---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-097892"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MGEE"
cik: "0001161728"
company_name: "MGE ENERGY INC"
filed_at: "2024-08-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T08:47:54.730399+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MGE Energy raises quarterly dividend 5.3% to $0.45, 49th consecutive annual increase

## Summary
- Quarterly dividend increased to $0.45 per share (annualized $1.80 from $1.71).
- Dividend payable Sept. 15, 2024 to shareholders of record Sept. 1, 2024.
- This marks the 49th consecutive year of dividend increases; cash dividends paid for over 110 years.
- CEO Jeff Keebler cited the company's long-term strategy and commitment to sustainable dividend growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-097892
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MGEE
- cik: 0001161728
- company_name: MGE ENERGY INC
- filed_at: 2024-08-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1161728/000095017024097892/0000950170-24-097892-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1161728/000095017024097892/mgee-20240816.htm

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