PSC APPROVES CHANGE IN EVERGY MISSOURI WEST RESRAM CHARGE

JEFFERSON CITY—The Missouri Public Service Commission has approved an application filed by Evergy Missouri West, Inc. d/b/a Evergy Missouri West (formerly KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company) to adjust the Renewable Energy Standard Rate Adjustment Mechanism (RESRAM) charge that currently appears as a separate item on the monthly electric bills of Evergy Missouri West customers. The RESRAM charge is designed to recover costs associated with Missouri’s Renewable Energy Standard. For a residential customer using 1,000 kWh (kilowatt-hours) of electricity a month, the current RESRAM charge is $0.83 a month. Under this filing, that rate will increase to $0.88 a month, effective December 1, 2019. Evergy Missouri West provides electric service to approximately 323,470 customers in Andrew, Atchison, Barton, Bates, Benton, Buchanan, Carroll, Cass, Cedar, Clay, Clinton, Dade, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Henry, Holt, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Livingston, Mercer, Nodaway, Pettis, Platte, Ray, St. Clair, Vernon and Worth counties.