Independent Director · WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC. (WEC)

Chair, Compensation Committee

Ulice Payne, Jr director compensation at WEC Energy (FY2025): $323K

Fiscal year 2025 director compensation for Ulice Payne, Jr at WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC.. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Director compensation as of the proxy filed March 26, 2026 (DEF 14A). Open the filing on EDGAR.

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What they were paid

WEC ENERGY Director Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as WEC ENERGY reports it. Most recent year first. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
Fiscal yearCash feesStock awardsOption awardsOtherTotal
FY2025$140,000$160,000$0$22,799$322,799
FY2024$140,000$160,000$0$21,618$321,618
FY2023$130,000$150,000$0$20,509$300,509
FY2022$130,000$150,000$0$19,468$299,468

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.

How this page was built: the WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC. filed document, accession 0000783325-26-000035. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 26, 2026.

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$322,799 Ulice Payne, Jr, FY2025 total director compensation

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Data as of March 26, 2026 · Source: Velarion Executive Compensation Database, deposited on Zenodo (doi:10.5281/zenodo.22283855).

How this board is paid

company policy · FY2025

WEC ENERGY pays directors a $120,000 cash retainer and $160,000 in Restricted Stock.

Committees

FY2025 · as the proxy prints them

Compensation (Chair) · Executive · Finance

The rest of the WEC ENERGY board

FY2025 · as the company reported each
DirectorRoleFY2025 total
Ave M. BieIndependent Director$280,000
Cristina A. Garcia-ThomasIndependent Director$282,314
Danny L. CunninghamIndependent Director$300,000
Gale E. KlappaChair of the Board$2,241,516
Glen E. TellockIndependent Director$280,000
John D. LangeIndependent Director$280,000
Maria C. GreenIndependent Director$280,000
Mary Ellen StanekIndependent Director$289,684
Scott J. LauberDirector—
Thomas K. LaneLead Independent Director$310,000
Warner L. BaxterIndependent Director$280,000
William M. Farrow IIIIndependent Director$295,000

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