---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000107815-25-000189"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WEC"
cik: "0000783325"
company_name: "WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2025-05-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T00:56:39.203557+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WEC Energy appoints Michael Hooper EVP & COO, adds utility presidencies; director Culver retires

## Summary
- Michael Hooper appointed EVP & COO effective May 11, 2025; continues as President of Wisconsin Utilities and assumes presidency of Michigan Gas Utilities and Minnesota Energy Resources.
- Base salary increased $24k to $713k annually; STPP now based on WEC Energy metrics; STPP target 85%, LTIP target 190% of base salary.
- Curt Culver retired as director on May 8, 2025; vesting of ~1,707 unvested restricted shares accelerated.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000107815-25-000189
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WEC
- cik: 0000783325
- company_name: WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-05-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/783325/000010781525000189/0000107815-25-000189-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/783325/000010781525000189/wec-20250508.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000107815-25-000189.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Curt Culver departed as director at WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC..
  - Action: completed his service as a director
  - Role: director
  source text: Curt Culver completed his service as a director on May 8, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/783325/000010781525000189/0000107815-25-000189-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael Hooper was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On May 8, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of WEC Energy Group, Inc. (the “Company” or “WEC Energy”) appointed Michael Hooper Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective May 11, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/783325/000010781525000189/0000107815-25-000189-index.htm

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