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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.

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

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.

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.

Utility companies are starting to collect information about how the pandemic cost them money — data they might use to argue for rate hikes.