Integrys Energy Group, Inc. was an American

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headquartered in

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. It was formed by the merger of WPS Resources Corp. and

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Corp. on February 21, 2007. The Chairman, President, and chief executive officer was Charles A. Schrock. On June 23, 2014, Integrys announced that it was being acquired by

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for $9.1 billion. Also in 2014, Integrys entered into an agreement to sell 100% of the Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) to Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Partners LP for $298.9 million.

Utilities

The six regulated utilities consisted of: *The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company, a

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utility serving approximately 873,000 customers in the City of Chicago. *

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, an electric and natural gas utility serving approximately 446,000 electric customers and 330,000 natural gas customers in northeast and central Wisconsin. * Minnesota Energy Resources Corporation, a natural gas utility serving approximately 238,000 customers throughout Minnesota. * Michigan Gas Utilities Corporation, a natural gas utility serving approximately 176,000 customers in lower Michigan. * North Shore Gas Company, a natural gas utility serving approximatel
162,000 customers
in the northern suburbs of Chicago. *

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, an electric utility serving approximately 52,000 customers in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. ''Note:'' Integrys announced its intention to sell Upper Peninsula Power to Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Partners LP on 20 January 2014.

Subsidiaries

The company's other subsidiaries were: *Integrys Business Support, Integrys Energy Group's business services company — providing services and solutions for operation of Integrys' subsidiaries. * Integrys Energy Services, Inc., a diversified nonregulated energy supply and services company serving residential, commercial, industrial, and wholesale customers in developed competitive markets in the United States. *Integrys Transportation Fuels, with compressed natural gas fueling stations operating across the United States under the brand name Trillium CNG.

Criticism

In December 2011, the non-partisan organization

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criticized Integrys Energy Group for spending $710,000 on

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and not paying any taxes during 2008–2010, instead receiving $92 million in tax rebates, despite making a profit of $818 million and increasing executive pay by 109% to $14.8 million in 2010 for its top 5 executives.

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