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2019 Annual Report

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MGE Energy

2019 annual report 

Table of Contents

MGE Energy, Inc. 

MGE  Energy  is  an  investor-owned 
public  utility  holding  company 
headquartered  in  the  state  capital 
of Madison, Wis. MGE Energy is the 
parent  company  of  Madison  Gas 
and Electric Co. The utility provides 
natural  gas  and  electric  service  in 
south-central and western Wisconsin. 
Assets total approximately $2 billion. 
In 2019, revenue was approximately 
$569 million. See the Corporate Profile 
on the inside back cover.

  1.  2019 Highlights 

  2.  Letter to our shareholders

  6.  Delivering a cleaner future

  8.   Building new connections 

with our customers

 10.   Driving opportunity

 12.   Powering community

 14.  Corporate leadership

 16.  Shareholder information

Financials: Form 10-K

About the cover

Our complex world increasingly depends 
on safe, reliable, affordable and sustainable 
energy to power our daily lives and our 
local economy. As your community energy 
company,  Madison  Gas  and  Electric 
(MGE) is a critical services provider and 
community partner, dedicated to serving 
our  customers  and  to  enriching  the 
areas we serve, including the evolving 
Capitol East District near our corporate 
headquarters in downtown Madison, Wis.   

MGE Energy (MGEE)

Year at a Glance 
(Thousands, except per share amounts and shares outstanding)

2019

2018

Increase/(Decrease) % Change

Total Market Value (Dec. 31)

$  2,732,561 

$  2,078,715

Market Price Per Share (Dec. 31)

Book Value Per Share

$ 

$ 

78.82 

24.68 

$ 

$ 

59.96

23.56

Average Shares Outstanding

  34,668,370 

  34,668,370

Shares Outstanding at Year-End

  34,668,370

  34,668,370

$ 653,846

$  18.86

$ 

1.12 

- 

-

Operating Revenues

$  568,855 

$  559,768

$  9,087

Net Income

Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share

Dividends Declared Per Share

$ 

$ 

$ 

86,874 

2.51 

1.38 

$ 

$ 

$ 

2.43

1.32

84,219

$  2,655

Dividend Payout Ratio

            55.0%

           54.3%

Total Assets

$  2,081,664

$  1,988,618

$  93,046 

Total Retail Electric Sales (kWh)

   3,213,882 

   3,289,425

Total Gas Deliveries (therms)

291,786 

282,700

(75,543) 

9,086 

For detailed financial information, see the 2019 MGE Energy Form 10-K.

Earnings Per Share
(2015 – 2019)

Capital Expenditures
(in millions)

$ 

$ 

0.08

0.06 

0.7%

31.5

31.5

4.8

0.0

0.0

1.6

3.2

3.3

4.5

1.3

4.7

-2.3

3.2

$2.06

$2.18

$2.82*

$2.43

$2.51

$212

$226

$224

$164

$137

$108

$84

$72

$250,000

$200,000

$150,000

$100,000

$50,000

0

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

* Includes one-time tax benefit of 62 cents per share 
  due to tax act.

2020
forecast

2021
forecast

2022
forecast

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Letter to our 
shareholders

We are working toward 
net-zero carbon electricity 
for the benefit of all those 
we serve.

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“ MGE is committed to ensuring 
our ongoing transition to cleaner 
energy sources will serve 
all customers while building 
customer and shareholder value.” 

Your community energy company is delivering 
on its vision of a more sustainable future, driven 
by cost-effective, clean energy investments and 
partnerships to grow the use of new technologies, 
such as electric vehicles (EV) and smart 
thermostats, with all customers. 

Our goals are bold. Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) 
was among the first utilities to announce a goal of 
net-zero carbon electricity by 2050. MGE’s target 
reflects our commitment to long-term sustainability 
and to our customers and the communities that 
rely on a robust community grid for safe, reliable, 
affordable and sustainable energy.

To achieve deep decarbonization, we are partnering 
with those we serve to decarbonize our electricity 
generation, building clean energy projects and 
expanding customer programs, like Shared Solar. 
We are engaging around energy efficiency, joining 
forces to make smart thermostats available to 
lower-income households, and we are working to 
grow the use of EVs with new tools and forward-
thinking collaborations. MGE is seizing opportunities 
to build long-term value for our customers and 
loyal shareholders.

Chairman, President and CEO Jeff Keebler at the restored 
Garver Feed Mill in the city of Madison.

Strong financial performance

In 2019, we reported earnings of $2.51 per share, compared 
to $2.43 per share in 2018. Earnings for 2019 were positively 
impacted by an increase in owned renewable generation 
assets, namely our Saratoga Wind Farm, and colder weather 
in the first quarter of 2019.

We understand the importance of dividend growth and 
stock price appreciation for our investors. MGE Energy has 
increased the dividend for 44 consecutive years and paid 
dividends for more than 110 years. No other Wisconsin utility 
or utility holding company matches our history of dividend 
increases. The financial publisher Mergent consistently 
recognizes MGE Energy as a “Dividend Achiever.” 

In 2019, your Board of Directors increased the annual 
dividends paid per share by 4.5% to $1.38. In the last five 
years, shareholders have seen 24% dividend growth.

and reinvested dividends. Throughout the last five years, 
MGE Energy’s annualized total return was 14%, outpacing 
the Russell 2000, S&P 500 and EEI Investor-Owned Electric 
Utilities. A $1,000 investment in MGE Energy, with dividends 
reinvested, would have grown to $1,932 during the five years 
ending Dec. 31, 2019. 

MGE continues to maintain the highest credit ratings of 
any investor-owned combination utility in the nation from 
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) and Moody’s. Value Line also gives 
MGE Energy top marks for investment safety and its highest 
grades for financial strength. 

Cumulative Total Return Comparison
(assumes $1,000 investment on 12/31/14 with dividends reinvested)

$2,000

MGEE $1,932

We also have seen steady appreciation in our stock price. 
MGE Energy shares closed 2019 at $78.82, which is an 
increase from $59.96 at the close of 2018. Throughout the last 
five years, the price of MGE Energy stock has outpaced the 
national indices of the S&P 500 and the Russell 2000. In the 
last 10 years, our stock price has more than tripled.

$1,000
investment

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

An important indicator of your investment’s performance, 
total return is the combination of stock price appreciation 

MGE Energy
14.07%

S&P 500 
11.70%

EEI Investor-Owned Electrics 
10.46%

Russell 2000
8.23%

250.0

2009 – 2019 Stock Price Performance

%
Change

0.0

MGEE
231%

190%

167%

MGE Top Credit Quality

S&P
Corporate Credit: AA-
Outlook: Stable

Moody’s
Secured: Aa2
Unsecured: A1
Outlook: Stable  

MGEE Value Line Ratings

Safe Investment
No. 1

Financial Strength
A+

-50.0

2009

2011

MGEE

2013

2015

2017

2019

S&P 500

Russell 2000

MGE Energy compared to the S&P 500 and the Russell 2000.

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Top left: Debbie and Allen Guilette, surrounded by their family, host two wind turbines on their property for MGE’s Rosiere Wind Farm, 
which celebrated 20 years in operation in 2019. Top right: MGE works with Madison-based kitchen appliance manufacturer Sub-Zero 
Group, Inc., to support the company’s energy goals and partnered to implement an electric vehicle workplace charging program. We 
also are working with the company’s energy team to power Sub-Zero’s expanding campus near Madison with solar energy under MGE’s 
innovative Renewable Energy Rider. Bottom left: MGE’s network of more than 40 public charging stations, all powered by green energy, 
includes this new Level 2 charging station at the Garver Feed Mill, a restored historic property on Madison’s near east side. Bottom  
right: Electric system operations crews return to the massive Judge Doyle Square construction project in downtown Madison after  
crews installed four transformers in an underground vault to serve the site as part of MGE’s downtown network.

Sustainable energy for future generations

Twenty years ago, MGE built the largest wind farm east of the 
Mississippi River, our 11-megawatt (MW) Rosiere Wind Farm. 
MGE worked with several landowners, including Debbie and 
Allen Guilette, to bring the wind farm to 30 acres in Kewaunee 
County, Wis. Rosiere came online in 1999 as one of the first 
wind farms in the entire upper Midwest. MGE has extended its 
contract with landowners who host the 17 turbines, which will 
continue to generate clean energy for years to come.

MGE is building upon its record of industry leadership, 
continuing to grow its use of clean energy generation. In 
2015, MGE introduced its Energy 2030 framework for a more 
sustainable future. The framework lays out foundational 
objectives, one of which reinforces our commitment to 
ensuring all our customers benefit from MGE’s transition to 
cleaner energy sources. Since 2015, MGE has announced 
an estimated $350 million in cost-effective, utility-scale wind 

and solar generation, equating to a roughly 600% increase in 
owned renewable capacity that will serve all customers with 
renewable energy. 

Our 66-MW, $108 million Saratoga Wind Farm came online 
in early 2019. In the fall, representatives from the City of 
Middleton and the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District 
joined MGE to break ground on a 5-MW solar array at the 
Middleton Municipal Airport. The nearly $9 million Morey Field 
Solar project is one of four solar projects in development 
in 2020. 

MGE is partnering with Dane County to serve its operations 
with solar energy from a proposed 9-MW array to be built this 
year at Dane County Regional Airport. MGE will own the solar 
infrastructure, lease the land at the airport from Dane County 
and sell the energy to the County. The $16 million project 
helps MGE and the County reach their clean energy goals.

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MGE also is investing an estimated $195 million in the  
Badger Hollow Solar Farm and the Two Creeks Solar project. 
In February 2020, MGE obtained preliminary approval from 
state regulators to purchase another 50 MW from the second 
phase of Badger Hollow, expected in 2021. The two Wisconsin 
projects will deliver 150 MW of cost-effective, clean energy  
to our community grid. 

area, like much of the Midwest, experienced record cold 
temperatures, leading to three days of historic gas usage on 
our distribution system. MGE’s Energy Supply and Trading 
department actively monitors the weather as well as interstate 
pipeline conditions and system load to ensure natural gas 
deliveries to MGE’s system keep up with customer demand.

Anticipating the needs of and exceeding the expectations 
of our customers are part of our mission and our long-term 
growth. With customer service a top priority, MGE developed 
our Renewable Energy Rider (RER). It gives MGE the ability 
to tailor a renewable energy solution to meet a customer’s 
specific energy needs. 

MGE is working with family-owned Sub-Zero Group, Inc., 
maker of Sub-Zero, Wolf and Cove premium kitchen 
appliances. Under an RER agreement, MGE will supply the 
company’s manufacturing facilities and expanding operations 
in Fitchburg, Wis., with electricity from the nearby O’Brien 
Solar Fields. If approved, the proposed project of up to 20 MW 
just outside of Madison is expected to serve a number of large 
MGE customers under RER agreements. 

MGE also is moving forward RER agreements with the City of 
Madison and the Madison Metropolitan School District, both 
of which would be served by a proposed 7-MW solar array 
to be built near Madison in 2021. The RER program grows 
locally based clean energy and advances large customers’ 
sustainability goals.

Top-ranked reliability to support our local economy

MGE remains a national leader in electric reliability. We 
continue to invest in our systems and capabilities to meet our 
fundamental obligation as a critical services provider. We also 
are investing to enable and to manage a dynamic, resilient 
electric grid that supports new technology such as distributed 
energy sources like solar and battery storage.

For 2018, MGE’s electric service reliability ranked number 
one in the country for the fewest number of electric outages, 
according to an annual industry survey of more than 80 
electric utilities. MGE has ranked in the top three utilities  
in the country for the fewest number of outages in each  
of the last 12 years, according to the survey. 

Our safe, reliable natural gas service helps to maintain the 
health of our community. In late January 2019, the Madison 

Driving the enterprise forward 

In recent years, we have introduced Enterprise Forward, our 
multiyear, enterprise-wide initiative to replace and upgrade 
internal systems, enabling MGE’s transition to a digital, 
integrated utility. These improvements include enhancing 
the customer experience with increased capabilities to 
communicate with customers and to offer the customized 
programs, products and services expected of a community 
energy company for the future.

Our internal technological transformation is underway 
alongside our transition to greater sustainability. Our net-
zero carbon electricity goal is based on the latest climate 
science from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 
(IPCC), which identifies pathways and actions needed to 
limit global warming to 1.5° Celsius. Our strategies are 
consistent with those identified by the international IPCC, 
and MGE is working with renowned climate experts from 
the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Nelson Institute for 
Environmental Studies to evaluate our goal for achieving 
deep decarbonization to ensure it is consistent with the 
IPCC assessment. 

Accomplishing net-zero carbon electricity will require the 
use of technologies not yet cost-effective or commercially 
available on a large scale, such as battery storage, but 
technology is evolving rapidly. Our net-zero carbon goal 
reflects our vision and signals our direction, but it does not 
determine our pace. We are working today as aggressively 
and cost-effectively as we can toward deep decarbonization 
for the benefit of our customers, shareholders and greater 
community. We thank you for your investment in this journey 
with us toward a stronger, more sustainable future.

Jeffrey M. Keebler 
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

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Delivering a 
cleaner future

We are seizing opportunities to 
invest in cost-effective renewable 
energy in pursuit of our goals.

Our investments in large-scale 
clean generation help to ensure 
all customers benefit from 
sustainable energy.

All of the turbines at our newest, largest wind 
farm began generating carbon-free electricity 
in February 2019. MGE’s Saratoga Wind Farm, 
located in Howard County, Iowa, about 200 
miles west of Madison, is the company’s fourth 
wind farm. More than 30 turbines dot the rural 
landscape, delivering clean electricity to the grid. 

At nearly 500-feet tall, Saratoga’s modern 
turbines stretch higher to take advantage of 
faster wind speeds. The blades sweep an area 
longer than a football field. The larger blades 
help to increase the amount of energy captured 
from the wind, which increases Saratoga’s 
efficiency compared to other wind farms. The 
towers’ individual footprints, however, measure 
only 18 feet across, allowing local farmers to 
continue to cultivate the land surrounding them. 

Within the last 12 years, we have grown our wind 
capacity from 11 megawatts (MW) to 153 MW. 
Wind power has decreased in cost, increased in 
efficiency and carries no fuel costs, all of which 
help MGE to deliver on our commitment to 
provide safe, reliable, affordable and sustainable 
energy to all customers. MGE continues to seek 
additional opportunities to grow our investment 
in wind power.

The sun rises over the rural landscape surrounding our 
Saratoga Wind Farm’s 33 turbines. The Iowa wind farm 
produces enough carbon-free electricity to serve about 
47,000 households. 

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Community partners help us grow local clean energy. 

Growing our use of renewable energy is one of our strategies for achieving 
deep decarbonization and our goal of net-zero carbon electricity by 2050. 
By partnering with large customers, such as municipalities, local schools, 
businesses and others, we can advance shared sustainability goals. 

One such example is our partnership with the City of Middleton and the 
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District (MCPASD). Thirty percent of MGE’s 
5-megawatt (MW) Morey Field Solar project at the Middleton Municipal Airport 
will serve the City and the school district under Renewable Energy Rider 
agreements with MGE. Our Renewable Energy Rider is designed for large 
customers seeking a customized clean energy solution. The customer pays for 
costs associated with sourcing the renewable generation and for distributing the 
energy to the customer. 

One MW of the Morey Field Solar array will serve nine local school buildings. 
The superintendent says the district’s support for clean energy fits with its 
mission to educate students as members of their local community as well  
as the broader, global society.

A 0.5-MW share will serve the City, helping Middleton reach its near-term 
goal of 25% renewable energy for City operations by 2025 and 100% by 
2035. The Morey Field Solar project builds upon MGE’s existing clean energy 
partnership with the City. In early 2017, MGE’s first Shared Solar project, 
located on the roof of Middleton’s Municipal Operations Center, began serving 
Shared Solar participants.

Large solar projects capture the power of the sun for all.

A key, foundational objective in our clean energy transition is ensuring all 
customers benefit from the use of new, sustainable technologies. Like wind 
turbine technology, the cost of utility-scale solar has decreased, dropping about 
80% in less than 10 years, and the technology has improved in productivity. Our 
investments in large, cost-effective solar projects deliver carbon-free energy  
to all customers.

MGE is purchasing 150 MW of solar capacity from two Wisconsin projects.  
The Badger Hollow Solar Farm is located in southwestern Wisconsin where  
the Bishop family has farmed for decades. The family is leasing some of its land  
for the 300-MW project. Brad Bishop says payments from the project will help  
to keep the farm in the family for future generations. 

MGE will own 100 MW of the Badger Hollow Solar Farm. MGE also is investing 
in 50 MW from the 150-MW Two Creeks Solar project in northeastern Wisconsin. 
Both Two Creeks Solar and the Badger Hollow Solar Farm will feature native 
ground cover to attract pollinators and to enhance wildlife habitat.

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Top: Dr. Dana Monogue, Superintendent of the 
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, 
and Gurdip Brar, Mayor of the city of Middleton, 
stand in the library at Kromrey Middle School, 
one of nine buildings that will be powered by 
clean energy through the district’s and the 
City’s partnership with MGE.

Bottom: Brad Bishop (far right) is leasing part 
of his family’s farm to the 300-MW Badger 
Hollow Solar Farm in Iowa County, Wis. He says 
payments from the project will help keep the 
farm in the family for future generations.

Building new  
connections with 
our customers

Our new and emerging  
customer offerings  
foster relationships  
around energy  
technologies.

Lauren and Kuba Krzyzostaniak participate in MGE’s smart 
thermostat program, MGE Connect, which enables MGE to make 
minor temperature adjustments to household thermostats during 
summertime periods of peak energy use. The program tests the 
potential for using smart devices to help manage the grid. 

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Energy efficiency is 
considered a key strategy 
for achieving deep 
decarbonization. 

MGE is advancing new technologies in 
partnership with our customers to help 
manage our collective use of energy. 
By employing new technologies to help 
customers save—whether through remote 
management of smart thermostats or 
electric vehicle (EV) home charging 
stations—we can better manage our 
grid, our environmental impact and 
long-term costs for all customers 
and help participating customers use 
energy efficiently.

Last summer, we launched MGE Connect™, 
an expansion of our smart thermostat 
demand response pilot program. With 
nearly 1,000 customers enrolled using a 
variety of smart thermostats, MGE tests the 
use of these Wi-Fi-connected devices to 
help manage the grid during summertime 
periods of peak electricity demand. 
Working with our partner, EnergyHub®, 
we are able to make minor temperature 
increases to household air conditioners 
during these periods with minimal, if any, 
impact on comfort. 

Lauren and Kuba Krzyzostaniak signed 
up for MGE Connect after moving into 
their home on Madison’s near east side. 
Lauren, who works from home, says she 
barely noticed the remote thermostat 
adjustments, which can last two to four 
hours. Customers can opt out of the 
adjustments at any time.

Shared Solar makes it easier than ever for customers to go solar.

MGE’s Residential and Community Services team works with our residential 
customers and community organizations to understand their needs and to share 
information about energy efficiency, electric and gas safety, and new programs, 
such as our unique community solar program, Shared Solar.

Building on the success of our first Shared Solar project, MGE is expanding the 
optional program with a 5-megawatt solar array at Middleton Municipal Airport. 
Seventy percent of the solar project will serve the program. With minimal 
up-front cost, Shared Solar offers customers who either cannot or choose not to 
install solar panels themselves the opportunity to power their home or business 
with locally generated solar from MGE. 

MGE partnered in summer with the Madison Area Chinese Community 
Organization to host multiple workshops introducing the expansion of the 
popular program. Partnerships such as this enable MGE to better communicate 
our programs, products and services with our diverse customer base. Dozens of 
people attended to hear from MGE energy experts about the convenience and 
affordability of Shared Solar. 

The solar project, known as Morey Field Solar, will feature panels capable 
of tracking the sun throughout the day, resulting in about 25% more energy 
harvested compared to fixed panels. The program’s share of the array will serve 
the equivalent of approximately 1,100 households. 

Our EV charging program enhances sustainability in the workplace.

It’s fair to say Jay Sandvick is an electric vehicle (EV) enthusiast. He has driven 
an EV for almost 10 years. He used his background and expertise to work 
with MGE to launch an EV workplace charging program at Madison-Kipp 
Corporation (MKC), a Madison-based maker of high-pressure, aluminum die 
castings and other components used in various manufacturing industries, 
including transportation.

MGE helped Sandvick initiate an employee survey and determine the optimal 
charging equipment and location at the 120-year-old business. The survey 
revealed high interest in offering workplace charging with 50% of respondents 
reporting they would consider an EV if they could charge at work. 

Sandvick and other MKC employees and guests keep their EVs charged at 
the charging station outside of the office. Sandvick says the chargers have 
generated more awareness of and discussion at the company about the 
benefits of EVs. 

MKC is one of a growing number of local businesses embracing EV charging 
for both sustainability and employee recruitment and retention. MGE seeks to 
partner with all of our customers to enable the use of new technologies to meet 
customers’ needs and to achieve our long-term goals.

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Top: MGE’s Residential and Community 
Services team works to engage customers 
directly. Last summer, energy experts partnered 
with the Madison Area Chinese Community 
Organization to host workshops where 
attendees could learn about and sign up  
for our Shared Solar program.

Bottom: Mark Sheppard, Environment, Health 
and Safety Manager, and Jay Sandvick, Senior 
Automation/Controls Engineer, worked to 
implement a workplace charging program at 
Madison-Kipp Corp. with help from MGE. 

Driving  
opportunity

We are partnering in  
new ways to grow our 
business.

MGE is partnering with the ridesharing company Lyft to grow the use 
of electric vehicles (EV). EV drivers at Dane County Regional Airport 
will be able to charge at a new DC fast-charging station from MGE.

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Our collaborations with Lyft and 
other partners help to spread 
awareness of the benefits of 
“going electric.” 

The use of ridesharing services, such as Lyft, has 
increased dramatically in recent years. It’s common 
to see ridesharing drivers operating at Dane County 
Regional Airport, which sees about two million 
travelers each year. 

MGE is partnering with Lyft to grow the use of 
electric vehicles (EV) in the Madison area. MGE  
and Lyft are offering a $500 bonus to new  
EV drivers who sign up to drive with Lyft.

The largest contributor of U.S. greenhouse gas 
(GHG) emissions, transportation accounts for 29% 
of GHG emissions in the U.S. The electrification of 
transportation is a key strategy for reducing carbon 
emissions. Our partnership with Lyft helps to reduce 
emissions, grow the use of EVs and highlight their 
benefits. Riders get to experience first-hand what 
EVs have to offer.

MGE also continues to facilitate charging options 
across our community, including at Dane County 
Regional Airport where Lyft drivers and others will 
be able to charge at a DC fast-charging station 
powered by green energy. DC fast chargers 
typically provide 60 to more than 80 miles of  
range in about 20 minutes.

We are helping to educate our community’s next generation. 

The City of Madison’s Fleet Service building served as the backdrop for a 
one-of-a-kind fall field trip for students from James Madison Memorial High 
School. The students, enrolled in engineering and consumer auto classes, 
visited to see and to learn about the City’s growing fleet of EVs and the future 
of transportation. 

MGE, the City of Madison, the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) and 
Madison College teamed up to facilitate the daylong field trip, which included 
a stop at MGE. Gathered by MGE’s public DC fast charger, students learned 
from MGE staff in Energy Products and Services about the different levels of EV 
charging. MGE has a public charging network of more than 40 green-powered 
charging stations, including four DC fast chargers.

MGE has a long history of partnering with our community and its schools to 
offer our youth lessons in safety, energy efficiency, renewable energy and 
new technologies. We continue to work with MMSD teachers and staff to bring 
an EV curriculum into the schools. The program uses real-world EV charging 
station data to help students learn about sustainability, STEM disciplines and 
sustainable transportation. 

Our team works to enable EV charging where it’s most popular.

The number of EVs on the road continues to grow. One of the reasons for their 
increasing popularity—convenience. Driving an EV means no more trips to the 
gas station to fill up when drivers can “fuel up” from the convenience of their 
home. More than 80% of EV charging happens at home. 

Sabrina Guger understands the value of offering EV charging where people live. 
She manages several downtown Madison properties for Urban Land Interests 
(ULI), a longtime developer and provider of hundreds of residential rental units 
in the city of Madison.

Guger oversees Nine Line at the Yards across from Monona Bay. The 80-unit 
building features underground parking with EV charging for tenants. Guger 
worked with MGE to install EV charging stations at several ULI buildings after 
getting requests from residents and prospective tenants. “People want to 
charge when they’re home,” Guger says.

MGE works with many property managers, developers and owners of apartment 
buildings who say offering EV charging helps them to stay competitive. MGE 
staff help these customers navigate the process for getting a charging station 
installed and a charging program for tenants underway.

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Top: MGE’s Jim Jenson and Debbie Branson, 
City of Madison Fleet Program Manager Tyson 
Roessler and Memorial High School Teacher 
Miles Tokheim gave local high school students 
a look at the future of transportation with a 
daylong EV field trip.

Bottom: Sabrina Guger, Property Manager 
for Urban Land Interests, worked with MGE 
to launch EV charging at several Madison 
apartment buildings.

Powering 
community

We work to fuel innovation 
and inspiration to enrich our 
community in many ways.

The MGE Foundation helps to 
support community resources  
for all to enjoy. 

Our community’s next generation can get a hands-on 
lesson in renewable energy and new energy 
technologies at the Madison Children’s Museum 
(MCM). With support from the MGE Foundation, the 
museum’s new Rooftop Ramble exhibit features an 
interactive solar flower installation and a whimsical 
repurposed windmill, which powers a water feature. 

Sustainability is a core value at the museum. Cheryl 
DeWelt, Environmental Education Manager at the 
MCM, says improvements to its newly renovated 
green roof ensure “sustainability for all,” providing 
access and opportunity for all young people to 
explore the museum’s “paradise in the sky.” 

Inside the rooftop clubhouse, a child-sized electric 
vehicle (EV)—complete with its own charging 
station—serves to spark lessons about EVs and 
sustainable transportation. 

The MGE Foundation averages more than a million 
dollars in charitable contributions annually to our 
community’s nonprofits. The foundation is proud to 
support the MCM’s mission of educating our youth 
through discovery and fun.

Cheryl DeWelt, Environmental Education Manager at the Madison 
Children’s Museum, says the renewable energy exhibits on the 
museum’s green roof, recently renovated with support from the 
MGE Foundation, are popular with visitors. 

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Safe, reliable natural gas helps to keep our economy growing. 

American Packaging Corporation (APC) operates its 170,000-square-foot 
printing facility in DeForest, Wis., seven days a week, 24 hours a day. The three-
year-old, $50 million investment uses natural gas to help power technically 
advanced rotogravure printing presses. MGE collaborated with APC before and 
during construction to design a gas delivery system that meets APC’s critical 
needs for consistent, high-volume service with an eye toward expansion. 

With $500 million in annual sales, the company provides consumer brands with 
flexible packaging for everything from food and beverage items to health care, 
wellness and beauty products. APC continues to advance new and sustainable 
technologies, such as its “recycle ready” family of products.

The company’s rapid growth in recyclable and compostable packaging is 
already fueling another expansion in DeForest. Construction is underway for 
an additional 126,000 square feet of production space that should be ready by 
mid-2020. MGE is committed to working with our community’s businesses to 
provide safe, reliable, affordable and sustainable energy that meets their needs 
and grows a healthy local economy. 

We partner to foster innovation by our community’s entrepreneurs.

The city of Madison enjoys a robust entrepreneurial community driven, 
in part, by the area’s expanding biohealth industry. In 2019, the business 
incubator Forward BIOLABS expanded on the city’s west side in University 
Research Park, a longtime hub of innovation and affiliate of the University of 
Wisconsin-Madison.

The MGE Foundation continues to support research, innovation and economic 
development through its support of Forward BIOLABS. The life sciences 
incubator provides fully equipped and supported co-working lab space, 
eliminating the need for new and emerging biohealth companies to lease,  
equip and operate their own labs. More than a dozen companies call Forward 
BIOLABS home. 

Forward BIOLABS cofounder and CEO Jessica Martin Eckerly says biohealth 
start-ups face unique, capital-intensive challenges, which the turnkey lab at 
Forward BIOLABS is designed to address.

“Our member companies are seeking to solve critical health care problems and 
to develop solutions that save lives,” Eckerly says. “Forward BIOLABS enables 
young companies to focus their efforts on growing efficiently, giving member 
companies access to a supportive environment, resources and relationships  
to help them advance cutting-edge technologies.”

As member companies graduate from Forward BIOLABS, companies may 
transition into the 100,000-square-foot MGE Innovation Center, established  
in 1989 at University Research Park. 

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Top: American Packaging Corporation relies 
on safe and reliable natural gas service from 
MGE to help power its 170,000-square-foot 
facility in DeForest, Wis. Press Operator Megan 
Westphal keeps the presses running to deliver 
customized flexible packaging solutions.

Bottom: Jessica Martin Eckerly, cofounder and 
CEO of Forward BIOLABS, stands in laboratory 
space at the new business incubator on the 
city of Madison’s west side. With support from 
the MGE Foundation, Forward BIOLABS offers 
turnkey, state-of-the-art laboratory space 
to help young biohealth start-ups grow into 
successful companies.

Corporate leadership

Directors of MGE Energy and MGE

Marcia M. Anderson
Retired Clerk of Court of 
U.S. Bankruptcy Court - 
Western District of Wis., 
retired Major General in  
the U.S. Army
Age 62
Director since 2018

James G. Berbee
Former Chairman and  
CEO of Berbee Information 
Networks Corp., 
physician and Chair of 
the Wisconsin Alumni 
Research Foundation
Age 56
Director since 2018

Mark D. Bugher 
Retired Director of 
University Research 
Park, University of 
Wisconsin-Madison 
Age 71
Director since 2010 

Londa J. Dewey
Chief Executive Officer 
of QTI Management 
Services, Inc., a human 
resources and staffing 
company
Age 59
Director since 2008

F. Curtis Hastings
Retired Chairman of 
J. H. Findorff & Son, Inc., 
commercial and industrial 
general contractors
Age 74
Director since 1999

Jeffrey M. Keebler
Chairman, President and 
Chief Executive Officer 
of MGE Energy, Inc., 
and Madison Gas and 
Electric Co. 
Age 48
Director since 2017

James L. Possin
Certified Public 
Accountant and tax 
consultant with James L. 
Possin CPA, LLC. Former 
partner at Grant 
Thornton LLP 
Age 68
Director since 2009

Thomas R. Stolper
Former Executive Vice 
President and Director 
of ProActive Solutions 
USA LLC, management 
consultant at Purple 
Cow Organics and 
Deibel Laboratories
Age 71
Director since 2008

Gary J. Wolter
Former Chairman, 
President and Chief 
Executive Officer of 
MGE Energy, Inc.,  
and Madison Gas and 
Electric Co.
Age 65
Director since 2000

Note: Ages as of Dec. 31, 2019.
For detailed information on board members, see the MGE Energy Proxy Statement.

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Officers of MGE Energy and MGE

Jeffrey M. Keebler1 
Chairman, President and 
Chief Executive Officer
Age 48
Years of Service, 24

Jeffrey C. Newman1
Executive Vice President, 
Chief Financial Officer, 
Secretary and Treasurer
Age 57
Years of Service, 35

Lynn K. Hobbie
Executive Vice President -  
Marketing and 
Communications
Age 61
Years of Service, 34

Cari Anne Renlund
Vice President and 
General Counsel
Age 46
Years of Service, 5 

Donald D. Peterson
Vice President -  
Energy Technology
Age 60
Years of Service, 37

Jared J. Bushek
Vice President - Finance 
and Chief Information 
Officer
Age 39
Years of Service, 9

Tamara J. Johnson
Vice President - 
Accounting and Controller
Age 55
Years of Service, 26

Gregory A. Bollom
Assistant Vice President 
and Regulatory 
Consultant 
Age 59
Years of Service, 37

Marshall S. Heyworth 
Assistant Vice President - 
Human Resources
Age 63
Years of Service, 6

James J. Lorenz
Assistant Vice President - 
Electric Operations
Age 53
Years of Service, 32

Scott R. Smith
Assistant Vice President - 
Business and Regulatory 
Strategy
Age 48
Years of Service, 3

Ted L. Wadzinski
Assistant Vice President - 
Gas Operations
Age 55
Years of Service, 8

1. Officers of MGE Energy and MGE. All others are MGE officers. 
Note: Ages and years of service as of Dec. 31, 2019.

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Shareholder information

2020 Expected Record and Dividend Payment Dates

MGEE Common Stock

Record Dates 
March 1 
June 1 
Sept. 1 
Dec. 1  

Payment Dates
March 15
June 15
Sept. 15
Dec. 15 

Direct Stock Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan
The Direct Stock Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan 
provides a low-cost alternative to traditional retail brokerage 
methods of purchasing, holding and selling MGE Energy, Inc., 
Common Stock.

To review the Prospectus and to enroll, visit 
computershare.com/mgee or contact Computershare  
to request an enrollment package. This is not an offer to sell  
or a solicitation to buy any securities. Any stock offering will  
be made by Prospectus only.

Materials Available
More financial information is available upon request or on our 
website, mgeenergy.com, including the Direct Stock Purchase  
and Dividend Reinvestment Plan.

Sign Up For Electronic Delivery
You may choose to receive email alerts when annual meeting 
invitations, proxy materials, the annual report and newsletters are 
available on our website. Shareholders can sign up by visiting 
mgeenergy.com/paperless. 

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Corporate Responsibility
MGE Energy is committed to being a responsible corporate 
citizen in meeting the needs and interests of our customers, 
shareholders and community. 

Our Board provides oversight with respect to the company’s 
long-term strategic plans and business initiatives; environmental 
and sustainability performance; enterprise-wide risk assessment 
and management; major capital projects and investments,  
new technologies, and industry changes; and fiscal and 
budget matters. 

Visit mgeenergy.com/corpgov for more information.

2020 Annual Shareholder Meeting
Tuesday, May 19, 2020  
Madison Marriott West 
1313 John Q. Hammons Drive  
Middleton, Wis.

Stock Listing
•  MGE Energy common stock trades on The Nasdaq 

Stock Market®

•  Stock symbol: MGEE
•  Listed in newspaper stock tables as MGE

Shareholder Account Information
Please notify us promptly if:
•  A stock certificate is lost or stolen.
•  A dividend check or statement is not received within  

10 days of the scheduled payment date. 

•  Your name or address changes.

Online Account Access
MGE Energy’s transfer agent, Computershare, provides registered 
shareholders with secure online account access. Shareholders 
may view share balances, account statements, tax documents 
and market value as well as perform various transactions.

Visit computershare.com/mgee for more information.

To contact Computershare by mail: 
MGE Energy Shareholder Services 
c/o Computershare Trust Company, N.A. 
PO Box 505005 
Louisville KY 40233-5005

For overnight delivery:  
MGE Energy Shareholder Services  
c/o Computershare Trust Company, N.A. 
462 South 4th Street, Suite 1600 
Louisville KY 40202

By email:  
web.queries@computershare.com

By phone:  
Toll-free: (800) 356-6423 
Madison area: (608) 252-4744

MGE Energy Online
Registered shareholders also can access their account 
information by visiting the MGE Energy website. Go to 
mgeenergy.com and click the Shareholder Login link.

MGE Energy Shareholder Services
Madison-based staff are available to assist shareholders in 
person at our corporate headquarters by appointment between 
the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (CT) Monday through Friday. 
We are located at 623 Railroad St. in Madison, Wis. 

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Corporate profile

MGE Energy, Inc. 
MGE  Energy  is  the  parent  company  of 
Madison Gas and Electric Co. (MGE) and its 
divisions,  which  serve  natural  gas  and 
electric  customers  in  south-central  and 
western Wisconsin.

MGE  Transco  Investment,  LLC,  holds  an 
ownership interest in ATC, LLC, which invests 
in 
transmission  assets,  primarily 
within Wisconsin.

MGEE Transco, LLC, holds an ownership 
interest  in  ATC  Holdco,  which  invests  in 
transmission  assets  outside  ATC,  LLC, 
service territory. 

MGE Power, LLC, owns assets in the West 
Campus Cogeneration Facility at Madison, 
Wis., and the Elm Road Generating Station 
at Oak Creek, Wis.

MAGAEL,  LLC,  holds  title  to  properties 
acquired for future utility plant expansion. 

Central  Wisconsin  Development  Corp. 
promotes  business  growth  in  MGE’s 
service area.

North Mendota Energy & Technology Park, 
LLC,  owns  property  and  serves  as  the 
development entity for the property. 

MGE Services, LLC, provides construction 
and other services. 

Learn more at mgeenergy.com

Madison Gas and
Electric Company

MGE Transco
Investment, LLC

MGEE Transco, LLC

MGE Power, LLC

MAGAEL, LLC

Central Wisconsin
Development
Corporation

MGE Services, LLC

MGE Power
West Campus, LLC

MGE Power
Elm Road, LLC

North Mendota
Energy & Technology
Park, LLC

MGE Natural Gas Services
Purchase and Distribution 
Customers: 163,000
Population: 458,000
Area: 1,684 square miles

Counties served: Columbia, Crawford, Dane, 
Iowa, Juneau, Monroe and Vernon

MGE Electric Services
Generation and Distribution 
Customers: 155,000
Population: 331,000 
Area: 264 square miles

Communities served: Cross Plains, Fitchburg, 
Madison, Maple Bluff, McFarland, Middleton, 
Monona and Shorewood Hills

Generating  facilities:  Blount  Generating 
Station, West Campus Cogeneration Facility, 
Shared Solar at Middleton, solar units and 
combustion turbines at Madison, natural gas 
combustion turbine at Marinette, Rosiere 
Wind  Farm  in  Kewaunee  County,  Two 
Creeks Solar in Manitowoc County (under 
construction), Forward Energy Center wind 
farm in Dodge and Fond du Lac counties, 
Columbia Energy Center at Portage, Elm 
Road Generating Station at Oak Creek, Top 
of Iowa Wind Farm in north-central Iowa, 
Saratoga Wind Farm in northeast Iowa and 
Badger Hollow Solar Farm in Iowa County 
(under construction)

Learn more at mge.com

Building your 
community energy 
company for the future.

Learn more at mgeenergy.com

P.O. Box 1231 
Madison, WI 53701-1231

MGE is committed to environmental stewardship. This report is printed on recycled paper.