UPDATED: Evergy announces plans to invest $2 billion for two natural gas plants
(Updated to include comments from other parties with interest in the case)
Evergy on Monday announced plans to spend more than $2 billion to build...
Electric Coops name new government relations director
The Kansas Electric Cooperatives Inc. on Wednesday announced the promotion of Reagan McCloud to director of government relations starting Aug 1.
He joined KEC on...
Kansas Electric Coop VP headed to Iowa
Leslie Kaufman is stepping down as vice president of government relations and legal counsel for the Kansas Electric Cooperatives at the end of the...
Panasonic electric costs expected to be shared across Midwest, utility officials say
Kansas ratepayers are not expected to shoulder the full cost of supplying the new Panasonic plant in De Soto with electricity, utility company officials...
Retired minister launches campaign against Turk
A retired Methodist minister is challenging Republican state Rep. Adam Turk of Shawnee for the House District 117 seat in western Johnson County and...
Kelly signs bill helping Evergy raise capital for economic development
Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday signed a bill that Evergy says will help it attract investor capital needed to meet the demands of new...
Evergy reaches deal on regulatory changes addressing economic development demand
Evergy has reached a deal on a bill that it says will help attract investor capital needed to meet the demands of new economic...
House rejects bill giving state utility regulators open meetings exemption
The Kansas House on Thursday decisively defeated a bill that would have exempted the panel that oversees utility regulation from the state’s open meetings...
Kansas lawmakers consider higher standard for closing coal-fired plants
Kansas may soon raise the bar for closing coal plants with new legislation that environmentalists say will favor one type of energy over another.
The...
Regulators say Evergy bill would raise rates, offer mixed reviews on legislation
State utility regulators predict that electric rates would increase under a bill pursued by Evergy that the company says will help attract investor capital...
