Tag: KCC
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/electric-rates-e1631363621424.jpg)
KCC staff recommends smaller increase in Evergy Central, decrease in KC area
Kansas Corporation Commission staff late last month made a rare rate decrease recommendation in an Evergy rate case before the…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/power-lines-e1664453694239.jpg)
KCC ignores landowners, grants route for power lines to take electricity out of state
In a 2-1 vote earlier this week, the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) — which regulates public utilities in the state…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/power-lines-e1664453694239.jpg)
Manchin electric grid takeover mirrored by KCC
Even before Senator Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) was proposing a bill that would have essentially nationalized energy transmission in the…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/qtq80-MeiOBk.jpeg)
Kansas residents to see spike in natural gas bills
Kansas residents over the last few months have seen a massive spike in electric rates — and will shortly be…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/electric-rates-e1631363621424.jpg)
Evergy ordered to explain capital expenses — in public
Questions about capital spending by Evergy — Kansas’ largest electric utility — came to a head Thursday as the Kansas…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/wind-turbines-e1629210203950.jpg)
KCC grants public utility status to wind developer that could raise electric rates
The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) has approved the first stage of a project which will see electricity from the Wolf…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/electric-rates-e1631363621424.jpg)
Evergy electric bills to spike, and not just because of the heat
Evergy, the largest for-profit electric company in Kansas, recently raised rates for nearly every customer in the state by more…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/electric-rates-e1631363621424.jpg)
KCC reverses course, allows retail ratepayer groups to weigh in on transmission project
Despite calling the brouhaha surrounding a controversial transmission project “a circus” and “drama trauma,” Kansas Corporation Commission Commissioner Susan K.…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/wind-turbines-e1629210203950.jpg)
Is KCC using biased analysis to justify higher electric rates?
The masthead on the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) website declares it is serving the people of Kansas, but testimony indicates…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/electric-rates-e1631363621424.jpg)
Kelly appointees limit consumer input on eminent domain, rate hikes
In an almost unprecedented move, the Kansas Corporation Commission limited the ability of a consumer interest group to intervene on…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/electric-rates-e1631363621424.jpg)
Petition asks legislature to halt skyrocketing electric rates
Kansas has some of the highest electric utility rates in the region, with residents paying — on average — 25%…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/electric-rates-e1631363621424.jpg)
High electric rates fund big salaries at KCK Board of Public Utilities
Kansas City, Kansas residents pay some of the highest electric rates in the region to the city-owned Board of Public…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/electric-rates-e1631363621424.jpg)
Kansans pay 25% higher electric rates than neighboring states
A recently released audit of the electric rates Kansans pay concluded that Kansans pay anywhere from 22 to 25 percent…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/strommast-3304946_1280.jpg)
Utility Companies Battle Electricity Rates Proposal
Kansas electricity rates are the highest in the region, but legislation intended to determine the reasons and possible solutions faces…