Investigations underway in Kansas after February weather emergency
Companies on the list include Evergy, Liberty Empire, and more.
The Kansas Corporation Commission issued an order Tuesday that opened seven company investigations pertaining to the impacts of the February weather emergency.
From the Kansas Corporation Commission, “The investigations will examine each utility’s proposal to minimize the financial impacts of the February weather emergency on its customers. The high demand, along with generation facility issues due to cold weather, created supply shortages and extraordinarily high energy prices. An Emergency Order issued by the Commission on February 15 ordered regulated utilities to defer those costs for review and to present a plan to minimize ratepayer impact over a reasonable timeframe.”
The investigations will also look into the cause of reduced natural gas supplies, high natural gas prices, supply and demand imbalances in the Southwest Power Pool Integrated Market, and the steps that can be taken in the future to make sure utilities are better prepared for future weather events.
The list of companies include: Evergy, Liberty Empire, Southern Pioneer, Kansas Gas Service, Atmos Energy, Black Hills Energy, and American Energies Gas Service.