But within the past decade, technological advances in fracking and horizontal drilling have flipped that dynamic on its head. If the Great Plains energy boom continues unabated, the region is poised ...

Lightspring Solar apprentices install solar panels on the roof of a community building in the small township of Wakpala, on the Standing Rock Reservation. Credit: Grace Fiori, Buffalo’s Fire From ...

Great Plains Energy, parent company of Kansas City Power & Light, and Westar Energy announced they have filed a petition for reconsideration with the Kansas Corporation Commission, following the ...

Great Plains Energy Inc. struck a deal with the staff of Missouri’s utility regulators over its $8.6 billion takeover of rival Westar Energy Inc., a move that may bring the companies closer to ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Great Plains Energy Inc. said Monday it had completed its $1.7 billion purchase of Aquila Inc., ending more than a year of struggle to acquire its crosstown Kansas City rival.

Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Great Plains Energy Fourth Quarter Year-end 2013 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this call is being recorded. I ...

NEW YORK, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Shares of Great Plains Energy could return 15 percent in 2007, as rate increases boost profits in coming years, Barron's said on Sunday. The utility holding company ...

Aug 10 (Reuters) - Great Plains Energy Inc on Tuesday sold $250 million of notes, said IFR, a Thomson Reuters service. Barclays and BNP Paribas were the joint bookrunning managers for the sale.