Evergy

Utilities saw poor customer outcomes, lowered standards as they gave CEOs raises

Kansas City-based Evergy this month signaled plans to delay the retirement of its coal plants, increase planned methane gas generation, and reduce and delay new renewable energy generation, raising questions about its ability to meet its pledge to reach net-zero emissions by 2045, and the cost to consumers of the new gas plants.  The shifts...

Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed off on his first major energy package earlier this month, a suite of policies likely to increase Missourians’ utility bills and corporate utilities’ profits, reflecting his deep ties to the industry. Kehoe signed Senate Bill (SB) 4—the Missouri legislature’s omnibus utility bill—into law on April 9. The bill, led by Republican State Senator Mike...

A new ad hoc coalition of electric utilities has sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its newly proposed rules to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing coal and new gas plants. The coalition, called the “Electric Generators for a Sensible Transition,” is represented by the same attorneys who represented a previous, seemingly similar ad...