KCP&L

Power Outages Diminish As Crews Labor Into Monday

Dan Verbeck and Briana O'Higgins — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:14:01 +0000

Updated 10:15 a.m Storms Aftermath Shows Power Restoration:

Utility troubleshooters from KCP&L have restored a large portion of service to harder hit areas. The utility’s web site indicated the Raytown area had 237 outages just after 10 a.m.

Six hours earlier there were 4500 without electricity. Missouri outages of more than one hundred customers in other area districts and cities include:

Electric Surcharge Bill Stalls In Missouri Senate

Marshall Griffin — Thu, 02 May 2013 14:08:58 +0000

Legislation has stalled in the Missouri Senate that would allow investor-owned electric companies to charge consumers for infrastructure improvements.

Opponents argued that Ameren Missouri, Empire District and Kansas City Power and Light (KCP&L) make enough money to pay for improvements without levying an Infrastructure System Replacement Surcharge (ISRS) on their customers. Several Senators are blocking the measure, including Republican Rob Schaaf of St. Joseph.

Including Power Utilities In Command Center Boosted Snowstorm Fight-ability

Dan Verbeck — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:26:32 +0000

Some of the first aftermath data from two major and back-to-back winter snow storms is filtering out of Kansas City city hall. Adding two agencies to the Emergency Operations Center was counted as a positive to the Public Safety and Emergency Services Committee of the Council.

Those private or quasi-private operations served public transit and distribution of electrical power.

The Ops nerve center stayed open 24 hours in the storm of February 21, another 30 hours during last week’s heavy, wet snow.

Power Outages Reduced From Kansas City Region Snow Storm

Dan Verbeck — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:44:25 +0000

Kansas City area residents have fought their way out of a second major snowstorm in less than a week. Some areas got upwards of a foot of new snow.

Power Loss Plagues Parts Of KC Region After 13-Inch Snowfall

Dan Verbeck — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:55:13 +0000

This snowstorm brought the added burden of power outages, so wet and heavy it tore down trees and lines. There was a heavier snow on the south side of the metro.

Downed Limbs Pose Dangers

Maria Carter — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:26:23 +0000

The recent run of severe weather has resulted in extensive power outages and downed power lines throughout Kansas City, Mo. Tens of thousands throughout the metro are without power.

Because of the higher temps this storm (~ 33 degrees), the snow is very moist and heavy, resulting in accumulation on trees and power lines. This accumulation is causing trees and power lines to sag and is a greater risk of downed power lines.

KCP&L has called in additional personnel and are progressing through restoration.

Power Outages Add To Winter Storm Suffering

Dan Verbeck — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:10:17 +0000

An onslaught of winds and continued heavy snowfall are dropping power lines indiscriminately around the Kansas City metro region.

KCP&L's Big Battery Aims To Help Spark Midtown Resurgence

Frank Morris — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:08:16 +0000

KCP&L’s new “Smartgrid Innovation Park” is parked between the back wall of a pretty downtrodden, urban core grocery store, and an old humming electric substation. A fancy new brick and rot iron fence guards, not a McMansion, but what looks like a semi-truck trailer, on concrete pillars.

Council Members Comment on P & L District Subsidy

Steve Bell — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:19:06 +0000

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Kansas City, MO – City Manager Troy Schulte's comments to the Kansas City Star that the city will have to pay millions of dollars for up to ten years to subsidize Power and Light District TIFs prompted responses from several Kansas City council members Wednesday. KCUR's Steve Bell reports.