EX-24.1 6 a15-13076_1ex24d1.htm EX-24.1

Exhibit 24.1

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

April 16, 2015

 

We, the undersigned officers and directors of Wisconsin Energy Corporation (the “Company”), hereby severally constitute and appoint Gale E. Klappa, J. Patrick Keyes and Scott J. Lauber, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, a Registration Statement on Form S-3 relating to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of an indeterminate amount or number of unsecured or secured indebtedness in the form or forms of debentures, notes or other forms of indebtedness which may include senior, subordinated and junior subordinated debt securities of the Company (the “Registration Statement”), and any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, including any Registration Statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable the Company to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys or any of them, to said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

 

 

/s/ Gale E. Klappa

 

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer and Director — Principal Executive Officer

Gale E. Klappa

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ J. Patrick Keyes

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer — Principal Financial Officer

J. Patrick Keyes

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Stephen P. Dickson

 

Vice President and Controller — Principal Accounting Officer

Stephen P. Dickson

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ John F. Bergstrom

 

Director

John F. Bergstrom

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Barbara L. Bowles

 

Director

Barbara L. Bowles

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Patricia W. Chadwick

 

Director

Patricia W. Chadwick

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Curt S. Culver

 

Director

Curt S. Culver

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Thomas J. Fischer

 

Director

Thomas J. Fischer

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Henry W. Knueppel

 

Director

Henry W. Knueppel

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Ulice Payne, Jr.

 

Director

Ulice Payne, Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Mary Ellen Stanek

 

Director

Mary Ellen Stanek