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On January 20, 2005, the Board of Directors of Wisconsin Energy Corporation amended Sections 2.03 and 2.05 of Wisconsin Energy's Bylaws in order to conform these provisions to the amendment to the Bylaws eliminating classification of the Board adopted by the stockholders of Wisconsin Energy at the 2004 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. These amendments will become effective at the 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be held on May 5, 2005.

Section 2.03 was amended to state that each Director will hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders rather than the end of a Director's term. Section 2.05 was amended to state that a Director filling a vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors will serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders rather than for the remainder of the term of the directors in the class of directors in which the vacancy occurred. The text of these amendments are attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1.

On January 20, 2005, Wisconsin Energy Corporation issued a press release announcing that it has increased the quarterly dividend to $0.22 per share, a 4.8% increase over the previous quarterly dividend of $0.21 per share. With the increase, the new annual dividend rate will be $0.88 per share. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.