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The art deco Kansas City Power and Light Building was the former headquarters of the company and was the tallest building west of the Mississippi until 1942, tallest in Missouri until 1976 and tallest in Kansas City until 1986 and is the namesake of the downtown Kansas City Power & Light District Barack Obama in front a KCP&L truck on July 8, 2010, at the Smith Electric Vehicles plant at ...
According to the Sierra Club, as of 2016 there were a total of 16 coal-fired power plants in Missouri, a decrease from 2012, when there were 23. [5] A Missouri City coal-fired power plant operated by Independence Power & Light closed in 2015; the facility was aging (60 years old) and could not comply with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pollution regulations. [6]
On October 1, 2001, a holding company, Great Plains Energy Incorporated, was established in Kansas City, Missouri that owned electric utility Kansas City Power and Light Company and Strategic Energy, LLC, an energy management company. It acquired Aquila, Inc. in July, 2008. [4] In 2014, it ranked number 855 on the Fortune 1000 list. [5]
Empire also provides both water and natural gas service to customers in Missouri. Empire Water Company was created in 1926 and meets the needs of approximately 4,500 customers. In 2006, Empire acquired natural gas distribution rights and created The Empire District Gas Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Empire District Electric Company.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Terminal Company of Kansas City: MKT: 1905 1906 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway: Missouri, Kansas and Texas Terminal Company of St. Louis: MKT: 1909 1925 Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad: Missouri and Louisiana Railroad: 1902 1914 Bevier and Southern Railroad: Missouri Midland Railway: MKT: 1898 1901 Missouri ...
Missouri Pacific Railway: Kansas City Northwestern Railway: 1925 1925 N/A Kansas City and Olathe Railroad: ATSF: 1881 1883 Southern Kansas Railway: Kansas City Outer Belt and Electric Railroad: 1902 1922 Kansas and Missouri Railway and Terminal Company: Kansas City and Pacific Railroad: MKT: 1886 1899 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
As of 2022, there were 985 charging stations in Missouri. [3] The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed into law in November 2021, allocates US$99 million to charging stations in Missouri. [4]
In 2007 its electric assets in northwest Missouri were acquired by its historic rival Kansas City Power & Light (via its new parent Great Plains Energy) for $1.7 billion. [8] Its gas properties, as well as its electric service area in southeastern Colorado (including Pueblo ), were acquired by Black Hills Corporation .