In connection with the Quarterly Report of Wisconsin Electric Power Company (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 27, 2010 (the "Report"), I, Gale E. Klappa, as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the best of my knowledge, that:

        (1)     The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

        (2)     The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/GALE E. KLAPPA
Gale E. Klappa
Chief Executive Officer
October 27, 2010