MILWAUKEE, Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Wisconsin Energy Corporation (NYSE: WEC) will issue its fourth quarter and year-end 2012 earnings news release before the stock market opens on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. A conference call for security analysts is scheduled for the same day at 1:30 p.m. Central time.

To listen to webcast
Go to wisconsinenergy.com. Click 'Fourth Quarter and Year-End Earnings Release and Conference Call' and then click 'Go to webcast' at any point within 15 minutes of the presentation, which begins at 1:30 p.m. Central time.

A packet of detailed financial information will be available on the Wisconsin Energy website by 6:30 a.m. Central time on Jan. 30, 2013.

To listen to conference call
United States: Dial toll free 866-439-9410 at any point within 15 minutes of the presentation, which begins at 1:30 p.m. Central time. An audio replay of the presentation will be available through Feb. 13 at 855-859-2056. The conference ID for both the live call and the replay is 80336760.

International: Call 706-643-5658 at any point within 15 minutes of the presentation, which begins at 1:30 p.m. Central time. An audio replay of the presentation will be available through Feb. 13 at 404-537-3406. The conference ID for both the live call and the replay is 80336760.

Wisconsin Energy Corporation (NYSE: WEC), based in Milwaukee, is one of the nation's premier energy companies, serving more than 1.1 million electric customers in Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula and more than 1 million natural gas customers in Wisconsin. The company's principal utility is We Energies. The company's other major subsidiary, We Power, designs, builds and owns electric generating plants.

Wisconsin Energy Corporation (wisconsinenergy.com), a component of the S&P 500, has nearly $14 billion of assets, approximately 4,600 employees and more than 42,000 stockholders of record.

SOURCE Wisconsin Energy Corporation