Jill Hummels/Kansas Reflector
Both Kansas and Missouri now have legislation to help utilities shutter coal power plants
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri utilities will be able to shutter more coal plants, speeding […]
Jill Hummels/Kansas Reflector
Consumer watchdog wants feds to acknowledge investors’ influence on Evergy expenses
A consumer watchdog wants federal regulators to acknowledge the influence of activist shareholders on Evergy’s decision-making, mirroring a local push that Kansas regulators rejected.
Letter to the Times: Show support for closing coal-powered plants
“Please show your support for closing the coal-powered plants and urge Evergy to use securitization funds to transition to renewable energy by sending your comments to KCC,” Kathleen Harned writes in this letter to the Times.
August Rudisell / Lawrence Times
Kansas and Missouri utilities may use loophole to charge customers for fossil fuel lobbying
Kansas and Missouri residents’ utility bills may be helping to bankroll energy sector lobbying against policies aimed at lowering greenhouse gas emissions.
Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector
Public can comment on Evergy sustainability plan after critiques over transparency
Members of the public will be allowed to comment on Evergy’s five-year sustainability plan after environmental and consumer advocates criticized regulators’ process as not transparent.
Jill Hummels/Kansas Reflector
Evergy earnings shot up following February cold snap that forced blackouts
Evergy more than doubled its earnings in the first quarter compared to the beginning of 2020, largely due to the profits it made on sky-high wholesale energy prices during a February cold snap that forced it to cut off power to thousands of customers across the region.
Brian Grimmett/Kansas News Service
Evergy plans major coal shutdowns, including Lawrence plant, but environmental groups say it’s not fast enough
Environmental groups remain unimpressed by Evergy’s plans to close down coal plants in the next 20 years.
Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector
Evergy to shutter Lawrence coal plant, speed transition to renewable energy
Evergy will retire its coal power plant in Lawrence by the end of 2023, the […]
Advocacy groups push for transparency in Evergy’s $8.9 billion ‘sustainability’ plan
Environmental and consumer groups are raising alarms about what they claim is limited transparency as Kansas regulators review Evergy’s plan to spend more than $8.9 billion on the utility provider’s infrastructure across the state.
August Rudisell/@KsScanner
Did you hear that boom? Explosion at Lawrence power plant was from turbine malfunction
The sound of an explosion rattled homes all over Lawrence just before 10 p.m. Wednesday, […]
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