Strong to severe storms knock out power for thousands across southeast Wisconsin

MILWAUKEE -- Strong to severe storms pushing across southeast Wisconsin Sunday afternoon, July 1 knocked out power across the area.We Energies' officials said as of 10 p.m. Sunday they had restored power to 29,000 customers -- with 8,500 remaining without power.We're told all available resources were being utilized to restore power as quickly as possible -- and crews would work through the night.The storms, bringing with them high winds, moved out by Sunday evening.The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch impacting all of southeast Wisconsin until 7 p.m.

Concrete falls onto gas main after water main break near 7th and Dakota

MILWAUKEE -- We Energies crews were on scene near 7th and Dakota Tuesday, June 26 for a water main break and gas leak.We're told a piece of concrete fell onto a gas main as a contractor was addressing the water main break, which caused a natural gas leak.City officials came in and shut off the water so that We Energies crews could turn off the flow of gas.

'Could not be more proud:' We Energies recognized nationally for restoration efforts in Puerto Rico

PUERTO RICO -- We Energies has received national recognition was a result of their power restoration efforts in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria hit in September.An industry trade group, the Edison Electric Institute, honored We Energies with an "Emergency Assistance Award" at a ceremony in San Diego on June 5, according to a news release from We Energies officials.According to the release, We Energies, along with their sister company Wisconsin Public Service, sent more than 70 employees to Puerto Rico in January.

We Energies 'winter moratorium' ends; customers behind on bills at risk of losing service

MILWAUKEE -- The We Energies "winter moratorium" ended Sunday, April 15.That means starting on Monday, April 16, utility companies can cut service to anyone who has fallen behind on their bills.Those who need help paying off high winter heating bills need to set up a payment plan with We Energies to avoid being disconnected."Let customers know if they have fallen behind on their bills over the winter, they need to call us.

We Energies Kenosha County coal plant shuttered

PLEASANT PRAIRIE — One of Wisconsin's largest coal power plants has permanently closed.We Energies says the Pleasant Prairie facility in Kenosha County was taken off line this week.

We Energies: Power restored to thousands in the Milwaukee area

MILWAUKEE --We Energies has restored power to more than 4,500 customers that lost it on Monday, January 22nd.The cause of the outage is unknown at this time.Anyone can monitor the outages in southeast Wisconsin with the We Energies Outage Map.