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Renewable energy sources like wind and solar are making coal increasingly less attractive as a way to generate electricity.
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Lawmakers basically let utilities refinance the cost of their old power plants. And if they get the debt from those coal-fired facilities off the books, they can shut them down and switch faster to renewable energy sources.
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Proposed statewide rules come from groups that say neighbors need more power to push back on wind energy development, but the industry has grown steadily in recent years.
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Kansas has no state-sponsored energy plan, which leaves decisions on transforming from fossil fuels to renewable sources up to private businesses.
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Utilities struggled to keep pace with power demand set off by sub-freezing temperatures that gripped the Midwest.
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Kansas scores well for the number of charging stations it has in the eastern part of the state, but not so much when it comes to tax incentives and planning for a move away from the internal combustion engine.
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Evergy had its system for charging customers with solar panels shot down by the courts, so it's exploring other ways to bill them for the expense of keeping the grid on standby.
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Utility companies are starting to collect information about how the pandemic cost them money — data they might use to argue for rate hikes.
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TOPEKA, Kansas — Curtis Sneden remembers what impatient investors did to Topeka-based Payless Shoes. Pressure for profits now and the bankruptcy that...
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WICHITA, Kansas — As global carbon dioxide emissions break records , Kansas is headed in the opposite direction — reducing emissions for 10 straight...
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WICHITA, Kansas — This city’s buses all run on diesel. They navigate Wichita streets with the distinctive rumble of their time-tested engines, belching...
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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...