Kansans who generate some of their own electricity are fighting Westar Energy over proposed rates they say could cast a huge shadow over solar power in the Sunflower State. As part of a broader rate ...

TOPEKA, Kan., June 27, 2003 — Westar Energy announced the appointment of two new directors to its board. They are Mollie Hale Carter and Arthur B. Krause. “I am pleased to welcome Mollie and Art as ...

Power lines bisect the skyline at the former Westar Energy plant in Lawrence in this file photo from June 2007. The postcards have been mailed, and billboards and other forms of advertising have ...

22 August 2006 — Westar Energy announced Tuesday that it has chosen a location in Lyon County, Kansas, as the site for a new natural gas-fired combustion turbine peaking power plant. The site is in a ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Local energy providers, Westar Energy and KCP&L are now serving customers as Evergy, the name of the holding company established when the companies merged last year.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. & TOPEKA, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Great Plains Energy Incorporated (NYSE: GXP), which serves customers as KCP&L, and Westar Energy, Inc., (NYSE: WR) received final regulatory ...

Wichita City Councilman Brandon Johnson and Westar Energy representatives were in northeast Wichita Monday afternoon to respond to complaints about a series of large power poles that have gone up in ...

TOPEKA – Westar Energy is about to launch a new program that will allow large commercial customers to lock in a portion of their electric rates for up to 20 years if they agree to purchase energy from ...

Westar Energy says the two workers who died at the Jeffrey Energy Center on Sunday were injured when a when a piece of equipment with high-pressure steam behind it failed. The energy company says ...

Westar Energy is warning the public about imposters posing as its employees who are trying to get personal information from Kansas City-area customers.The utility said the scammers claim to work with ...

Kansas regulators have given final approval to a rate increase for the state's largest electric company that will cost most households in its territory between $5 and $7 more a month. The Kansas ...