Michael Hooper

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer — WEC Energy Group
President — We Energies, Wisconsin Public Service, Minnesota Energy Resources and Michigan Gas Utilities

Michael Hooper was named president — We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service in April 2024, and chief operating officer — WEC Energy Group and president — Michigan Gas Utilities and Minnesota Energy Resources in May 2025.

In these roles, Hooper has senior oversight responsibility for operations across Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota, and primary responsibility for power generation, customer service, operations support services, major projects, gas engineering and electric distribution asset management.

Before joining WEC Energy Group, Hooper was president and chief operating officer of Northern Indiana Public Service Co. (NIPSCO), a subsidiary of NiSource. He previously served as senior vice president of regulatory and legislative affairs and strategy, senior vice president of electric operations, and vice president of major projects for NiSource. Before joining NiSource, he held a variety of leadership positions with American Electric Power, working for 15 years in power generation and capital project management.

Hooper holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from West Virginia Institute of Technology and is a graduate of the Strategic Leadership Program from the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University.