WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER CO

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 UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 Washington, D.C. 20549

  

 FORM 8-K

  

 CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

  

 Date of report (Date of earliest event
reported):

 June 1, 2026

  

  

  

 Commission

File Number
  
 Registrant; State of Incorporation;

Address; and Telephone Number
  
 IRS Employer

Identification No.

 001-01245
 WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY
  
 39-0476280

  
  
 (A Wisconsin Corporation)
  
  

  
  
 231 West Michigan Street
  
  

  
  
 P.O. Box 2046
  
  

  
  
 Milwaukee , WI 53201
  
  

  
  
 ( 414 )  221-2345
  
  

  

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 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

  

 None

  

 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

  

 Emerging growth company
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 If an emerging growth company, indicate by
check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial
accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

  

  

  

  

  

 WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY

  

 ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS.

  

 On June 1, 2026, Wisconsin Electric Power Company (the “Company”)
entered into an Underwriting Agreement covering the issue and sale by the Company of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.65%
Debentures due June 15, 2031 (the “2031 Debentures”) and $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.10% Debentures
due June 15, 2036 (the “2036 Debentures”, and, together with the 2031 Debentures, the “Debentures”). The
Debentures are being issued and sold by the Company in an offering registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to
a registration statement on Form S-3, Registration No. 333-279581 (the “Registration Statement”). The exhibits filed
herewith under Item 9.01 are incorporated by reference as part of the Registration Statement.

  

 ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

  

 (d)  Exhibits

  

 1.1
  
 Underwriting Agreement, dated June 1, 2026, among the Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. as representatives of the several underwriters, relating to $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.65% Debentures due June 15, 2031 and $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.10% Debentures due June 15, 2036.

  
  
  

 4.1
  
 Securities Resolution No. 26 of the Company, effective as of June 1, 2026, under the Indenture for Debt Securities, dated as of December 1, 1995, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor to Firstar Trust Company), as Trustee.

  
  
  

 5.1
  
 Opinion of Joshua M. Erickson, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel.

  
  
  

 23.1
  
 Consent of Joshua M. Erickson, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1).

  
  
  

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 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

  

  

  

  

 SIGNATURES

  

 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

  

  
 WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY

  
                               (Registrant)

  
  

  
 /s/ Willam J. Guc

 Date: June 4, 2026
 William J. Guc — Vice President and Controller