Evergy’s rate case has been resolved with a unanimous agreement from interveners/stakeholders, including CEP. The net increase of $74 million will result in an average monthly bill increase of $4.64 for residential customers in Evergy’s Kansas Central territory. In July 2023 Evergy filed an application with the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC), requesting a net rate increase of $204 million for Kansas Central customers and $14 million for Evergy Kansas Metro customers. In September 2023, CEP joined the other interveners and stakeholders in unanimously agreeing upon the terms of the Ev ..read more

Tell the Kansas Corporation Commission to say NO to Evergy’s dirty rate hikes and YES to clean rooftop solar and energy efficiency.  Kansas’ largest utility monopoly, Evergy, is proposing a rate increase for nearly 1 million Kansas customers. The proposed rate increase would be one of the largest in the company’s history, hiking Kansas Central customers’ bills by more than $170 per year. Kansas City area Metro customers will see an additional $42 per year.  Evergy asks for this enormous rate hike in order to keep its most expensive and polluting power plants running less than half ..read more

march 28, 2023 Statehouse Happenings This Week: The legislature has officially concluded its committee work for non-exempt committees. Here are a few highlights: SB 49 advanced with no amendments and we are eager to see this bill sent to the Governor for her signature! Efforts to erode local control continue and both HB 2446 and HB 2447 are above the line today. We do not support these bills and will urge Governor Laura Kelly to veto them should they make it to her desk. Both the House and Senate have water bills advancing through the process. We’re pleased ..read more

march 21, 2023 Statehouse Happenings This Week: Our final pre-WEALTH event will be Wed/Thur (3/22 – 3/23). We’ll be talking with Rabbi Moti Rieber and others on the HOT topic of the session: WATER! The legislature has one more week of committee hearings and there’s a few things we’re closely monitoring this final week of committees! SB 49 is the wind lighting mitigation bill and it will be worked in the House Utilities committee on Tuesday morning. Please urge House Utilities members to pass the bill out with no additional amendments.  In the Senate, the Utilities committee will he ..read more

March 13, 2023 Statehouse Happenings This Week: Cheers to another great week in the legislature! This week brought advocates to Topeka to join Zack Pistora on conversations about community resiliency. Our final pre-WEALTH event will be Wed/Thur of this week with Rabbi Moti Rieber on the hot topic of the session: WATER! Last week both the Senate and the House heard ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) bills. The Senate version is extreme and would cost the state KPERS system more than $3 billion dollars. The House version is more carefully tailored and would not impose any mandates ..read more

March 7, 2023 Statehouse Happenings This Week: Whew, what a great week! We celebrated our first WEALTH event this Wednesday with the House Energy and Utilities Chair, Representative Leo Delperdang, in conversation with our Clean Energy Business Council’s Jessica Lucas. On Thursday we then traveled to Topeka for a day at the Capitol. (Reminder: there are three more opportunities to come to Topeka with WEALTH!) We were hard at work this week to defeat an anti-renewable budget provision that would have placed a moratorium on wind and solar projects while also requiring a broad ..read more

Feb 7, 2023 Statehouse Happenings This Week: It’s a busy week for energy issues in the Kansas Capitol.  Tuesday morning kicks off two BIG hearings in the House Energy committee. The Climate + Energy Project’s Clean Energy Business Council members will appear before the committee on HB 2228 and HB 2227. HB 2228 creates a uniform net-metering policy across investor-owned utility, municipal, and cooperative territories and increases system size limits. This has been an initiative of the CEBC’s since our inception and we’re excited to see it gaining momentum ..read more

Feb 13, 2023 Statehouse Happenings This Week: Last week, Clean Energy Business Council members had the opportunity to present testimony in favor of HB 2227 and HB 2228. We had a great showing of support for both bills and appreciated the opportunity to showcase how policy changes can enable more energy choice, provide opportunities for ratepayers to lower their bills, and foster adoption of more renewable energy in Kansas. Of course, Kansas utilities were opposed to both pieces of legislation. While disappointing, we appreciate the Chairman’s outreach to all parties to find consensus. The ..read more

  It’s a busy week for energy issues in the Kansas Capitol.  Tuesday morning kicks off two BIG hearings in the House Energy committee. The Climate + Energy Project’s Clean Energy Business Council members will appear before the committee on HB 2228 and HB 2227. HB 2228 creates a uniform net-metering policy across investor-owned utility, municipal, and cooperative territories and increases system size limits. This has been an initiative of the CEBC’s since our inception and we’re excited to see it gaining momentum.   The CEBC has also ..read more

Exciting news on the solar front! The Clean Energy Business Council, a program of the Climate + Energy Project, introduced HB 2227 and HB 2228. Both are expected to receive a hearing, perhaps as early as next week.   HB 2228 will make changes to the current net-metering laws in Kansas, including the inclusion of municipal and cooperative territories in the definition. If you want solar on your home or business, this bill is key to making that possible!   HB 2227 is another important component for ensuring solar access to Kansans. Enabling 3rd ..read more