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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * CULVER CURT S   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol WISCONSIN ENERGY CORP [WEC] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) 231 WEST MICHIGAN STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/03/2011 (Street) MILWAUKEE,, WI 53203 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 01/03/2011   A   1,278 A $ 0 6,419.5371 (1) D   Common Stock 01/03/2011   D   1,701.1825 D (2) 4,718.3546 (1) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Phantom Stock Units

(3)

01/03/2011

A

1,277.792 (6)

(4)

(4)

Common Stock

1,277.792

$ 58.695

19,352.3091 (5)

D

Phantom Stock Units

(3)

01/03/2011

A

1,701.1825

(4)

(4)

Common Stock

1,701.1825

(2)

21,053.4916 (5)

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
CULVER CURT S 231 WEST MICHIGAN STREET MILWAUKEE,, WI 53203	X

Signatures

/s/ Joshua M. Erickson, as Attorney-in-Fact		01/05/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Includes shares acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of Wisconsin Energy Corporation's Stock Plus Investment Plan in transactions exempt from Section 16 pursuant to Rule 16a-11.
(2)	Upon the vesting of restricted stock granted to the reporting person on January 2, 2008, the reporting person deferred the receipt of 1,701.1825 shares of common stock and received instead 1,701.1825 phantom stock units pursuant to the WEC Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan (DDCP). As a result, the reporting person is reporting the disposition of 1,701.1825 shares of common stock in exhange for an equal number of phantom stock units.
(3)	One-for-one.
(4)	These phantom stock units were accrued under the DDCP and are to be settled following the reporting person's termination of service as a director.
(5)	Includes phantom stock units accrued pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the DDCP in transactions exempt from Section 16 pursuant to Rule 16a-11.
(6)	These phantom stock units were acquired pursuant to a deferral of director fees in an acquisition exempt from Section 16(b) pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d)

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