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

Xia Liu

A named executive officer of WEC ENERGY in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2020 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$5,093,789

FY2024: $4,964,632

2nd of 5 named executive officers at WEC Energy by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 26, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Xia Liu compensation by year

WEC ENERGY Summary Compensation Table · all 6 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as WEC ENERGY reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$423,519$739,450$766,549$803,226$841,853$873,385
Bonus$100,000$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,678,010$1,279,120$1,424,199$1,485,174$1,769,361$1,779,857
Option awards$456,977$499,356$431,459$388,761$337,721$326,044
Non-equity incentive$684,975$1,174,535$1,244,278$1,330,391$1,461,279$1,501,420
Pension and deferred compensation$0$812$965$26,767$53,671$70,632
All other$306,688$356,739$446,979$474,059$500,747$542,451
Total$3,650,169$4,050,012$4,314,429$4,508,378$4,964,632$5,093,789

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.

$3.7M
$4.1M
$4.3M
$4.5M
$5.0M
$5.1M
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU17,082$3,602,935—
RSU14,880$3,138,490—
RSU8,685$915,920—
Option17,885—$18.23
Option20,847—$85.05
Option19,855—$93.69
Option17,885—$94.55

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.

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments WEC ENERGY discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Voluntary resignation———$1,517,052
Involuntary termination without cause$382,571—$13,079$1,912,702
Retirement—$2,578,515—$4,095,567
Involuntary for cause———$1,517,052
Change in control and involuntary termination$382,571$5,141,088$13,079$7,053,790
Disability—$5,141,088—$6,658,140
Death—$5,141,088—$9,243,140

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC.'s FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

WEC ENERGY’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Scott LauberPresident and CEO$12,188,492
Xia Liu · this pageExecutive Vice President and CFO$5,093,789
Michael HooperExecutive 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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