TOPEKA —  Data centers and large manufacturing facilities can pull hundreds of megawatts of electricity from the utility grid. A case in front of Kansas utility regulators has created a new way to ensure costs…

The world is set to make abundant energy by the second half of the decade as the production of batteries and solar panels surges — but there’ll also be an excess of planet-warming fossil fuels,…

Work on an extensive transmission line project is inching closer to Allen County. The line’s route will traverse Coffey, Anderson, Allen, Bourbon, and Crawford counties in Kansas, and Barton and Jasper counties in Missouri. In…

WASHINGTON (AP) — During the summer, Levena Lindahl closes off entire rooms, covers windows with blackout curtains and budgets to manage the monthly cost of electricity for air conditioning. But even then, the heat finds…

It could have been worse, as in longer or later in the day.  Even so, the late-morning power outage in Iola and nearby areas had residents anxious about how long it would last. Turns out,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has extended by four months a sanctions waiver that will allow Iraq to continue to purchase electricity from Iran and gives Iran limited access to the proceeds to buy…

General Motors Co. said Tuesday it’s expanding to more models its technology that allows electric vehicle owners to use them to power their homes. The automaker said its vehicle-to-home (V2H) bidirectional charging technology will be…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s capital restored most of its power supply on Friday, officials said, as the country again responded swiftly and defiantly to the latest Russian missile and drone barrage targeting critical infrastructure.…

A group of about 18 landowners from Allen and Anderson counties voiced their opposition to a transmission line project that will cut across Southeast Kansas from the Wolf Creek power plant to Missouri. Property owners…

WICHITA, Kansas — The state’s largest utility wants to charge customers with solar panels about $25 a month, even if their homes pull almost no electricity off the grid. If courts and regulators reject that…