About Integrys Energy Group
Integrys Energy Group is a holding company based in Chicago, Illinois. More information about our operating subsidiaries is listed below.
Michigan Gas Utilities
Business
- Established in 1907
- Regulated natural gas utility
- Serving Southeast, Lower Central & Southwest Michigan, including Grand Haven, Otsego, Benton Harbor, Saint Joseph, Coldwater, Sturgis, Hillsdale and Monroe areas
- Approximately 185 employees
Market
- Serving approximately 160,000 customers
- 147,000 residential customers
- 13,000 commercial customers
- 155 large industrial (transportation) accounts
- Total system throughput, approximately 38 billion cubic feet per year
- Maximum daily throughput, 292,800 MCF
- Steady customer growth, particularly in residential customers
Facilities
- 3.6 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage
- Four Michigan Gas Utilities offices to serve customers: Benton Harbor, Grand Haven, Coldwater and Monroe
Minnesota Energy Resources
Business
- Established in 1930
- Regulated natural gas utility
- Serving more than 38,000 sq. miles, 55 counties and 165 communities from Canada to the Iowa border, and from the Dakotas to Wisconsin
- Approximately 229 employees
Market
- Serving approximately 200,000 customers
- 2/3 of the volume flowing to large-volume customers
- Total system throughput, approximately 76 billion cubic feet per year
- Average growth of 4,473 customers per year
Facilities
- Distribution network is one of the most contemporary by industry standards.
- Transports about 76 billion cubic feet of natural gas annually.
North Shore Gas
Business
- Established in 1908
- Acquired by Peoples Energy in 1962
- Regulated natural gas utility
- Serving 54 communities in northeastern Illinois
- Approximately 200 employees
Market
- Serving approximately 155,000 customers
- 144,000 residential customers
- 11,000 commercial customers
- 80 large industrial (transportation) accounts
- Total system throughput, approximately 34.9 billion cubic feet per year
- Maximum daily throughput, 302,134 MCF
- Steady customer growth, particularly in residential customers
Facilities
- (Note: no storage or offices)
Peoples Gas
Business
- Established in 1855
- Regulated natural gas utility
- Serving the City of Chicago
- Approximately 1,500 employees
Market
- Serving approximately 815,000 customers
- 766,000 residential customers
- 49,000 commercial customers
- 675 large industrial (transportation) accounts
- Total system throughput, approximately 173.8 billion cubic feet per year
- Maximum daily throughput, 1,487,708 MCF
- Steady customer growth, particularly in residential customers
Facilities
- 36.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage
Upper Peninsula Power Company
Business
- Established in 1884
- Regulated electric utility
- Operates in primarily rural countryside covering 10 of the 15 counties in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
- 169 employees
Market
- Serves 52,167 electric customers in 99 communities
- Provides electric energy to 37 wholesale customers
- Main industries served are forest products, tourism, and small manufacturing
- Electric revenues are comprised of 77% retail sales and 23% wholesale sales
Facilities
- Electric generating capacity based on summer capacity ratings: 77.6 megawatts
- Electric property including 3,070 miles of electric distribution lines
Wisconsin Public Service
Business
- Established in 1883
- Regulated electric and natural gas utility
- Operates in northeastern and central Wisconsin and an adjacent portion of Upper Michigan
- 2,410 employees
Market
- Serves 424,615 electric and 307,540 natural gas customers
- Provides electric and natural gas products and services to residential, farm, commercial, and industrial customers; also provides electric power to wholesale customers
- Electric operations accounting for 64%, and gas operations accounting for 36%, of 2005 revenues
- Electric revenues comprised of 90% retail sales and 10% wholesale sales
- Wisconsin customers accounting for 97%, and Michigan customers for 3%, of 2005 revenues
Facilities
- Electric generating capacity based on summer capacity ratings: 1,861.1 megawatts, including share of jointly-owned facilities
- Electric property including 20,029 miles of electric distribution lines, 92% of which is 24.9 kV line
- Gas property including 7,579 miles of gas main, 70% of which is plastic main, and 86 gate and city regulator stations
Integrys Energy Services
Business
- Established in 1994
- Diversified nonregulated energy supply and services company
- Principal operations in Illinois, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin
- Principal Canadian operations in Alberta, Ontario and Quebec
- Provides retail and wholesale products primarily in the northeast quadrant of the United States and adjacent portions of Canada
- 447 employees
Market
- Operates in the retail and wholesale nonregulated energy marketplace
- Emphasis is on serving aggregated retail, residential, commercial, industrial and wholesale customers in the northeast quadrant of the United States and adjacent portions of Canada
Products and Services
- Provides individualized energy supply solutions, structured products and strategies that allow customers to manage energy needs while capitalizing on opportunities resulting from deregulation
- Provides natural gas, electric and alternate fuel products, real-time energy management services, energy utilization consulting, and project management