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BUSINESS NEWSMidwest Energy has been named as a selectee of a $97 mil

Midwest EnergyMidwest Energy has been named as a selectee of a $97 mi

The news reports are shocking: Homeowners in Texas opening their utility bills, to find a years’ worth of charges on one month’s bill – sometimes more. The bills are due to extreme Arctic temperatures from the Dakotas to Texas Feb. 10-17, causing exceptionally high demands on electric and natural gas supplies.

Midwest Energy press release With record-breaking cold expected to grip much of the country through mid-week, Midwest Energy is asking customers whose health permits to turn thermostats down a bit, and to not use appliances with heavy electricity consumption, beginning at 12:01 a.m. Monday, Feb. 15 and continuing through mid-week. “Last week brought a trifecta of bad events – the lowest temperatures in decades across the entire region for more than a week; tight supplies of natural gas due...

Hays Daily News Staff Reports Extreme record-breaking cold continued its grip on Ellis County Sunday and Monday, as part of a storm blanketing the Midwest. Topping that off, snowfall from Saturday night and overnight to Sunday morning brought 2.5 inches of snow to Hays, according to the K-State Ag Research Center at Hays. Gov. Laura Kelly on Sunday issued a statewide state of disaster emergency due to wind chill warnings and stress on utility and natural gas providers. The temperature Monday ...