---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000107815-24-000240"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WEC"
cik: "0000783325"
company_name: "WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2024-10-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T12:56:13.607285+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WEC Energy expands board to 14, elects Warner Baxter and John Lange effective Jan 1, 2025

## Summary
- Board increased from 12 to 14 directors; Baxter and Lange elected to fill new seats starting Jan 1, 2025.
- Warner Baxter retired as executive chairman of Ameren Corp. in Nov 2023; served as CEO from 2014 to 2021.
- John Lange retired as global head of Energy and Industrials Groups at Barclays in Apr 2024, after 28+ years.
- New directors will serve on no committees initially; compensated under standard non-employee director plan.
- Appointments reflect ongoing director succession planning, says the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000107815-24-000240
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WEC
- cik: 0000783325
- company_name: WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-10-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/783325/000010781524000240/0000107815-24-000240-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/783325/000010781524000240/wec-20241017.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000107815-24-000240.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Warner Baxter was elected as Director at WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of WEC Energy Group, Inc. (“WEC Energy”) increased the number of directors constituting the Board from 12 to 14 and elected Warner Baxter and John Lange to fill the vacancies, effective January 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/783325/000010781524000240/0000107815-24-000240-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Lange was elected as Director at WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of WEC Energy Group, Inc. (“WEC Energy”) increased the number of directors constituting the Board from 12 to 14 and elected Warner Baxter and John Lange to fill the vacancies, effective January 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/783325/000010781524000240/0000107815-24-000240-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.