Rebecca Kling, rebecca.kling@sierraclub.org, 202-495-3059
KANSAS CITY, KS--On Wednesday, August 14, Sierra Club will release a ground-breaking report on the past and future cost of coal power at Evergy, Inc, the company formed in the 2018 merger of Westar Energy and Kansas City Power & Light. Join Andy Knott, Senior Campaign Representative of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign in Kansas and Missouri Al Armendariz, Deputy Regional Director, and John Romankiewicz, Senior Analyst, on this telepresser to learn more about the report’s key findings and recommendations, as well as to ask questions.
WHEN: 10:30 AM Central, Wednesday, August 14, 2019
DIAL-IN INFORMATION:
877-876-9173 (toll-free)
785-424-1667 (local)
Call Title: Evergy Energy: Kansas Pays the Price
Conference ID: KANSASCOAL
WHO:
- Andy Knott, Senior Campaign Representative of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign in Kansas and Missouri
- Al Armendariz, Deputy Regional Director of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign
- John Romankiewicz, Senior Analyst with the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign
BACKGROUND: This report is to be released amid controversy around Kansas electric rates, and the State of Kansas calling for an official study on electricity prices. Meanwhile, the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) is in the midst of developing a long-range planning requirement for Evergy, a first-ever for the KCC.
For many people in eastern Kansas, Evergy, the parent company of Westar, is the only electric provider available. This gives Evergy a particular responsibility to make financially and environmentally sound decisions, as ratepayers can’t simply take their business elsewhere.
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