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Advocate for Clean Energy!
Kansas needs a state energy plan that engages stakeholders in a comprehensive effort to establish a clear vision, guiding principles, realistic objectives, and actionable strategies to guide the state’s energy decision making for the next ten years. Your...
CEP 2020 Impacts: Clean Energy
CEP helps you take action on pressing climate and energy issues in Kansas. In 2020, you all showed up for clean energy! Thanks to those of you who represented Kansas solar during the Supreme Court Hearing last winter and all of you who submitted testimonies on the...
CEP 2020 Impacts: Climate Resilience & Energy Justice
2020 has been a year to remember. From elevating climate change as a public health issue to advocating against unfair electricity rates, the Climate + Energy Project (CEP) builds resilience in Kansas through equitable clean energy solutions and climate...
LAST CHANCE to stop Evergy’s unfair rate proposals!
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...
Kansas solar at the Supreme Court this week, attend in person or online
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...
Take action to stop Evergy’s rate hike!
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...
Kansas Beats the Virus
The Climate + Energy Project is partnering with the Kansas Leadership Center (KLC) to help Kansas Beat the Virus. Watch this video or read the overview to learn more!KLC has an ambitious goal to catalyze more than 1,000 small group meetings before the end of the year....
Join us for a Kansas Beats the Virus conversation!
We are convening two Kansas Beats the Virus conversations for our supporters and followers. In these meetings we'll brainstorm innovative, local ideas together to beat the spread of Covid-19. We'll talk briefly about the barriers you face (and see others...
Jonathan Scott’s Power Trip Film Screening & Guest Panel
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...
Kansas Speaks On Evergy’s Proposed Grid Access Fee
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...
Thank You Climate + Energy Voter Ambassadors!
Thank you for your hard work in getting out the climate + energy vote out in Kansas this election season. Although voter results are not yet in, we can celebrate our cohort of 36 voter ambassadors who reached out to 382 voters! We have two...
Every Vote Counts!
This election has been unlike any other because of the pandemic. That doesn’t change a simple fact: we must count every vote. Our ability to protect the environment, climate, and social justice rests on our democracy's health. With more mail-in ballots submitted than...