Independent Lead Director Age: 69 Director Since: 2020 Board Committees: Audit and Oversight; Compensation; Executive Professional Experience Energy Capital Partners LLC - Vice Chairman since 2017; Partner from 2005 to 2017. Energy Capital Partners is a private equity firm that focuses on investing in power generation, midstream gas, electric transmission and energy and environmental services sectors of North America's energy infrastructure. Other Public Directorships None Director Qualifications In serving as WEC Energy Group's Independent Lead Director, Director Lane brings to our Board of Directors more than 30 years of broad financial experience focused within the energy sector, which provides him with a deep understanding of the complexities inherent to delivering strong financial performance in a regulated industry. His experience in this area includes 17 years in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs where he held senior-level coverage responsibility for electric and gas utilities, independent power companies and midstream energy companies throughout the United States. Director Lane has significant experience in assessing the individual components of a company s financial performance and how it relates to a company s compensation program, experience he gained over the course of his career, which has been focused within the energy sector, and which is very valuable to his service as a member of our Compensation Committee. Since 2017, Director Lane has served as Vice Chairman of Energy Capital Partners, following 12 years as a partner of the firm. During this tenure, he was responsible for establishing and executing the firm s investment strategies, which included projects encompassing power generation and renewables, as well as midstream and environmental infrastructure. This experience enables him to add significant value to the Board s oversight of the Company s long-term growth strategy, as does his substantial experience planning and executing merger and acquisition strategies. Having testified before the House Energy Subcommittee on energy-related matters, Director Lane also brings to our Board an understanding of the formulation of energy policy at the federal government level. His strong financial reporting experience within a regulated industry, combined with his broad understanding of the risks facing the utility sector, provide tremendous value in his service as a member of our Audit and Oversight Committee.