solar power

WICHITA, Kansas — The state’s largest utility wants to charge customers with solar panels about $25 a month, even if their homes pull almost no…

Wichita — Kansas is a national leader in wind energy, but a new report shows the state lags in the adoption of other so-called green technologies.Find out…

Large-scale commercial wind farms won’t be built in Sedgwick County.County commissioners voted Wednesday to update the county’s comprehensive plan and…

Solar panel users in Kansas continue to pay higher electricity bills as they wait for utility company Evergy to keep a promise made during this year’s…

A large ground-based solar array system being built at Maize High School is nearly complete, and will soon join the power grid.Installers with King Solar…

Westar has reached an agreement with staff of the Kansas Corporation Commission and several other interested parties that would reduce Westar’s annual…

Solar energy advocates protested Westar Energy’s latest rate proposal Thursday and are lobbying state regulators to deny it.The proposal would create a…

A Maize High School teacher is working on a plan to use solar energy to help power the school.Physics teacher Stan Bergkamp received approval from the USD…

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…

Supporters of solar energy and the electricity utility Westar Energy are sparring over a proposal that would increase costs for customers with solar…