Kansas picked as site for innovative underground nuclear reactor
A California company has picked Kansas as the site for pioneering a novel nuclear reactor that will be built underground in southeast Kansas and...
Kelly signs compromise on utility transmission charge saving ratepayers millions
Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday signed a bill that takes a step toward lowering electric rates and settles a dispute over a fee that...
Opponents say natural gas bill overreaches
Opponents of a bill that would bar local governments from banning natural gas lined up against the legislation Wednesday, arguing that it would keep...
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...
Legislative pressure builds on utility regulators
Legislative pressure is mounting on state regulators to more aggressively respond to ongoing investigations into how ratepayers were hit with nearly $1 billion in...
Missouri regulators sign off on Kansas gas plants
Missouri utility regulators have signed off on Evergy's proposal to build two natural gas plants in Kansas, a decision reached over in the Sunflower...
Regulators allow chamber groups to intervene in rate case over utility’s objections
State regulators have given the Kansas Chamber of Commerce the ability to intervene in Evergy’s case for raising electric rates for the first time...
State regulators withhold support for Panasonic rate increase
(Developing: Will be updated as warranted)
State regulators are withholding support of Evergy's request to seek an electric rate increase to feed the new Panasonic...
Wind turbine limits sputter in Legislature
Republican state Sen. Mike Thompson's drive to put limits on renewable energy development in Kansas is running out of gas.
Thompson, a critic of renewable...
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...
