Supreme Court Reminder! This week, the Kansas Supreme Court will review whether the rate design for distributed generation class (demand charges) discriminates against renewable energy users in violation of both Kansas state law and federal law. Everyone is...
Evergy's $35 minimum bill would raise rates on nearly 200,000 Kansans Submit a Public Comment Opposing Evergy’s $35 Minimum Bill! On November 5th, nearly 50 Kansans made their voices heard at the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) hearing...
In Power Trip, filmmaker Jonathan Scott travels the United States confronting those at the root of the issue and meets the everyday citizens fighting against a deeply entrenched, powerful system that’s waging war against the solar industry—and against the rights of...
What Happened? On November 5th, the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) held a virtual public hearing to get citizen input on Evergy's new rate proposal to either add $3 per kilowatt grid access fee to solar energy users, or to have a $35 minimum bill for all...
Evergy is proposing a new electricity rate for residential solar customers, that adds a monthly grid access fee of $3.00 per kW of solar. If this isn't acceptable to the Commission, Evergy’s alternative proposal is a minimum bill of $35 for all...
Save Kansas Solar - Submit a Public Comment Opposing Evergy’s Grid Access Fees! DOCKET NO. 18-WSEE-328-RTS Evergy is proposing a new rate design for residential solar customers, the rate design includes a monthly residential grid access fee of $3.00 per...
Recognizes need for increased investments in clean energy jobs NATIONAL CLEAN ENERGY WEEK SEPTEMBER 23 – 27, 2019 Hutchinson, KS – As the country recognizes National Clean Energy Week (NCEW) and the positive economic impact new energy technologies are making, the...
Kansas Solar gets Big Win - Sort of Kansas residents and solar businesses have faced an uphill battle for solar access. For more than six years, the Climate + Energy Project has been fighting for fair policies for ratepayers and solar businesses at the Kansas...
Sending out a big high-five for all the great work in submitting public comments to FERC in opposition to the NERA petition to kill net metering. Three hundred and twenty Kansans filed comments with 57,000 filed nationwide! The comments were overwhelmingly opposed to...
The public comment deadline on the petition to give federal regulators the power to block rooftop solar owners from earning fair credit for the surplus electricity their solar panels produce is fast approaching! The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission needs to hear...
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In normal times, we’d be wrapping up the legislative session and gearing up for our summer outreach, but Covid 19 had other plans. It’s hard to celebrate when times are tough, but it’s more important than ever. Good things happening in Kansas, thanks to climate...