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Topeka ? State officials Wednesday approved a $3 million rate increase for Westar Energy, plus measures that will allow the com

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photo by: Charlie Riedel/Associated Press A man walks along a snowy path Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, as temperatures hovered close to zero degrees at Shawnee Mission Park in Shawnee, Kan. Winter storms in the region brought subzero temperatures for days on end as power companies struggled to keep up with demand. You thought your natural gas bill was bad following last month’s arctic blast. Just try paying the one sitting on the desk at the Tulsa headquarters of One Gas Inc. One Gas is the parent ...

photo by: Mike Yoder/Journal-World File Photo A flock of birds glides over a field east of Evergys Lawrence Energy Center, on a cold morning, Monday, Feb. 2, 2015. Earlier this month as rolling power blackouts crawled across Kansas, a couple of numbers stuck in the minds of residents: 20 below zero and 1 hour. The first was the outside temperature in many parts of the state. The second was the maximum amount of time that Evergy, the state’s largest electric utility, originally had estimated ...