Sierra Club: Evergy's Energy Plan Keeps Customers on the Hook for Coal for Another Generation
May 01, 2021
May 01, 2021
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 1 (TNSRep) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on April 30, 2021:
Evergy, the largest electric utility in Kansas and the second largest in Missouri, filed its Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) with Missouri regulators today. The good news is the utility proposes 3,200 megawatts of solar by 2032 and 1,000 megawatts of wind power by 2026. The utility also proposes to close the 66-year-old Lawrence coal plant by 2023 and Jeffrey Unit 3 by 2030. . . .
Evergy, the largest electric utility in Kansas and the second largest in Missouri, filed its Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) with Missouri regulators today. The good news is the utility proposes 3,200 megawatts of solar by 2032 and 1,000 megawatts of wind power by 2026. The utility also proposes to close the 66-year-old Lawrence coal plant by 2023 and Jeffrey Unit 3 by 2030. . . .