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LINDSBORG, Kansas — The city-owned utility here wants to sell more electricity to the 3,500 people in town.So it bought a $40,000 Tesla Model 3 sedan. It…
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The way Westar Energy runs its coal plants in Kansas unnecessarily costs consumers millions of dollars a year through an obscure, if common, practice…
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Solar panel users in Kansas continue to pay higher electricity bills as they wait for utility company Evergy to keep a promise made during this year’s…
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Westar Energy says it will replace some of the large metal transmission poles installed in some Wichita neighborhoods following an outcry from residents…
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Wichita City Council member Brandon Johnson wants Evergy to replace new metal electric poles in some neighborhoods with wooden ones.Johnson represents…
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It’s not exactly unusual for customers to complain about their electricity bills. But repeated rate hikes over the past decade have made Westar Energy’s…
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Westar Energy is organizing several community meetings across the state to help people sign up for the Low Income Energy Assistance Program.LIEAP is a…
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Companies have complained for years that electricity rates run higher in Kansas than in surrounding states.That gives manufacturers and retailers in other…
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Wind is beginning to challenge coal’s status as the primary energy source for electricity produced in Kansas.The shift has accelerated almost…
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One morning after the next, semi-trailer trucks get off Interstate 70 near Colby in west-central Kansas.They haul parts of giant wind turbines in…