or incorporated by reference with this Registration Statement:</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.4in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">4.1</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Restated Articles of Incorporation of the registrant, as amended
effective May 21, 2012. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended June 30, 2012, File No. 001-09057.)</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.4in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">4.2</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Articles of Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation
of the registrant, as amended. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on June 29, 2015, File No. 001-09057.)</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.4in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">4.3</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Bylaws of the registrant, as amended to May 1, 2016. (Incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2016,
File No. 001-09057.)</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.4in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">4.4</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">WEC Energy Group Retirement Savings Plan</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.4in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">4.5</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">WEC Energy Group Limited Retirement Savings Plan</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.4in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">5.1</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">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).</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.4in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">23.1</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Consent of Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.4in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">23.2</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Consent of Joshua M. Erickson (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.4in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">24.1</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Power of Attorney.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The registrant hereby undertakes that it
has submitted or will submit the Plans and any amendments thereto to the Internal Revenue Service (&ldquo;IRS&rdquo;) in a timely
manner, and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plans under Section&nbsp;401 of the Internal
Revenue Code.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertakings.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertaking
related to Rule 415 offering.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">The undersigned registrant
hereby undertakes:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;To file,
during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this 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 this 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
end 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 &ldquo;Calculation of Registration Fee&rdquo; table in the effective registration statement; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>provided, however,</I> that paragraphs
(1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section&nbsp;15(d)
of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertaking
relating <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">to filings incorporating subsequent Exchange Act documents by reference:</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">The undersigned registrant
hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&rsquo;s
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertaking
relating to filing of registration statement on Form S-8:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">Insofar as indemnification
for liabilities arising under the Securities Act 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 Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.75in">&nbsp;</P>


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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURES</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">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 September 12, 2016.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3in; text-indent: -3in">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><b>WEC ENERGY GROUP, Inc.</b></font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="width: 46%">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-size: 10pt">By:</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><font style="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Allen L. Leverett</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-size: 10pt">Allen L. Leverett</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-size: 10pt">President and Chief Executive Officer</font></td></tr>
</table>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><B><U>Signature</U></B></P>

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    <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Allen L. Leverett</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td colspan="3" style="text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Allen L. Leverett, President and Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 55%; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="width: 20%; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Scott J. Lauber</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td colspan="3" style="text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Scott J. Lauber, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">/s/ William J. Guc</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td colspan="3" style="text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">William J. Guc, Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">*</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">John F. Bergstrom, Director</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">*</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Barbara L. Bowles, Director</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">*</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">William J. Brodsky, Director</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">*</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Albert J. Budney, Jr., Director</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">*</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Patricia W. Chadwick, Director</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">*</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Curt S. Culver, Director</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">*</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Thomas J. Fischer, Director</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">*</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Paul W. Jones, Director</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">*</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Gale E. Klappa, Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">*</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Henry W. Knueppel, Director</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">*</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Ulice Payne, Jr., Director</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">*</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Mary Ellen Stanek, Director</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 6%"><font style="font-size: 10pt">* By:</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><font style="font-size: 10pt">/s/ James A. Schubilske</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="width: 54%">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-size: 10pt">James A. Schubilske</font></td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-size: 10pt">As Attorney-in-Fact</font></td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><font style="font-size: 10pt">Date:</font></td>
    <TD><font style="font-size: 10pt">September 12, 2016</font></td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><U>WEC Energy Group Retirement Savings
Plan</U>. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit
plans) 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 September 12, 2016.</P>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><b>WEC Energy Group Retirement Savings Plan</b></font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="width: 46%">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-size: 10pt">By:</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><font style="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Lisa R. George</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-size: 10pt">Lisa R. George, Director Total Rewards for WEC Energy Group, Inc. and Chair of the Employee Benefits Committee</font></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><U>WEC Energy Group Limited Retirement
Savings Plan</U>. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee
benefit plans) 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 September 12, 2016.</P>

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    <td colspan="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt"><b>WEC ENERGY GROUP LIMITED RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN</b></font></td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="width: 46%">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD><font style="font-size: 10pt">By:</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><font style="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Lisa R. George</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Lisa R. George, Director Total Rewards for WEC Energy Group, Inc. and Chair of the Employee Benefits Committee</font></td></tr>
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As filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on September 12, 2016
Registration No. 333-
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
WEC
ENERGY GROUP, INC.
(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 No.)
231 West Michigan Street
P.O. Box 1331
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
53201
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
WEC Energy Group
Retirement Savings Plan
WEC Energy Group
Limited Retirement Savings Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Scott J. Lauber
Executive Vice President &
Chief Financial Officer
231 West Michigan Street
P.O. Box 1331
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201
(414) 221-2345
(Name,
address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy
to:
Eric A. Koontz
Troutman Sanders LLP
600 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 5200
Atlanta, Georgia 30308-2216
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 definitions of
"large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Securities to
    be Registered
Amount
                                         to be
Registered
(1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
                                         Price
Per
                                         Share
(2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
                                         Price
(2)
Amount of Registration
Fee
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
1,881,000
$
61.25
$
115,211,250
$
11,602
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
19,000
$
61.25
$
1,163,750
$
117
(1)
Amount to be registered consists of 1,881,000 shares
of common stock, $0.01 par value per share ("Common Stock") that may be issued under the WEC Energy Group Retirement
Savings Plan and 19,000 shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the WEC Energy Group Limited Retirement Savings Plan (together
with the WEC Energy Group Retirement Savings Plan, the "Plans"). In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of
additional shares of Common Stock that may be issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions pursuant to the adjustment provisions of the Plans. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act,
this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Plans.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
fee and computed in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act, using the average of the high and low sale
prices of the Common Stock of the registrant as reported in the New York Stock Exchange consolidated reporting system on September
8, 2016.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS
Information
specified in Part 1 of Form S-8 (Items 1 and 2) will be sent or given to participants in the Plans as specified by
Rule
428(b)(1) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Item 3.          Incorporation
of Documents by Reference.
The
following documents are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
·
WEC Energy Group, Inc.'s ("WEC" or the "registrant") Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015.
·
The registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31,
2016 and June 30, 2016.
·
The registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 28, 2016, February 26, 2016,
March 23, 2016 (Amendment), April 22, 2016 (Amendment), May 10, 2016, July 29, 2016 and August 15, 2016.
·
The description of the registrant's Common Stock contained in its Current Report on Form
8-K, filed on September 1, 1999 (which updates and supersedes the description in the registrant's Registration Statement
on Form 8-B dated January 7, 1987, as previously updated), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating
such description.
All
documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents
or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission rules (including
information furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K) shall not be deemed incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement unless specifically stated otherwise.
Any
statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
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 that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified, to constitute
a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.          Description
of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.          Interests
of Named Experts and Counsel.
Joshua M. Erickson,
Director – Legal Services – Corporate and Finance of WEC, has passed upon the legality of the shares of Common Stock
of WEC to be issued under the Plans. Mr. Erickson is a full-time employee of WEC Business Services LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary
of WEC, and beneficially owns, or has options to acquire, shares of WEC's Common Stock.
Item 6.          Indemnification
of Directors and Officers.
WEC
is incorporated under the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law (the "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) of
the WBCL 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
or 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.
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 provides 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.
Item 7.          Exemption
from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.          Exhibits.
The following
exhibits are filed or incorporated by reference with this Registration Statement:
4.1
Restated Articles of Incorporation of the registrant, as amended
effective May 21, 2012. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended June 30, 2012, File No. 001-09057.)
4.2
Articles of Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation
of the registrant, as amended. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant's Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on June 29, 2015, File No. 001-09057.)
4.3
Bylaws of the registrant, as amended to May 1, 2016. (Incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2016,
File No. 001-09057.)
4.4
WEC Energy Group Retirement Savings Plan
4.5
WEC Energy Group Limited Retirement Savings Plan
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 Joshua M. Erickson (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney.
The registrant hereby undertakes that it
has submitted or will submit the Plans and any amendments 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 Plans under Section 401 of the Internal
Revenue Code.
Item 9.          Undertakings.
(a)          Undertaking
related to 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,
(ii)         To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this 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 this 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
end 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 this Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs
(1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement;
(2)  That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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; and
(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)          Undertaking
relating
to filings incorporating subsequent Exchange Act documents by reference:
The undersigned registrant
hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this 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 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 Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
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 September 12, 2016.
WEC ENERGY GROUP, Inc.
By:
/s/ Allen L. Leverett
Allen L. Leverett
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:
Signature
/s/ Allen L. Leverett
Allen L. Leverett, President and Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Scott J. Lauber
Scott J. Lauber, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ William J. Guc
William J. Guc, Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
*
John F. Bergstrom, Director
*
Barbara L. Bowles, Director
*
William J. Brodsky, Director
*
Albert J. Budney, Jr., Director
*
Patricia W. Chadwick, Director
*
Curt S. Culver, Director
*
Thomas J. Fischer, Director
*
Paul W. Jones, Director
*
Gale E. Klappa, Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors
*
Henry W. Knueppel, Director
*
Ulice Payne, Jr., Director
*
Mary Ellen Stanek, Director
* By:
/s/ James A. Schubilske
James A. Schubilske
As Attorney-in-Fact
Date:
September 12, 2016
WEC Energy Group Retirement Savings
Plan
. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit
plans) 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 September 12, 2016.
WEC Energy Group Retirement Savings Plan
By:
/s/ Lisa R. George
Lisa R. George, Director Total Rewards for WEC Energy Group, Inc. and Chair of the Employee Benefits Committee
WEC Energy Group Limited Retirement
Savings Plan
. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee
benefit plans) 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 September 12, 2016.
WEC ENERGY GROUP LIMITED RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
By:
/s/ Lisa R. George
Lisa R. George, Director Total Rewards for WEC Energy Group, Inc. and Chair of the Employee Benefits Committee