Exhibit 99.1
NEWS
Contact: Bryan Brosamle, (608) 252-7056
MGE Energy Increases Dividend
Company has paid dividends for 97 consecutive years
Madison, Wis., Aug. 18, 2006--The board of directors of MGE Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: MGEE) today increased the regular quarterly dividend to $0.3483 cents per share on the outstanding shares of the company's common stock. The annualized dividend, equivalent to $1.39 (rounded), will be payable Sept. 15, 2006, to shareholders of record Sept. 1, 2006.
The company has increased its dividends annually for the past 31 years and has paid cash dividends each year since 1909.
MGE Energy is a public utility holding company. Its principal subsidiary, Madison Gas and Electric (MGE), generates and distributes electricity to nearly 136,000 customers in Dane County and purchases and distributes natural gas to more than 137,000 customers in seven south-central and western Wisconsin counties. MGE has served the Madison area since 1896.
