Kan. regulators approve $17M rate increase for Westar Energy for wind farms, gas-fired plantKansas regulators approved a $17 million rate increase Thursday for the state's largest electric company to help pay for wind farms and a new natural gas-fired power plant. Residential customers of Westar Energy Inc. will pay ...

Westar Energy, federal agencies settle environmental lawsuit; upgrades to Kan. plant comingKansas' largest electric company has agreed to upgrade pollution controls at its biggest power plant under a legal settlement announced Monday by the utility and federal officials. Westar Energy Inc. said it expects to spend at least $200 million ...

French energy giant GDF Suez has made a takeover approach to London-listed energy group International Power, according to a newspaper report on Sunday. The Sunday Times, which did not cite its source, said takeover talks had intensified in the run-up to Christmas, with phonecalls between GDF Suez boss Gerard Mestrallet ...

French energy giant GDF Suez has made a takeover approach to London-listed energy group International Power, according to a newspaper report on Sunday. The Sunday Times, which did not cite its source, said takeover talks had intensified in the run-up to Christmas, with phonecalls between GDF Suez boss Gerard Mestrallet ...