LAST CHANCE to take action against Evergy's unfair rate proposals! Submit a Public Comment Opposing Evergy’s $35 Minimum Bill and Grid Access Fee As our battle over solar equity continues with the state's largest utility, we are now combatting their false...
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...
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...
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...
Westar solar customers who installed a solar system before October 1, 2018 should have seen a change on their September bill, eliminating the demand charges. If you're a Westar solar customer and still being charged the demand rate, contact the utility. If...
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 Climate + Energy Project knows Andrew French through his work at the Kansas Corporation Commission and in private practice. He is knowledgeable and experienced on energy policy and a fair-minded individual with the skills to lead Kansas as we adapt to emerging technologies rapidly changing our energy future.
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...
We need your help to stop an attack on our solar rights!
Kansans wishing to install solar panels on their homes saw a major cost barrier removed today by the Kansas Supreme Court in a ruling that determined Evergy’s (formerly Westar Energy) demand charge was a discriminatory rate and not permissible by law. The opinion of...