UPDATED: Evergy reaches agreement in electric rate case

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(Updated to include reaction from Kansas chamber).

Evergy on Friday reached a unanimous settlement with parties in its electric rate case, a deal that calls for increasing rates in most of Kansas while cutting them in the Kansas City area.

The deal would increase rates in central Kansas by a net of $74 million, down from the $204 million that the utility originally sought from the Kansas Corporation Commission.

It will be about a 4% increase for residential customers, or an estimated $4.64 a month for typical residential customers who live in Evergy's central territory.

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