Sustainability

Our commitment to you, our communities and the planet

We know sustainability is important to you—it’s important to us too. 

Our linemen, engineers, support staff and customer service representatives live right here in Kansas and Missouri. We're not just Evergy employees. We're Evergy customers, too. And like you, we want a bright future for the next generations.

That's why we're committed to making smart investments in renewable technologies, so we can deliver reliable energy both now--and in the years to come--at an affordable cost.

Generating power that's cleaner, more affordable and more reliable than ever before—that’s our vision for a sustainable energy future.

Since 2005, our generation mix has become more diverse and now nearly half of the electricity we generate comes from carbon-free sources.

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Looking forward and innovating now

  • We are committed to meeting the evolving energy needs of our customers and communities.
  • Providing sustainable energy has always been important to us. And because it’s even more important to you now, it’s an even bigger part of our plans.
  • Evergy is steadily moving towards 70% carbon reduction by 2030 from our 2005 baseline, and our goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2045.*
  • The electricity we create with our generation facilities contribute the most to our emissions. As we continue to add renewables, while maintaining reliability and affordability, we expect to continue progressing towards our goals.  

Learn more: Our Plan

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Making progress

  • We're embracing renewable energy sources to generate more power with less impact to our environment.
  • We’re adopting new technologies to modernize our grid and support more renewables.
  • We’re investing in more tools and options to keep your energy costs down and give you more control.

Learn more: Renewable Resources

Latest Efforts

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We're celebrating over 100 million megawatt-hours of wind generation

Did you know one wind turbine can produce up to 3,000 kilowatts per hour? That can power Kauffman Stadium for just over nine minutes, KCI airport for just over four minutes and several customer's homes for a couple months. 

Utilizing and generating wind creates a cleaner environment and offers our communities a more sustainable and affordable energy option. With over 274 wind turbines in our energy mix, we're making progress towards our 2045 goal.

History of Sustainability at Evergy

Although cleaner energy is a major part of our future, it's also a part of our past. For decades, we've strived to pave the way for cleaner energy through carbon-free and renewable efforts. 

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Environmental Commitment

When it comes to our environmental impact, we're making strides every day to support a diverse energy mix, reduce emissions, lessen water usage and so much more.

Learn About Our Environmental Impact

* Evergy's net-zero goal includes scope 1 and scope 2 emissions. The trajectory and timing of reaching our net-zero goals depend on many external factors, including enabling technology developments, the reliability of the power grid, availability of transmission capacity, supportive energy policies and regulations, and other factors. These external factors are outside of Evergy’s control, and without these enabling factors, we cannot be certain about the achievement of Evergy’s long-term emissions-reduction goals.

Resources and Additional Information

Integrated Resource Plan (IRP)

Request for Proposals

Wind RFP

Project requirements Evergy, Inc (Evergy) is issuing this Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit offers from interested parties (Respondents) with the intent of securing proposals for the acquisition of an aggregated total of 1000 MW of nameplate rated wind generation projects with a Commercial Operation Date (COD) on or before Dec. 31, 2026.

  • Projects with a COD by June 30, 2024 and Dec. 31, 2025 will be given preference
  • All projects must be able to connect with the Southwest Power Pool (SPP)
  • Projects located in Kansas are preferred 

Proposals are due Nov. 23, 2021. All proposal responses should be directed to 2021EvergyWindRFP@evergy.com as outlined in the RFP documents.

Schedule
MILESTONE COMPLETED-BY DATE
Issue RFP Oct. 18, 2021
Submit Appendix A and B with intent to bid on or before Oct. 29, 2021
Pre-bid conference Nov. 4, 2021 (11 am CDT)
Submit all questions Nov. 15, 2021
Bids due Nov. 23, 2021 (5 pm CST)
Short list selected Dec. 17, 2021
Final negotiations complete Q1-Q2 2022
Expected Notice to Proceed (NTP) for 2024 COD Q1-Q2 2023
Preferred COD #1 June 2024
Preferred COD #2 Dec. 2025
Latest COD Dec. 2026
Documents
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CCR & Renewable Energy Compliance Reports

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View information on our CCR Rule Compliance Data and Information, as well as the Missouri Metro and Missouri West Renewable Energy Standard Compliance Reports.

Additional Information

Community Investment

Our 4,500+ Evergy linemen, engineers, technicians and support staff live and work in the same neighborhoods you do. And we're focused not just on what we power, but on who we power, right here in our community. Through our commitments to environmental leadership and community vitality, we're working to make a positive impact in our hometowns.
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Affordability

Through sustainability and investment in our communities and future, we're striving to create a more affordable foundation for our customers.
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Reliability

Growing demand for energy and changes to the electric grid to support renewables requires investments and expansion. We're making the upgrades to lay the foundation for reliable, affordable and safe energy accessible to all of our communities and customers.
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