Standing up to an energy giant: Kansas town claims BP gouged on gas in Feb. freeze Dion Lefler, The Wichita Eagle
Apr. 4 MULBERRY This tiny and hard-to-find Kansas town is taking on one of the biggest energy companies on the planet, over February natural gas bills they say would bankrupt the city, the residents, or both.
Mulberry, a city of about 500 folks, is suing the mega-corporation BP formerly British Petroleum alleging that the company gouged them by raising the price of natural gas to more than 100 times the regular price during an arctic blast that began Feb. 10 and persisted for about the next 10 days.
In Wichita area, electric rates could go up about 11% over the next five years Sarah Spicer, The Wichita Eagle
Mar. 1 Most of Evergy s electric customers could see an 11% increase in rates over the next five years, according to recently released documents by the Kansas Corporation Commission.
The release of information about the rate increase was considered a win for consumer advocates as the electric utility has tried to shield information about how much its $9 billion investment plan would ultimately cost customers.
The Sustainability Transformation Plan is Evergy s $9 billion investment to upgrade the Kansas and Missouri grid, fix aging infrastructure and transition to renewable energy. Evergy said that it planned to offset the cost of the investment by lowering its overall net fuel and operating costs by 25%, and that rate would increase in line with inflation at a rate of 2% per year or a 10% increase at the end of five years.