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Evergy's controlled outage leaves some households without power for 7 hours Thousands of Evergy users are still without power after controlled outages earlier in the day. and last updated 2021-02-16 20:40:51-05 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The thermostat in Taylor Albritton's Lenexa home showed 48 degrees at 12:22 p.m., almost four hours after her power went out as part of Evergy's controlled outages across the region. "I know [Evergy is] not going to pay for my pipes if they're frozen or pay for any food that goes bad, so we're kind of on our own at this point," Albritton said. The power came ba...

Nearly 20,000 electric customers in the Killeen area — just under 30% of all customers served in the Killeen area — remained without power Tuesday, and there is no timetable for its return. Houses and buildings in the surrounding areas, such as Copperas Cove and Harker Heights also remained dark — some for more than 24 hours. One Copperas Cove resident, Ashley Price, said she and her family had to flee Copperas Cove for a family member’s home in Leander who still has power. “It was just unbearable,” Price said. “It was 49 degrees in our house.” Price sa...