Now Evergy, the largest utility in Kansas, says it will ask for a rate hike to pay for the additional infrastructure needed to meet the anticipated power demands of the plant that’s under construction.
The Kansas City Star reported the demand created by the nearly 4-million-square-foot plant in Johnson County is expected to double that of Evergy’s current largest customer in the state and require two new substations, upgrades to three current substations and work on 31 miles of transmission lines.
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