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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
In the Matter of )
Wisconsin Energy Corporation, et al.)
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File No. 70-9741 ) Certificate Pursuant to Rule 24
) of Completion of Transaction
Public Utility Holding Company )
Act of 1935 )
This Certificate of Notification is filed by Wisconsin Energy Corporation
("Wisconsin Energy"), a Wisconsin corporation, and Wisconsin Electric Power
Company ("Wisconsin Electric"), a Wisconsin corporation, in connection with the
transaction proposed in their Application/Declaration on Form U-1 (File No. 70-
9741), as amended (the "Application"), and authorized by order of the Commission
dated December 28, 2000 (Release No. 35-27329). Pursuant to Rule 24 under the
Act, Wisconsin Energy and Wisconsin Electric hereby certify that the transaction
has been carried out in accordance with the terms and conditions of and for the
purposes represented in the Application and of the Commission's order with
respect thereto.
Exhibit
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F-2 Past Tense opinion of Quarles & Brady LLP
F-3 Past Tense opinion of Loomis, Ewert, Parsley, Davis & Gotting,P.C.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935, each undersigned company has duly caused this Certificate to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
WISCONSIN ENERGY CORPORATION
By: /s/ Larry Salustro
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Name: Larry Salustro
Title: Senior Vice President and General Counsel
WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY
By: /s/ David K. Porter
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Name: David K. Porter
Title: Senior Vice President
Dated: January 10, 2001
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