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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-05-22

MGE Energy (MGEE)

Fiscal year 2025 executive and director compensation, incentive-plan design, equity activity, and governance — every figure in this brief is traceable to its exact location in the company’s SEC filing — the document, the section, the page, and the table, linked directly.

$3,613,508
Jeffrey Keebler total, FY2025
11th
CEO pay percentile vs peers
25.5:1
CEO-to-median pay ratio
94.52%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against MGEE
9 companies name MGEE as a compensation peer

Each company listed discloses MGEE in its own benchmarking peer group, as disclosed in each company's most recent proxy statement within the last two proxy seasons. Two companies are therefore absent by design: one that named MGEE in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.

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Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2025

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Jeffrey Keebler$795,833$0$1,402,881$0$865,920$531,180$17,694$3,613,508
Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer
Jared Bushek420,8680582,3160345,0443,222113,4341,464,884
Vice President – Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Cari Anne Renlund413,1800273,1830270,6070102,9531,059,923
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
James Lorenz328,6310219,1560195,382185,18858,846987,203
Vice President – Energy Operations
Lynn Hobbie389,0120214,4850220,58828,37658,427910,888
Former Executive Vice President

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY20242025
Jeffrey Keebler$3,613,508
Jared Bushek1,464,884
Cari Anne Renlund1,059,923
James Lorenz987,203
Lynn Hobbie910,888

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

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Equity transactions since the proxy statement was filed

Every insider equity transaction reported on Form 4 after the 2025 proxy statement — acquisitions, dispositions, exercises, and withholdings — and therefore not reflected in any table in that document.

InsiderRoleTransaction dateCodeSharesPriceValueSecuritySource
Jared BushekVP Chief Fin. Off. & Treasurer2026-04-17A25,000$0$0CommonForm 4 ↗

Transaction codes per Form 4: A acquisition · S open-market sale · F tax withholding · M option exercise · G gift. Value = shares × price as reported. Dividend-equivalent and fractional-share accrual rows (derivative Class A, under $10,000 and under 2,000 shares) are aggregated per date; every row appears in full below.

03

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Lynn HobbieRSU2025-03-031,056$97,860
Cari Anne RenlundPSU2025-03-036731,3452,690148,542
Lynn HobbiePSU2025-03-035281,0562,112116,625
James LorenzPSU2025-03-035401,0792,158119,165
James LorenzRSU2025-03-031,07999,991
Jared BushekRSU2025-03-032,867265,685
Jeffrey KeeblerRSU2025-03-036,907640,072
Cari Anne RenlundRSU2025-03-031,345124,641
Jared BushekPSU2025-03-031,4342,8675,734316,631
Jeffrey KeeblerPSU2025-03-033,4546,90713,814762,809
03b

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Lynn Hobbie$97,860$116,625$054.4%
Cari Anne Renlund124,641148,542054.4%
James Lorenz99,991119,165054.4%
Jared Bushek265,685316,631054.4%
Jeffrey Keebler640,072762,809054.4%

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

04

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Jeffrey KeeblerPSU10,361$812,510
Jeffrey KeeblerPSU6,907541,647
Jared BushekPSU2,867224,830
Cari Anne RenlundPSU2,274178,327
James LorenzPSU97276,224
Cari Anne RenlundPSU1,516118,885
Jared BushekPSU1,854145,391
James LorenzPSU1,458114,336
Jeffrey KeeblerPSU5,162404,804
Jared BushekPSU4,301337,284
James LorenzPSU1,07984,615
James LorenzPSU1,619126,962
Lynn HobbiePSU1,584124,217
Jeffrey KeeblerPSU7,743607,206
Jared BushekPSU2,781218,086
Lynn HobbiePSU2,157169,152
Cari Anne RenlundPSU2,018158,252
Lynn HobbiePSU1,438112,768
Cari Anne RenlundPSU1,345105,475
Lynn HobbiePSU1,05682,812
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

Our executive compensation program is designed to compensate our NEOs fairly based upon an assessment of compensation available in the marketplace where we compete for executive talent and our desire to achieve a balance of short-term and long-term incentives for maintaining and improving Company performance and shareholder value.

CEO STI target (% of salary)80%
CEO LTI target (% of salary)
Independent consultantFW Cook
Clawback policyTrue
Anti-hedgingTrue
Anti-pledgingTrue
06

Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-05-1920,105,0541,166,451499,85494.52%Passed
20252025-05-2023,492,2891,292,053519,22394.79%Passed
20242024-05-2123,069,6931,398,363553,85594.28%Passed
20232023-05-1621,875,0221,147,042493,48795.02%Passed
20222022-05-1722,545,3431,182,501591,15695.02%Passed
20212021-05-1822,317,5791,451,432487,03893.89%Passed

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year's compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company's computation

Meeting yearMeeting dateApproval — company's computation
20262026-05-1994.52%a
20252025-05-2094.79%b
20242024-05-2194.28%c

a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect.”.

b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker nonvotes will have no effect.”.

Approval percentages are the company's own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

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CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)25.5 : 1
CEO total compensation$3,613,508
Median employee compensation$141,512
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Director compensation — fiscal year 2025

DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
James L. PossinIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Audit · Corporate Governance (Chair)$109,655$85,000$0$0$0$194,655
Patricia K. AckermanIndependent · Audit (Chair)97,84585,000000182,845
Marcia M. AndersonIndependent · Human Resources and Compensation (Chair) · Corporate Governance97,50085,000000182,500
Noble L. WrayIndependent · Audit85,00085,000000170,000
James G. BerbeeIndependent · Human Resources and Compensation · Corporate Governance85,00085,000000170,000
Gary J. WolterNot independent · Executive85,00085,000000170,000
Daniel J. KellyIndependent · Audit · Human Resources and Compensation85,00085,000000170,000
Londa J. DeweyIndependent · Human Resources and Compensation · Corporate Governance · Executive85,00085,000000170,000
Angela S. RiegerIndependent · Human Resources and Compensation · Corporate Governance85,00085,000000170,000
Jeffrey M. KeeblerEmployee director · Board Chair00000
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Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$85,000
Annual equity retainer$85,000
Per board meeting fee
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)15,000 / 12,500 / 12,500
Stock ownership guideline
09b

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$815,000
Equity awards (grant-date value)$765,000
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$1,580,000

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

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Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2025

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

10a

Peer reciprocity

Of the companies MGE Energy names as compensation peers, which name it back in their own disclosed peer groups. A peer set the market reciprocates reads differently from one selected in a single direction.

Reciprocity shown where the peer's own current proxy has been read — each mark is cited in the register to that peer's filing. A dash means the peer's current proxy was read and names no reciprocal group including MGE Energy.

10b

Chief executive pay against the peer group

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company's own proxy statement.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1IDACORP, Inc.2025Lisa Grow$1,050,000$2,942,308$0$1,785,001$7,529,892
2Otter Tail Corporation2025Charles MacFarlane867,5783,149,27601,471,1946,792,688
3Sunnova Energy International, Inc.2023William Berger620,833489,6454,000,000734,4685,865,040
4NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.2025Brian Bird921,2632,700,0220743,4005,016,745
5Avista Corporation2025Heather Rosentrater786,8452,653,7430897,7324,773,308
6ALLETE, Inc.2024Bethany Owen871,1751,378,13801,329,6923,720,063
7Northwest Natural Holding Company2025Justin Palfreyman812,5001,726,2080726,4063,695,467
8Ormat Technologies Inc.2025Doron Blachar641,0622,000,0000816,0003,618,005
9MGE Energy2025Jeffrey Keebler795,8331,402,8810865,9203,613,508
10Unitil Corporation2025Thomas Meissner Jr.744,066751,8420662,5913,189,116
Genie Energy Ltd.not in coverage universe
Chesapeake Utilities Corporationnot in coverage universe

Each peer's compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer's figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

10c

Incentive design against the same peers

CompanyAnnual incentive payoutLong-term vehicle mixPSU measures include TSRCompensation consultant
MGE Energy135.3%PSU 50 · RSU 50Yes — Relative Total Shareholder Return (TSR)FW Cook
ALLETE, Inc.153.2%PSU 75 · RSU 25Yes — Relative TSRPearl Meyer
Avista Corporation114%PSU 65 · RSU 35NoMeridian Compensation Partners
Chesapeake Utilities Corporationnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Genie Energy Ltd.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
IDACORP, Inc.170%PSU 67 · RSU 33Yes — TSRPay Governance
Northwest Natural Holding Company138.8%PSU 65 · RSU 35NoPay Governance
NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.80%PSU 70 · RSU 30Yes — TSR relative to peer groupWillis Towers Watson (WTW)
Ormat Technologies Inc.97%PSU 60 · RSU 40Yes — Relative TSRF.W. Cook & Co.
Otter Tail Corporationnot disclosedPSU 75 · RSU 25Yes — Three-Year TSR performance relative to peer groupWTW
Sunnova Energy International, Inc.126%Options 100not disclosedPearl Meyer
Unitil Corporation137%PSU 50 · RSU 50NoWillis Towers

Read from each company's Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company's filing does not state the item.

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Source register

Each figure's location is given both for the eye (section · page · table · row · column) and for a script (table/row/column index and exact character span in the filed document). Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

#SupportsDocumentFiledAccessionLocation in document
1Section 01, Jeffrey KeeblerDEF 14A2026-04-020001161728-26-000005Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 40. As printed: 3,613,508. Filing ↗machine: r4 · c9 · span 1077549–1077558
2Section 01, Jared BushekDEF 14A2026-04-020001161728-26-000005Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 40. As printed: 1,464,884. Filing ↗machine: r7 · c9 · span 1090079–1090088
3Section 01, Cari Anne RenlundDEF 14A2026-04-020001161728-26-000005Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 40. As printed: 1,059,923. Filing ↗machine: r10 · c9 · span 1102757–1102766
4Section 01, James LorenzDEF 14A2026-04-020001161728-26-000005Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 40. As printed: 987,203. Filing ↗machine: r16 · c9 · span 1127754–1127761
5Section 01, Lynn HobbieDEF 14A2026-04-020001161728-26-000005Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 40. As printed: 910,888. Filing ↗machine: r13 · c9 · span 1115265–1115272
6Section 03, Lynn Hobbie RSUDEF 14A2026-04-020001161728-26-000005Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t74 · r15 · c8 · span 1210070–1210075
7Section 03, Cari Anne Renlund PSUDEF 14A2026-04-020001161728-26-000005Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t74 · r12 · c8 · span 1196189–1196194
8Section 03, Lynn Hobbie PSUDEF 14A2026-04-020001161728-26-000005Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t74 · r15 · c8 · span 1210070–1210075
9Section 03, James Lorenz PSUDEF 14A2026-04-020001161728-26-000005Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t74 · r18 · c8 · span 1223951–1223956
10Section 03, James Lorenz RSUDEF 14A2026-04-020001161728-26-000005Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t74 · r18 · c8 · span 1223951–1223956
11Section 03, Jared Bushek RSUDEF 14A2026-04-020001161728-26-000005Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t74 · r9 · c8 · span 1182304–1182309
12Section 03, Jeffrey Keebler RSUDEF 14A2026-04-020001161728-26-000005Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t74 · r6 · c8 · span 1168405–1168410
13Section 03, Cari Anne Renlund RSUDEF 14A2026-04-020001161728-26-000005Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t74 · r12 · c8 · span 1196189–1196194
14Section 03, Jared Bushek PSUDEF 14A2026-04-020001161728-26-000005Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t74 · r9 · c8 · span 1182304–1182309
15Section 03, Jeffrey Keebler PSUDEF 14A2026-04-020001161728-26-000005Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t74 · r6 · c8 · span 1168405–1168410
16Section 07, pay ratioDEF 14A2026-04-020001161728-26-000005Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 25.5 : 1. Filing ↗
17Section 08, James L. PossinDEF 14A2026-04-020001161728-26-000005Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 194,655. Filing ↗machine: t57 · r9 · c3 · span 755765–755772
18Section 08, Patricia K. AckermanDEF 14A2026-04-020001161728-26-000005Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 182,845. Filing ↗machine: t57 · r4 · c3 · span 747847–747854
19Section 08, Marcia M. AndersonDEF 14A2026-04-020001161728-26-000005Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 182,500. Filing ↗machine: t57 · r5 · c3 · span 749433–749440
20Section 08, Noble L. WrayDEF 14A2026-04-020001161728-26-000005Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 170,000. Filing ↗machine: t57 · r12 · c3 · span 760512–760519
21Section 08, James G. BerbeeDEF 14A2026-04-020001161728-26-000005Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 170,000. Filing ↗machine: t57 · r6 · c3 · span 751016–751023
22Section 08, Gary J. WolterDEF 14A2026-04-020001161728-26-000005Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 170,000. Filing ↗machine: t57 · r11 · c3 · span 758931–758938
23Section 08, Daniel J. KellyDEF 14A2026-04-020001161728-26-000005Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 170,000. Filing ↗machine: t57 · r8 · c3 · span 754181–754188
24Section 08, Londa J. DeweyDEF 14A2026-04-020001161728-26-000005Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 170,000. Filing ↗machine: t57 · r7 · c3 · span 752598–752605
25Section 08, Angela S. RiegerDEF 14A2026-04-020001161728-26-000005Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 170,000. Filing ↗machine: t57 · r10 · c3 · span 757349–757356
26Section 08, Jeffrey M. KeeblerDEF 14A2026-04-020001161728-26-000005Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
27Section 02, Jared Bushek 2026-04-17Form 42026-04-210001193125-26-167136Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗
28Section 06, 2026 voteForm 8-K2026-05-220001193125-26-235741Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 94.52% (votes for as printed: 20,105,054). Filing ↗
29Section 06, 2025 voteForm 8-K2025-05-220000950170-25-076153Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 94.79% (votes for as printed: 23,492,289). Filing ↗
30Section 06, 2024 voteForm 8-K2024-05-230000950170-24-063785Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 94.28% (votes for as printed: 23,069,693). Filing ↗
31Section 03b vehicle mix (computed)ComputedcomputedRSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).machine: formula: sums + PSU ratio
32Section 09b board cost (computed)ComputedcomputedCash 815,000 + equity 765,000 + all other 0 = 1,580,000, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 1,580,000
33IDACORP, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-020001057877-26-000091CEO total compensation as printed in IDACORP, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,529,892. Filing ↗machine: t35 · r2 · c9 · span 715958–715967
34Otter Tail Corporation, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-03-020001466593-26-000023CEO total compensation as printed in Otter Tail Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 6,792,688. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c24 · span 879904–879913
35Sunnova Energy International, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2024-04-040001772695-24-000049CEO total compensation as printed in Sunnova Energy International, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,865,040. Filing ↗machine: span 634076–634085
36NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-03-120001993004-26-000018CEO total compensation as printed in NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,016,745. Filing ↗machine: t153 · r3 · c19 · span 752129–752138
37Avista Corporation, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-010001193125-26-138034CEO total compensation as printed in Avista Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 4,773,308. Filing ↗machine: span 842223–842232
38ALLETE, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2025-03-310000066756-25-000043CEO total compensation as printed in ALLETE, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,720,063. Filing ↗machine: t44 · r6 · c9 · span 830445–830454
39Northwest Natural Holding Company, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-170001193125-26-161075CEO total compensation as printed in Northwest Natural Holding Company's own proxy. As printed: 3,695,467. Filing ↗machine: t160 · r4 · c31 · span 760924–760933
40Ormat Technologies Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-210001193125-26-166752CEO total compensation as printed in Ormat Technologies Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,618,005. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c14 · span 1948476–1948485
41MGE Energy (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-020001161728-26-000005CEO total compensation as printed in MGE Energy's own proxy. As printed: 3,613,508. Filing ↗machine: r4 · c9 · span 1077549–1077558
42Unitil Corporation, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-03-270001193125-26-128263CEO total compensation as printed in Unitil Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 3,189,116. Filing ↗machine: t214 · span 819224–819233
43Section 10a, Sunnova Energy International, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0001772695-24-000049Sunnova Energy International, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include MGE Energy. Filing ↗
44Section 10a, ALLETE, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0000066756-25-000043ALLETE, Inc. names MGE Energy in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). Filing ↗
45Section 10a, Northwest Natural Holding Company reciprocityDEF 14A0001193125-26-161075Northwest Natural Holding Company names MGE Energy in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). Filing ↗
46Section 10a, Otter Tail Corporation reciprocityDEF 14A0001466593-26-000023Otter Tail Corporation names MGE Energy in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). Filing ↗
47Section 10a, IDACORP, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0001057877-26-000091IDACORP, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include MGE Energy. Filing ↗
48Section 10a, Avista Corporation reciprocityDEF 14A0001193125-26-138034Avista Corporation's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include MGE Energy. Filing ↗
49Section 10a, NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0001993004-26-000018NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. names MGE Energy in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). Filing ↗
50Section 10a, Unitil Corporation reciprocityDEF 14A0001193125-26-128263Unitil Corporation names MGE Energy in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). Filing ↗