GREAT PLAINS: KCP&L Accrues $300,000 Cleanup Expenses at June 30

Great Plains Energy Incorporated’s Kansas City Power & Light Company (KCP&L), at June 30, 2011, and Dec. 31, 2010, had US$300,000 accrued for environmental remediation expenses, which covers ground water monitoring at a former manufactured gas plant site.

At June 30,…

GREAT PLAINS: GMO Potentially Liable for Cleanup at 2 Locations

Great Plains Energy Incorporated’s KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company (GMO) subsidiary is named as a potentially responsible party at two disposal sites for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and retains some environmental liability for several operations and investments it no longer owns.

In…

GREAT PLAINS: Estimates $1-Bil. for Envt’l. Capital Expenditures

Great Plains Energy Incorporated’s and Kansas City Power & Light Company’s (KCP&L) current estimate of capital expenditures to comply with the currently-effective Clean Air Interstate Rule, the replacement to CAIR or the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, the best available retrofit…

GREAT PLAINS: KCP&L Working With KDHE to Resolve LaCygne Project

Great Plains Energy Incorporated’s Kansas City Power & Light Company (KCP&L) subsidiary is working with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) to resolve environmental issues regarding a past LaCygne No. 1 scrubber project.

KCP&L has received requests for information…

GREAT PLAINS: Accrues $2.1MM at June 30 for Cleanup at GMO Sites

Great Plains Energy Incorporated, at June 30, 2011 and Dec. 31, 2010, had US$2.1 million accrued for the future investigation and remediation of certain additional KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company (GMO)-identified manufactured gas plant sites, PCB sites and retained liabilities.

GMO…

GREAT PLAINS: Westar Facing Claim on Breaches at Jeffrey Energy

Great Plains Energy Incorporated says Westar Energy, Inc. is facing environmental-related claims related to violations at the Jeffrey Energy Center, in which Company unit KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company (GMO) has an eight percent interest.

In January 2004, Westar received notification…

GREAT PLAINS: Accrues $500,000 for Cleanup Expenses at Sept. 30

Great Plains Energy Incorporated, at Sept. 30, 2009, had US$500,000 accrued for environmental remediation expenses, according to the Company’s latest quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The US$500,000 includes $300,000 accrued by subsidiary Kansas City Power & Light…

GREAT PLAINS: Estimates $800M-$1B Capital Expenditures for CAIR

Great Plains Energy Incorporated’s and subsidiary Kansas City Power & Light Company’s (KCP&L) current estimates of capital expenditures to comply with the currently effective Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) and with the best available retrofit technology (BART) rule is a…

GREAT PLAINS: KCP&L Working w/ WDNR to Resolve Montrose Matters

Great Plains Energy Incorporated’s subsidiary Kansas City Power & Light Company (KCP&L) is working with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) to resolve matters on KCP&L’s Montrose Station.

In June 2009, KCP&L received notification from the MDNR alleging that the…

GREAT PLAINS: KCP&L Accrues $300T for Cleanup Expense at June 30

Great Plains Energy Incorporated’s subsidiary, Kansas City Power & Light Company, had US$300,000 accrued for environmental remediation expenses at both June 30, 2009 and Dec. 31, 2008.

The accrual covers ground water monitoring at a former manufactured gas plant (MGP) site.…

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