Kansas Fights Evergy Rate Hike

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The Evergy division that serves about 735,000 customers in the eastern third of Kansas applied to the Kansas Corporation Commission in January asking for a $196.4 million annual rate increase. The KCC is the regulatory agency for the state’s utility industry. 

The rate increase would raise bills about $13.05 per month for an average home. Schools would see an increase of 14.96%, while commercial and industrial businesses would increase nearly 12%, said James Zakoura, attorney for the Kansas Industrial Consumers Group . . .

“You’re seeing an outsized request, and they have said that one of the big reasons for that outsized request is they want an increased return on equity to their shareholders,” Zakoura said. 

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