Kansas consumer advocates recommend Westar rate cuts

 


LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas consumer advocates are recommending state utility regulators reject Westar Energy's request for a $17.2 million rate increase and instead order the company to cut rates.

Employees of the Kansas Corporation Commission and the Citizens Utility Ratepayer Board recommended this week that the commission cut Westar rates for customers by at least $69 million, the Lawrence Journal-World reported . The board, or CURB, is a state agency representing consumers in utility rate cases.

"CURB's evidence strongly supports the need to decrease rates for all Westar customers and we...



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