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  Kansas City Power & Light is looking to stop the popular rebate program in Kansas City. The rebate programs provides financial incentives to Missouri customers who install solar systems to their homes or businesses. The amount of rebates filed jumped from $350,00 in 2010 to $12 million in 2012.   KCP&L filed with the […]

This is a departure from our typical technology post, but it's still a vital part of any energy efficient project. I'm talking about utility rates. On average, utility rates typically rise 6-8 percent annually. At a time of record high fuel prices, historic environmental challenges, and industrial structural change, the nation's demand for reliable electric […]

A Missouri appeals court has upheld regulations of energy-saving incentives for utility customers. Last week, the Western Districts court’s decision allows utility companies to recoup the cost of energy efficiency incentives for customers when they request rate increases from the Missouri Public Service Commission, which recently allowed an increase rates throughout Missouri. More than one-third […]

State regulators on Wednesday approved a rate increase that will affect 600,000 customers in Missouri. Great Plains Energy, the parent company to Kansas City Power & Light, was granted $64 million of the $106 million requested. The increases varied among the utility’s three service areas. About half of the customers in the KCP&L territory will […]

Kansas City Power & Light customers in Kansas will soon see increases in their utility bill. The Kansas Corporation Commission on Thursday approved a $33.1 million (6.7 percent) annual rate hike. KCP&L originally asked for $63 million but subsequently reduced the request to $56 million to pay for environmental upgrades and a wind-energy project. The company said […]

About 300,000 Kansas City Power & Light customers will soon see an increase in their utility bills after the company approved a new efficiency program Thursday. The program will include energy-efficient rebates that will help users save energy and money, but the program will cost customers about $40 million. Katie McDonald, KCP&L's communications director, assured […]

KCP&L, MRIGlobal, and Exergonix Inc. are running a trial of a new smart grid energy storage technology in Kansas City. Developed by Exergonix, the new technology features a nano-battery, one-megawatt cell that is being tested in its first live smart grid test. Installed last summer, the battery will support KCP&L's SmartGrid Demonstration Area. The battery is […]

The KCP&L rebates aren’t going to last forever. In fact, they may not be available next year. Rebates for the state of Kansas are no longer available, but the ones for Missouri customers are. If you have considered updating your lighting system in the past, now is the time to do it. And if the […]

Light emitting diodes (LEDs) are more prevalent in lighting retrofits, especially as many companies are looking to their utilities to provide rebates. The rebates offer a large energy savings that takes reduces upfront costs. “Utilities across the country show limited prescriptive rebate support for LED lighting,” found a report by Groom Energy and GTM research. […]