| MGEE Description: MGE Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a public utility holding company primarily in Wisconsin. The company operates through five segments: Regulated Electric Utility Operations; Regulated Gas Utility Operations; Nonregulated Energy Operations; Transmission Investments; and All Other. It generates, purchases, and distributes electricity; owns or leases electric generation facilities located in Wisconsin and Iowa; and plans, constructs, operates, maintains, and expands transmission facilities to provide transmission services. The company also generates electricity from coal, natural gas, fuel oil, and renewable energy sources, as well as purchases power under short and long-term commitments. In addition, it transports and distributes natural gas in a service area covering 1,678 square miles in 7 south-central Wisconsin counties. As of December 31, 2015, the company supplied electric service to approximately 146,000 customers in the cities of Fitchburg, Madison, Middleton, and Monona; and natural gas service to approximately 152,000 customers in the cities of Elroy, Fitchburg, Lodi, Madison, Middleton, Monona, Prairie du Chien, Verona, and Viroqua, as well as 24 villages and 49 townships. MGE Energy, Inc. was founded in 1855 and is based in Madison, Wisconsin. |
