Executive Vice President and COO · WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC. (WEC)

Michael Hooper

A named executive officer of WEC ENERGY in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2024 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$3,643,371

FY2024: $2,700,718

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 26, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-09-24.

Michael Hooper compensation by year

WEC ENERGY Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as WEC ENERGY reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024FY2025
Salary$525,772$690,801
Bonus$195,355$0
Stock awards$939,172$1,081,718
Option awards$177,158$198,142
Non-equity incentive$424,898$1,232,722
Pension and deferred compensation$0$70
All other$438,363$439,918
Total$2,700,718$3,643,371

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC. DEF 14A filed March 26, 2026, accession 0000783325-26-000035, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$2.7M
$3.6M
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU9,343$1,970,731—
PSU9,043$1,907,350—
RSU4,496$474,148—
Option94—$18.23

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

2 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 26, 2026)
current to 2026-09-24 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-04-01Tax withholding—424$115.947,719.7
2026-04-01Grant or award derivative—2,582.42$116.179,369

The 2 most recent of 2 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

WEC ENERGY’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Scott LauberPresident and CEO$12,188,492
Xia LiuExecutive Vice President and CFO$5,093,789
Michael Hooper · this pageExecutive Vice President and COO$3,643,371
Margaret KelseyExecutive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary$2,979,518
Robert GarvinExecutive Vice President - External Affairs$2,836,292

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