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Hostile Crowd Greets Westar at Rate Hearing
Westar has asked the Kansas Corporation Commission to allow it to increase its rates primarily to offset increased expenses for employee pensions, to expand tree trimming and to offset the effects of a cold summer. Continue reading
Officials Argue For, Against Westar Rate Hike
Westar’s requested rate bump is 5.85 percent, which would add about $6.44 per month to the average 900 kilowatt-hour residential electric bill. Continue reading
Sierra Club Criticizes Kansas Lawsuit Against EPA on Power Plant Emissions
Utilities across the country have prepared for the new rule by installing pollution controls and using cleaner energy technologies, while Attorney General Derek Schmidt filed a federal lawsuit to block the Cross-State Air Pollution rule. Continue reading
Planned Westar Rate Hike Would be Fifth Since 2008
By Dion Lefler for The Wichita Eagle Since its last official rate review in 2008, Westar Energy has raised its electric rates four times. Those four increases have already cost Kansas customers more than the $91 million the company requested … Continue reading
Utilities Companies Weighing Cost of Environmental Retrofits with Building Newer, Cleaner Energy
An energy case before the Kansas Corporation Commission could set a precedent for how utility companies handle expensive environmental upgrades to their coal plants. Continue reading
Westar: ‘No Way’ We Can Meet Pollution Rules
Westar Energy’s top air-quality official says it will be impossible for the state’s dominant electric company to comply with new federal pollution regulations taking effect at the beginning of next year. Continue reading
Kansas Corporation Commission Coal Plant Retrofit Dockets
Table of Contents Background Submit Public Comment Kansas City Power and Light’s Proposal KCP&L’s Proposal and Effect on Westar Customers Links and Resources for Comments Rates Health Environment Economic Development Jobs Background On January 21, 2011 the Kansas Corporation Commission … Continue reading
House Seeks to Choke EPA Regs
By Tim Carpenter for The Topeka Capital-Journal Nearly every member of the Kansas House is convinced air-quality regulators at the federal Environmental Protection Agency are spewing toxic rules. Rep. Forrest Knox, R-Altoona, took the lead on pushing through a resolution … Continue reading
Political Rhetoric Backfired
Ideologues tend to get their blinders on, and politicians like to pander to their base. That explains why State Sen. Tim Huelskamp, R-Fowler, sought and won a provision in the state budget to bar use of state money for implementing federal greenhouse gas regulations. Continue reading
Public Hearings – Rate Impacts and Coal Plant Retrofits
We strongly encourage you to attend one or both of the public meetings on May 5th or May 10th. These are official KCC public hearings where Westar and KCP&L will make presentations and where the public can ask questions and comment about the retrofits and the request to pass those costs onto customers. Continue reading →