2003

• WEC received an award from the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES) and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) at the first CERES-ACCA U.S Sustainability Reporting Awards program in New York City. The award reflects the success of WEC's first Performance Report, which the company released in December 2002.
• We Energies received the prestigious ReliabilityOne award for superior electric system reliability in 2003 in the Midwest region. The award is given by PA Consulting Group, the industry’s largest management consulting firm.
• We Energies was awarded the 2003 Award of Appreciation from the Next Door Foundation for their support of the non-profit family center in the Metcalfe Park area of Milwaukee.
• Team Energy was selected as the Outstanding Employee Volunteer program for 2003 by the Volunteer Center of Waukesha County.
• Team Energy and the youth board of the Volunteer Center of Waukesha County were recognized by the Points of Light Foundation with an award of excellence for the Join Hands Day gardening project at the Women's Center.
• We Energies was named a Tree Line USA award winner. The National Arbor Foundation, along with the National Association of State Foresters, recognize utilities that provide a quality tree care program, an annual employee tree care training program, and a tree planting and public education program.
• Fourteen We Energies employees received Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) recognition at the EPRI Delivery and Applications Awards ceremony in Monterey, California, for their contribution to ergonomics research and the publication of the "Ergonomics Handbook for the Electric Power Industry: Overhead Distribution Line Workers Intervention."
• We Energies was recognized with four awards at the National Fuel Funds Network conference in Sacramento, California for its efforts to increase awareness and raise money for the Keep Wisconsin Warm Fund (KWWF). Awards were received for:

• fund-raising items - the Stormy, Sunshine and Dutchess plush toys;
• the bill insert that requested customer donations;
• the television announcement that requested customer donations; and
• the Web site that provided customers with information about KWWF and a link to encourage donations.
• Jerry Fulmer won the Wisconsin Supplier Development Council's Vision Award.
• We Energies won the National Associaton of Minority Contractors Wisconsin Chapter Corporate Award.