March 2024
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) mandatory national greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting program requires regulated
natural gas utilities, and some of their largest customers, to report GHG emissions from their operations.
The EPA website includes resources to understand the rule
and an online tool to see if it applies to your company.
Electric utility energy mix and emission rates
This electric energy mix and emission rate information is provided for retail electric customers of Wisconsin Public Service Corporation (WPS), a regulated utility subsidiary of WEC Energy Group (WEC) operating in the state of Wisconsin. The emission rates are supplied for customers to estimate their environmental footprint from electric energy supplied by WPS, such as Scope 2 (indirect) greenhouse gas emissions.
Emission rates are calculated using total emissions and megawatt-hours from generation by owned and jointly-owned facilities, and from long-term power purchase arrangements. The CO2 equivalent emission rate includes all sources mentioned previously, wholesale sales and net emissions from MISO purchases and sales. The emission rates apply to retail electric utility customers of WPS, except for customers of NatureWise®, WPS’s renewable energy program that is offered to all retail electric customers.
Emissions from electric generation facilities are calculated in accordance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program regulations under 40 CFR Part 98. The energy resource mix represents net generation from WPS-owned facilities as well as generation acquired through long-term power purchase arrangements.
WEC and WPS reserve the right to use all or some of the environmental attributes associated with generation from renewable energy sources in future years to comply with renewable energy standards or other regulatory requirements, or to sell to third parties the environmental attributes such as renewable energy credits, offsets, allowances and the avoided emissions of greenhouse gases. All information is provided on a voluntary basis, could be subject to change, and has not received independent third party verification. Neither WEC nor WPS makes any assurances regarding the use of this information by external parties for marketing or other sustainability claims.
Wisconsin Public Service energy mix and emissions1
| |
2021 |
2022 |
20232 |
| Emission rates: Owned energy + Purchased power arrangements (lbs/MWh) |
| Carbon dioxide (CO2) |
1,319 |
1,211 |
1,152 |
| Methane (CH4) |
0.020 |
0.016 |
0.015 |
| Nitrous oxide (N2O) |
0.017 |
0.015 |
0.009 |
| Carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e)3 |
1,324 |
1,215 |
1,155 |
| Sulfur dioxide (SO2) |
0.19 |
0.16 |
0.15 |
| Nitrogen oxides (NOx) |
0.38 |
0.35 |
0.32 |
| Energy resource mix: Owned energy + Purchased power arrangements |
| Energy from owned generation + purchased power arrangements (MWh) |
11,392,440 |
11,163,015 |
10,709,343 |
| Coal |
46.6% |
41.0% |
35.7% |
| Natural gas |
39.6% |
42.0% |
47.0% |
| Renewable energy |
13.8% |
17.0% |
17.3% |
| Hydroelectric |
7.6% |
8.5% |
8.8% |
| Biofuels |
0.9% |
0.5% |
0.5% |
| Wind |
3.6% |
4.4% |
4.4% |
| Solar |
1.7% |
3.6% |
3.6% |
| CO2-Equivalent (CO2e) Emission Rate3,4 (CO2e): Total net of CO2e / Customer Load (lbs CO2e/MWh) |
| Customer Load (MWh) |
13,307,195 |
13,226,655 |
13,190,067 |
| CO2-Equivalent Emission Rate (lbs CO2e/MWh) |
1,370 |
1,269 |
1,147 |
1 Table includes data for purchased power arrangements that were not included in previously available emissions data.
2 Rates for 2023 are preliminary and subject to change after regulatory reporting.
3 Global warming potentials for calculating CO2-equivalents: CO2 = 1 ton; CH4 = 25 tons of CO2; N2O = 298 tons of CO2.
4 Methodology assigns emissions from contracted generating facilities and market purchases to the utility. Market purchases and sales use regional estimates from EIA CO2 rates by fuel type and MISO fuel mix data.
Information about the natural gas delivered by Wisconsin Public Service
If your company is required to report greenhouse gas emissions or chooses to analyze its carbon footprint, you may need information
about natural gas delivered by Wisconsin Public Service. The EPA’s default emission factors for natural gas for
CO2 and
CH4 and N2O
are appropriate to use for the natural gas we distribute along with WEC Energy Group’s leak rate of 0.55 kg/mmBTU.
The amount of natural gas consumed can be found on your bill or in the My Account
section of our website. As a service to customers, we provide the heating value of your natural gas below*.
| Higher Heating Value (HHV) - (MMBtu/Mscf) |
| 2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
| Jan |
1.037 |
1.043 |
1.047 |
1.040 |
1.047 |
1.045 |
1.049 |
| Feb |
1.034 |
1.042 |
1.047 |
1.049 |
1.049 |
1.046 |
1.046 |
| Mar |
1.040 |
1.048 |
1.044 |
1.044 |
1.046 |
1.044 |
1.046 |
| Apr |
1.037 |
1.045 |
1.050 |
1.047 |
1.049 |
1.042 |
1.049 |
| May |
1.035 |
1.043 |
1.045 |
1.048 |
1.047 |
1.043 |
1.048 |
| Jun |
1.042 |
1.047 |
1.042 |
1.046 |
1.044 |
1.046 |
1.047 |
| Jul |
1.043 |
1.047 |
1.042 |
1.042 |
1.046 |
1.049 |
1.053 |
| Aug |
1.035 |
1.046 |
1.039 |
1.045 |
1.049 |
1.051 |
1.048 |
| Sep |
1.037 |
1.047 |
1.044 |
1.051 |
1.050 |
1.050 |
1.045 |
| Oct |
1.046 |
1.046 |
1.049 |
1.051 |
1.043 |
1.048 |
1.048 |
| Nov |
1.044 |
1.044 |
1.043 |
1.048 |
1.045 |
1.050 |
1.045 |
| Dec |
1.043 |
1.045 |
1.042 |
1.051 |
1.052 |
1.049 |
|
STP: Standard Temperature - 60°F, Standard Pressure - 14.7 psia
Measurement Standard: GPA 2172-09
* The data on this page represent an average heating value for
the system and may differ from data that meets state or local regulatory requirements
and is used for billing purposes. Accordingly, it is data provided solely for
informational purposes, and not for billing purposes. WPS
makes no claim or representation that the data provided is accurate and makes no warranties
express or implied, including but not limited to fitness for a particular purpose,
including EPA compliance. No party should rely on such data, including, but not limited
to, for billing purposes.
If you need or want more than consumption and heating value information, an independent
natural gas analysis service provider can help.
