Energy

Lawmakers approved consumer protections and oversight to PACE loans that have disproportionately burdened borrowers in Black neighborhoods.

Renewable energy sources like wind and solar are making coal increasingly less attractive as a way to generate electricity.

Kansas was 45th in the country in solar energy last year, with only 0.2% of its energy coming from solar.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led workers to experience burnout at unprecedented rates, and a bill in the Kansas Senate aims to more strictly regulate the wind turbine industry.

Kansas has no state-sponsored energy plan, which leaves decisions on transforming from fossil fuels to renewable sources up to private businesses.

The sub-zero cold snap that gripped the Midwest in early February led to a jaw-dropping rise in natural gas prices, the cost of which consumers will feel.

The earthquakes that have shaken south-central Kansas in recent years look to be natural, but a deeper dive is underway to see if they're related to oil and gas drilling in the region.

Kansas is slipping to the back of the pack on some critical economic measures. In this episode of Statehouse Blend Kansas, host Jim McLean talks with…

Evergy, the company formed in the merger between Westar Energy and Great Plains Energy, has announced the official retirement dates of several older...

Two Westar Energy employees have died from injuries received while working at the company’s largest power plant, which remained closed Monday....

Perhaps conserving energy is important to you. You’ve switched out all of your incandescent light bulbs with LEDs. You keep your thermostat set at 78 in...

New Trump administration rules aimed at protecting the coal industry reverse Obama-era regulations on greenhouse gases by letting states set their own...