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Westar Energy and Great Plains Energy, the parent company of Kansas City Power & Light Co., won approval from state regulators Thursday to merge as…
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A couple dozen people showed up Tuesday night in Topeka to voice their concerns about Westar Energy’s proposed rate increase.Westar is asking the Kansas…
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Perhaps conserving energy is important to you. You’ve switched out all of your incandescent light bulbs with LEDs. You keep your thermostat set at 78 in…
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Early on the morning of March 16, wind provided 60 percent of the region’s electric needs. That number set a record, breaking an earlier one set only a…
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A resolution pending in the Kansas Legislature would urge, but not require, state regulators to make electric rates more competitive.In 2017, Kansas…
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If you’ve got solar panels on your roof, Westar Energy wants to create a surcharge on your power bill.The utility insists that if it doesn’t charge you…
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A merger of Westar Energy and Great Plains Energy deserves approval, regulatory staff say in a new report, if the two utilities sweeten the deal with more…
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Westar Energy and Kansas City Power & Light say all the money coming from recently passed federal corporate tax cuts will land in their customers’…
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The only public hearing on the proposed merger between Westar Energy and Great Plains Energy will take place next Monday in Topeka.The hearing will give…
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Despite a large cut to the corporate tax rate, Kansas utility companies say they still expect to ask for rate increases this year.Westar Energy…