WESTAR ENERGY, INC. (NYSE:WR) Files An 8-K Other Events
Item8.01. Other Events.
On May4, 2017, Westar Energy, Inc. and Great Plains Energy
Incorporated issued a joint press release announcing that they
had filed a Petition for Reconsideration with the Kansas
Corporation Commission (KCC) regarding the KCCs prior rejection
of the parties merger application. The joint press release is
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by
reference.
Once available, the petition can be accessed on the KCCs website.
To access the petition, visit http://www.kcc.state.ks.us, click
Docket Filings on the left side of the webpage, search for docket
16-KCPE-593-ACQ, click on the docket that is retrieved from the
search results, click on the Documents tab and find the relevant
document. The information contained on the KCCs website is not
part of, or incorporated by reference into, this filing.
Item9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| Exhibit99.1 | Joint Press Release, dated May4, 2017 |
About WESTAR ENERGY, INC. (NYSE:WR)
Westar Energy, Inc. (Westar Energy) is an electric utility in Kansas. The Company provides electric generation, transmission and distribution services to approximately 700,000 customers in Kansas. The Company provides these services in central and northeastern Kansas, including the cities of Topeka, Lawrence, Manhattan, Salina and Hutchinson. Kansas Gas and Electric Company (KGE), Westar Energy’s subsidiary, provides the services in south-central and southeastern Kansas, including the city of Wichita. Both Westar Energy and KGE conduct business using the name Westar Energy. It supplies electric energy at retail to customers in Kansas. It also supplies electric energy at wholesale to municipalities and electric cooperatives in Kansas, and has contracts for the sale or purchase of wholesale electricity with other utilities. The Company classifies it customers as residential, commercial and industrial. It has approximately 6,270 megawatts (MW) of generating capacity in service. WESTAR ENERGY, INC. (NYSE:WR) Recent Trading Information
WESTAR ENERGY, INC. (NYSE:WR) closed its last trading session down -0.21 at 52.46 with 1,370,919 shares trading hands.
