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" WEC Energy Group From : Brendan Conway ( news media ) 414-221-4444 brendan.conway@wecenergygroup.com Beth Straka ( investment community ) 414-221-4639 beth.straka@wecenergygroup.com August 3 , 2021 WEC Energy Group reports second - quarter results News WEC Energy Group , Inc. 231 W. Michigan St. Milwaukee , WI 53203 Media Line 414-221-4444 MILWAUKEE - WEC Energy Group ( NYSE : WEC ) today reported net income of $ 276.0 million , or 87 cents per share , for the second quarter of 2021 – up from $ 241.6 million , or 76 cents per share , for the second quarter last year . - For the first six months of 2021 , the company recorded net income of $ 786.1 million , or $ 2.49 per share - up from $ 694.1 million , or $ 2.19 per share , in the corresponding period a year ago . Consolidated revenues totaled $ 4.4 billion for the first six months of 2021 , up $ 710.3 million from revenues for the first half of 2020 . " A recovering economy , continued gains in operating efficiency and warmer than normal June temperatures were major factors in our strong performance , " said Gale Klappa , executive chairman . Retail deliveries of electricity - excluding the iron ore mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula were up by 7.1 percent in the second quarter of 2021 , compared to the second quarter last year . Electricity consumption by small commercial and industrial customers was 10.4 percent higher during the second quarter of 2021. Electricity use by large commercial and industrial customers - excluding the iron ore mine rose by 14.8 percent . -more