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Posted: Mon 10:25 AM, Sep 01, 2008
Reporter: AP
Westar Rate Hearings Held This Week
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ Westar Energy is holding three public hearings this week on its request for a 15-percent increase in residential electric rates.
The first hearing is scheduled for Tuesday in Salina at the Holiday Inn Convention Center; Wednesday's hearing is set for the Kansas Corporation Commission in Topeka; the Wichita hearing is Thursday at the Century II Performing Arts and Convention Center.
All of the hearings begin at 7 p.m.
Westar has applied with the KCC for a $177.6 million rate hike for retail electric customers. Residential customers would see an average monthly increase of about $10.
Westar serves 675,000 customers in Kansas.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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