Great Plains Energy Incorporated was a holding company based in
Kansas City, Missouri that owned electric utility
Kansas City Power and Light Company and Strategic Energy, LLC, an energy management company.
KCP&L established the holding company on October 1, 2001.
Great Plains acquired
Aquila, Inc. in July, 2008.
In 2014, it ranked #855 on the
Fortune 1000
The Fortune 1000 are the 1,000 largest American companies ranked by revenues, as compiled by the American business magazine ''Fortune''. It only includes companies which are incorporated or authorized to do business in the United States, and for ...
list.
Merger with Westar
In 2016, Great Plains and
Westar Energy
Evergy, Inc. is an American investor-owned utility (IOU) with publicly traded stock that has its headquarters in Topeka, Kansas, and in Kansas City, Missouri. The company was formed from a merger of Westar Energy of Topeka and Great Plains En ...
announced merger plans, but this proposed merger was rejected by
Kansas Corporation Commission The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) is the public utilities commission of the state of Kansas run by three Commissioners appointed by the Governor with the approval of the Senate. The Commission has the responsibility of ensuring that natural g ...
utility regulators as unfavorable to Kansas consumers. A new merger plan with Westar was announced in 2017. As of May 24, 2018, this merger has been approved by both the
Missouri Public Service Commission and Kansas regulators, with the combined company to be named
Evergy.
On October 7, 2019 the two operating companies officially changed names and rebranded to Evergy in the communities they serve.
References
International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 65. St. James Press, 2004
External links
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Companies formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange
Electric power companies of the United States
Companies based in Kansas City, Missouri
Evergy
1882 establishments in Missouri
Holding companies of the United States
Energy in Missouri
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