Kansas

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Is Kansas on the cusp of a solar boom?

The sun-drenched state is a solar laggard, but that’s changing thanks to a slew of big projects — including a 270-MW installation that just landed a customer.

By Alexander C. Kaufman .

23 December 2025

ENN

Missouri, Kansas utilities back bills to reestablish monopoly on transmission projects

Ameren opposed the legislation in Kansas in 2016 when it stood to lose financially. Now that it stands to earn cash, it’s in favor.

By Allison Kite . 22 March 2023
ENN

Despite national goals, agricultural greenhouse gas emissions continue unchecked

While nationwide emissions from energy and other sectors have fallen in recent decades, those from agriculture — especially livestock and corn — have grown.

By Erin Jordan . 16 February 2023
ENN

Missouri Senate committee takes up bill targeting Grain Belt Express transmission line

The bill faces opposition from those who argue the line shouldn’t be able to use eminent domain to build on unwilling landowners' properties.

By Allison Kite . 5 April 2022
ENN

‘This is punitive’: Kansas Senate committee considers poison pill wind energy bills

Advocates say bills purported to protect rural residents would make Kansas one of the toughest states in the nation to build a wind farm.

By Allison Kite . 14 February 2022
ENN

Evergy’s conflicting power plans undermine stakeholder input, critics say

In a docket opened this fall, the Kansas electric utility departs from the yet-to-be-approved integrated resource plan it submitted earlier this year, provoking an outcry among clean energy proponents.

By Karen Uhlenhuth . 10 November 2021
ENN

Kansas counties consider new restrictions ahead of major solar project

Planning officials in Johnson and Douglas counties in eastern Kansas say it’s important to establish rules on size, location and setbacks for solar farms before NextEra moves forward with its West Gardner solar project.

By Karen Uhlenhuth . 8 October 2021
ENN

The Midwest lost clean energy jobs in 2020, but there were signs of hope, new report says

Clean energy jobs in the region declined by about 9% last year amid pandemic-driven economic turbulence, but electric vehicles were a bright spot, adding jobs in states including Minnesota and Michigan.

By Kari Lydersen . 11 August 2021
ENN

Want tax incentives in Des Moines? Be ready to meet higher energy efficiency bar

Midwest cities including Des Moines, Iowa, are increasingly linking tax-increment financing to sustainability requirements as they look for every tool possible to make progress on ambitious climate goals.

By Karen Uhlenhuth . 23 April 2021
ENN

Kansas utilities are getting a new tool to retire coal plants. Will they use it?

A coal securitization bill passed its final legislative hurdle this week with large bipartisan majorities in both chambers. The governor is widely expected to sign, but what happens after that is far less certain.

By Karen Uhlenhuth . 2 April 2021
ENN

Kansas City utility pivots in support of coal securitization bills in two states

After opposing such legislation in previous sessions, Evergy is backing bills in Kansas and Missouri that would help it refinance and retire coal plants ahead of schedule.

By Karen Uhlenhuth . 18 February 2021

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Kansas

Is Kansas on the cusp of a solar boom?

Missouri, Kansas utilities back bills to reestablish monopoly on transmission projects

Despite national goals, agricultural greenhouse gas emissions continue unchecked

Missouri Senate committee takes up bill targeting Grain Belt Express transmission line

‘This is punitive’: Kansas Senate committee considers poison pill wind energy bills

Evergy’s conflicting power plans undermine stakeholder input, critics say

Kansas counties consider new restrictions ahead of major solar project

The Midwest lost clean energy jobs in 2020, but there were signs of hope, new report says

Want tax incentives in Des Moines? Be ready to meet higher energy efficiency bar

Kansas utilities are getting a new tool to retire coal plants. Will they use it?

Kansas City utility pivots in support of coal securitization bills in two states