The first utility power purchase in the Louisiana Public Service Commission’s experiment with renewable energy is going to lower costs for customers, according to Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell. Meeting Wednesday in Winnfield, the PSC approved a 20-year contract by Southwestern Electric Power Co. of Shreveport with a Kansas wind farm for 31 megawatts ofContinue reading “Louisiana OKs Electric Contract with Kansas Wind Farm”
Category Archives: Kansas
Governor Sam Brownback: Wind Energy Offers Clean Path to Economic Growth
The moment is approaching when our nation must decide how it’s going to power the future. The importance of renewable energy to the nation becomes clear as Congress turns its attention to energy policy this fall, as we examine the importance of true energy independence and security more closely, and as we continue our workContinue reading “Governor Sam Brownback: Wind Energy Offers Clean Path to Economic Growth”
More Wind Jobs for Kansas
Wind turbine factory to open in Newton, Kansas A Colorado company that has developed a smaller wind energy turbine will build its first manufacturing plant in south-central Kansas. Executives of the company, New Millennium Wind Energy, joined Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and other officials in Newton last week to announce the development. The plant willContinue reading “More Wind Jobs for Kansas”
The Republic: Brownback strikes deal with wind farm industry to expand Flint Hills protection area
Wichita, Kansas — More than twice as many acres of the nationally significant Flint Hills will be protected from wind farms under a deal Gov. Sam Brownback has reached with the state’s wind energy industry. The newly expanded protected area encompasses 10,895 square miles of tallgrass prairie, up from the previous 4,673 square miles, andContinue reading “The Republic: Brownback strikes deal with wind farm industry to expand Flint Hills protection area”
Wind Energy Gets Another Boost
From the Kansas City Star MidAmerican Energy Co. and Siemens have reached a deal for the construction of 258 wind turbines in western and central Iowa, the companies announced Tuesday. The turbines will generate more than 593 megawatts of energy, or enough to power 190,000 homes, the companies said. They’ll be installed in Iowa’s Cass,Continue reading “Wind Energy Gets Another Boost”
Kansas Governor Parkinson Calls for a Federal RES
BY TIM CARPENTER Topeka Capital-Journal Gov. Mark Parkinson said Wednesday one of the most important bills before Congress was a measure requiring states to draw a portion of their electrical power from renewable sources of energy. If adopted, the governor said, states with vast untapped renewable assets, such as Kansas’ wind resource, could be developedContinue reading “Kansas Governor Parkinson Calls for a Federal RES”
KCC Approves New Transmission Line
ITC Great Plains to build new line between Spearville and Hays Topeka, Kansas – The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) today approved ITC Great Plains’ (ITC) application for a permit to construct a 345 kV transmission line extending 89 miles between Spearville and Hays (order attached). “After careful review and consideration of the evidentiary record, public comments,Continue reading “KCC Approves New Transmission Line”