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Kansas Power Demand and Home Bills

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Every number in the report cites one of these. Retrieved Oct 25, 2026.

  1. Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC), news release Nov 6 2025, "KCC approves large load rate plan with consumer protections" (Docket 25-EKME-315-TAR). https://www.kcc.ks.gov/news-11-6-25
  2. KCC, news release Jul 7 2025, settlement approval for Viola and McNew gas plants and Kansas Sky solar (Docket 25-EKCE-207-PRE). https://www.kcc.ks.gov/news-7-7-25
  3. KCC, news release Sep 25 2025, Evergy Kansas Central rate case settlement. https://www.kcc.ks.gov/news-9-25-25
  4. KCC, Order approving unanimous settlement, Docket 25-EKCE-294-RTS (Sep 25 2025), incl. CWIP and TDC class allocation factors and 8.45% pre-tax rate of return. Copy via https://sunflowerstatejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Noticed_1._25-294_Order_appoving_unanimous_SA_002.pdf (KCC eSTAR timed out)
  5. KCC, public hearing notice, Evergy Kansas Central rate request (2025). https://www.kcc.ks.gov/images/PDFs/your-opinion-matters/25-EKCE-294-RTS/2025%20EKC%20rate%20case%20public%20hearing%20notice.pdf
  6. Kansas Session Laws 2024, Chapter 60 (House Bill 2527), CWIP rate adjustment mechanism. https://www.sos.ks.gov/publications/sessionlaws/2024/Chapter-60-HB-2527.html
  7. Evergy newsroom, May 12 2026, "Evergy begins construction on 710 MW high-efficiency natural gas plant" (Chisholm Trail Energy Center, Sumner County). https://newsroom.evergy.com/2026-05-12-Evergy-begins-construction-on-710-MW-high-efficiency-natural-gas-plant
  8. Evergy Q2 2026 earnings call, Aug 6 2026 (transcript by Quartr via StockAnalysis). https://stockanalysis.com/stocks/evrg/transcripts/662200-q2-2026/
  9. Utility Dive, Aug 11 2026, "Evergy has 3 GW of large loads signed and a 5-GW generation pipeline". https://www.utilitydive.com/news/evergy-large-loads-resource-plan-earnings/827571/
  10. Kansas Department of Revenue, Notice 25-03, Sales Tax Exemption for Data Centers (SB 98, 2025). https://www.ksrevenue.gov/taxnotices/notice25-03.pdf ; Kansas Legislature, SB 98 bill page https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB98/
  11. U.S. EIA, Form EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 (Evergy Kansas Central 22500, Evergy Kansas South 10005, Evergy Metro 10000). https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/
  12. Evergy Kansas Central, rate schedules (tariff book). https://bcg.evergy.com/-/media/documents/billing/kansas-central/other/ks-central-rates.pdf