mgee industry electricity and natural gas utility headquarters madison wisconsin u.s. products electricity natural gas green energy options total assets us 1.731 billion fy 2015 website www.mgeenergy.com mge energy mge energy inc. nasdaq mgee is a utility holding company based in madison wisconsin . its main subsidiary madison gas and electric co. produces and distributes electricity and distributes natural gas . contents 1 subsidiaries 2 history 2.1 19th century 2.2 21st century 3 references 4 external links subsidiaries edit mge energy is the parent corporation and holding company of eight subsidiaries . they include madison gas and electric co. mge a regulated utility and its divisions which serve natural gas and electric customers in south central and south western wisconsin . mge has 146 000 electric customers and 152 000 natural gas customers . mge power which owns assets in the west campus cogeneration facility at madison wis. and the elm road generating station at oak creek wis. mge transco investment which owns interest in the american transmission co. through its members mge and mge energy mge services provides construction and other services central wisconsin development corp. promotes business growth in mge s service area magael holds title to properties acquired for future utility plant expansion north mendota energy & technology park owns property and serves as the development entity for the property history edit 19th century edit the company s history in the madison area date back more than 150 years to when the madison gas light and coke co. was founded . in 1888 as the renamed madison electric co. it began delivering electric service . in 1892 the four lakes light and power co. succeeded madison electric co. and operated as madison s electricity provider for the next four years . in 1896 the local utility incorporated to become madison gas and electric co. 21st century edit in 2001 the company formed a holding company named mge energy inc. and madison gas and electric co. became its main subsidiary . references edit 1 https www.mgeenergy.com images pdf annualreports ar 2015.pdf external links edit official mge energy website this wisconsin related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a united states company or corporation involved in the energy industry is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mge energy & oldid 735715166 categories mge energyenergy in wisconsinpower companies of the united statesnatural gas companies of the united statescompanies based in madison wisconsinnon renewable resource companies established in 18881880s establishments in wisconsinholding companies established in 2001non renewable resource companies established in 20012001 establishments in wisconsinwisconsin stubsunited states energy company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 22 august 2016 at 16 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view