Evergy is a regulated electric utility serving eastern Kansas and western Missouri. Major operating subsidiaries include Kansas City Power & Light, KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations, and Kansas Gas & Electric. The company has a combined rate base of approximately $14 billion, about half in Kansas and half split between Missouri and federal jurisdiction. Evergy operates and owns 94% of the 1,200 MW Wolf Creek nuclear plant that supplies about 7% of the company's electricity sales. Coal generation supplies about 43% of total sales and company-owned wind accounts for 20%. Including purchased power contracts, Evergy gets about 30% of its power from wind, making it one of the largest wind energy providers in the U.S.
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