12/06: The Kansas Corporation Commission approved a Stipulation and Agreement granting the Kansas City Power & Light Company (KCPL) a $29 million rate increase, which equates to an overall revenue increase of 7.4 percent. The Agreement was reached through a collaborative process and agreed to by KCPL, Commission Staff, Citizen Utility Ratepayers Board, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Unions No. 412, 1464, and 1613, and Wal-Mart. Also, the Midwest Utility Users Group, representing a group of large volume and industrial customers, filed a formal statement in support of the Agreement.
Source: Kansas Cooperation Commission
http://www.kcc.state.ks.us/

12/05: The Kansas Corporation Commission issued an order granting Westar an overall annual rate increase of approximately $3 million. This order will increase Westar’s northern region rates by approximately 4.7 percent or $24.2 million, and decrease its southern region rates by approximately 4.2 percent or $21.2 million.
Source: Kansas Cooperation Commission
http://www.kcc.state.ks.us/

05/05: Westar Energy Inc. (Westar) filed an application with the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) requesting a comprehensive review of its electric rates which included an overall annual revenue increase of approximately $84.1 million. This represented an increase of 9 percent or $47.8 million for its northern region, and a 6 percent or $36.3 million increase in rates for its southern region customers.
Source: Kansas Cooperation Commission
http://www.kcc.state.ks.us/

05/99: Although several bills were introduced in the 1999 legislative session to restructure the industry, no electric restructuring measures were acted on when the session adjourned May 2.

04/98: The Task Force's restructuring bill was not acted on in the 1998 session.

02/98: The Retail Wheeling Task Force's restructuring bill was introduced in legislature. Also being considered was a bill to establish a joint committee on taxation of public utilities and a bill to require utilities to disclose generation, transmission, and distribution charges and sales, use, and franchise taxes and any fees relating to the retail sale of electricity.

01/98: The Retail Wheeling Task Force issued a final report and draft restructuring bill that calls for retail access after July 2001.

09/97: The National Regulatory Research Institute released its "Assessment of Retail Competition in Kansas' Electric Power Industry," a report done at the request of the Kansas Corporation Commission.

04/96: The Retail Wheeling Task Force was established with passage of House Bill 2600. The bill prohibits the Commission from authorizing retail competition prior to July 1999, and froze retail rates for 3 years. A final report with a model for legislation was scheduled to be due before January 1998.