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</div><div><div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><b>Westar Energy</b> (NYSE: WR) is an<b> investor owned electric utility headquartered in Topeka, Kansas.</b> Westar is the largest electric company in Kansas, serving 684,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in the eastern third of the state. Westar Energy generates more than 7,100 megawatts megawatt of electricity from its 16 power plants. Westar Energy service territory covers 10,130 square miles in east and east-central Kansas. Westar Energy owns more than 33,000 miles of transmission lines.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[3]</a></sup></p><table id="toc" class="toc" style="background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); font-size: 12px; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 5px;"><tbody><tr><td><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; width: auto; font-size: 12px; display: inline;">Contents</h2> <span class="toctoggle" style="font-size: 11.199999809265137px;"> [<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#" class="internal" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">hide</a>] </span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#Power_portfolio" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Power portfolio</span></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#Westar_Clean_Air_Act_Settlement" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Westar Clean Air Act Settlement</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#Westar.2FDeLay_scandal" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Westar/DeLay scandal</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#Westar_and_coal" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Westar and coal</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#Existing_coal-fired_power_plants" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Existing coal-fired power plants</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#Articles_and_Resources" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Articles and Resources</span></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#Related_SourceWatch_articles" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Related SourceWatch articles</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">5.3</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li></ul></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19.200000762939453px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Power_portfolio">Power portfolio</span></h2><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">Out of its total 4,971 MW of electric generating capacity in 2005 (0.47% of the U.S. total), Westar produced<b> 59.5% from coal</b>, 38.6% from natural gas, and 1.8% from oil. All of Westar's power plants are in Kansas.<sup id="cite_ref-EIA_3-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_note-EIA-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[4]</a></sup></p><h3 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; font-size: 16.799999237060547px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Westar_Clean_Air_Act_Settlement">Westar Clean Air Act Settlement</span></h3><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">On February 4, 2009, the U.S. Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency filed a clean air lawsuit against Westar, claiming the company updated a coal plant in Kansas without installing modern pollution controls. It was the first such suit under the Obama administration. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The suit alleged that Westar's 1,857 MW </span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jeffrey_Energy_Center" title="Jeffrey Energy Center" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none;">Jeffrey Energy Center</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> has violated the Clean Air Act for over a decade.</span><sup id="cite_ref-reu_4-0" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_note-reu-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[5]</a></sup></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">The lawsuit was filed in U.S. district court in Kansas City and cited Westar for violating the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_Source_Review" title="New Source Review" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">New Source Review</a>(NSR) portion of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Clean_Air_Act" title="Clean Air Act" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Clean Air Act</a>. A spokesperson for the Justice Department declined to estimate how much Westar would face in fines. The largest fine in a NSR lawsuit was a $1.4 billion settlement with <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Electric_Power" title="American Electric Power" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">American Electric Power</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-reu_4-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_note-reu-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[5]</a></sup></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">In response to the suit, Westar issued a statement saying:<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[6]</a></sup></p><blockquote style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><i>We have known for more than six years, and have even publicly disclosed, that the Department of Justice at some point might file a lawsuit.</i></p></blockquote><blockquote style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><i>We are good environmental stewards, and that is why over the last several years, we have invested nearly $500 million to remove up to 90 percent of the very emissions that the EPA has targeted with its complaint. We also expect to invest more than $1 billion in additional equipment over the next five years. A graphic detailing our target emissions reductions appears with this statement.</i></p></blockquote><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">In its 2008 annual report Westar stated "A decision in favor of the DOJ and the EPA, or a settlement prior to such a decision, if reached, could require us to update or install emissions controls at Jeffrey Energy Center. Additionally, we might be required to update or install emissions controls at our other coal-fired plants, pay fines or penalties or take other remedial action. Our ultimate costs to resolve the NSR Investigation and the related DOJ lawsuit could be material. We believe that costs related to updating or installing emissions controls would qualify for recovery in the prices we are allowed to charge our customers. If, however, a penalty is assessed against us, the penalty could be material and may not be recovered in rates. We are not able to estimate the possible loss or range of loss at this time."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[7]</a></sup></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">On September 29, 2009, the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Sierra_Club" title="Sierra Club" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Sierra Club</a> announced it was planning to file a request in federal court to intervene in the lawsuit. Attorney Bob Eye said the group wanted to provide expertise and support in backing the claims made against Westar. He said the Sierra Club did not plan to raise new issues in the case.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[8]</a></sup></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">On January 25, 2010, <strong class="selflink">Westar Energy</strong> agreed to spend $500 million to reduce sulfur dioxide pollution</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> at its </span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jeffrey_Energy_Center" title="Jeffrey Energy Center" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none;">Jeffrey Energy Center</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> in Kansas by installing</span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Scrubbers" title="Scrubbers" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none;">scrubbers</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> by the end of 2014. The company said it had opted to settle rather than to litigate.</span><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[9]</a></sup><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> The installation of scrubbers will reduce combined emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides by 78,600 tons each year. That figure is 85 percent lower than their 2007 emissions. Additionally, Westar will give up surplus sulfur dioxide allowance. The company will also required to control for lower particular matter emissions. The EPA also reported that Westar will spend $6 million to mitigate the detrimental effects of the accused violations, including:</span></p><ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Retrofitting diesel engines on vehicles owned by or operated for public entities in Kansas with emission control equipment.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Installing new wind turbines that will result in the reduction of criteria pollutants and greenhouse gases, and provide electricity for the benefit of a school or nonprofit.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Installing advanced truck stop electrification to reduce harmful emissions from idling trucks.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Installing plug-in hybrid infrastructure to facilitate the use of plug-in hybrid vehicles.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Converting vehicles in Westar’s fleet to reduce pollution by retrofitting diesel vehicles with emission controls and purchasing hybrid vehicle.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[10]</a></sup></li></ul><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19.200000762939453px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Westar.2FDeLay_scandal">Westar/DeLay scandal</span></h2><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Westar, which in 2002 sought a federal tax break, gave $25,000 to win 'a seat at the table' during congressional deliberations about the provision, even though it had no business in Texas, according to an internal company e-mail that surfaced in a criminal probe. Its executives joined Tom DeLay at a Puerto Rico golf resort owned by a TRMPAC contributor that year. DeLay supported the tax break Westar wanted.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[11]</a></sup></span></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">On December 28, 2004, <i>Public Citizen</i> asked the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Department_of_Justice" title="Department of Justice" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Department of Justice</a> to investigate Westar Energy for "possible bribery of members of Congress, including Tom DeLay, by Westar executives and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lobbyist" title="Lobbyist" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">lobbyists</a>." <sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[12]</a></sup> See the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.citizen.org/cmep/energy_enviro_nuclear/electricity/energybill/westar/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Westar Energy Bribery Scandal</a> web page by <i>Public Citizen</i>, which includes links to press releases, memos, letters, timeline, and background information on the scandal.</p><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19.200000762939453px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Westar_and_coal">Westar and coal</span></h2><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><b>Westar Energy had plans to build a coal plant in Kansas,</b> the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar_Energy_Kansas_Plant" title="Westar Energy Kansas Plant" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Westar Energy Kansas Plant</a>, however the unnamed plant has been on hold since December 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[13]</a></sup></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">In February, 2008, Westar Energy announced a new strategic plan that "embraces state and federal policies encouraging greater reliance on energy efficiency and the development of more transmission and renewable energy sources. It also calls for deferring as long as possible constructing a new conventional coal plant, but maintaining existing coal plants and making substantial investments in them to improve their environmental performance."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[14]</a></sup></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">On March 28, 2008, the <i>Emporia Gazette</i> reported that Westar Energy has declared "a moratorium on construction of coal-fired power plants. The company has taken a look at the rising costs and the uncertain regulatory future and decided that, right now, investing in coal plants is an unwarranted gamble."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[15]</a></sup></p><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19.200000762939453px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Existing_coal-fired_power_plants">Existing coal-fired power plants</span></h2><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">Westar owned 8 coal-fired generating stations in 2005, with 2,958 MW of capacity. Here is a list of Westar's coal power plants:<sup id="cite_ref-EIA_3-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_note-EIA-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[16]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[17]</a></sup></p><table class="wikitable" style="background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); font-size: 12.800000190734863px; margin: 1em 1em 1em 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse; color: black;"><tbody><tr><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Plant Name</th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">State</th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">County</th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center; width: 175px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Year(s) Built</th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center; width: 75px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Capacity</th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center; width: 100px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">2007 CO<sub style="line-height: 1em;">2</sub>Emissions</th><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center; width: 100px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">2006 SO<sub style="line-height: 1em;">2</sub>Emissions</th></tr><tr><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jeffrey_Energy_Center" title="Jeffrey Energy Center" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Jeffrey</a></th><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">KS</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">Pottawatomie</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">1978, 1980, 1983</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">2160 MW</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">16,800,000 tons</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">64,482 tons</td></tr><tr><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lawrence_Energy_Center(Kansas)" title="Lawrence Energy Center (Kansas)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Lawrence</a></th><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">KS</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">Douglas</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">1955, 1960, 1971</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">566 MW</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">4,320,000 tons</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">2,612 tons</td></tr><tr><th style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tecumseh_Energy_Center" title="Tecumseh Energy Center" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Tecumseh</a></th><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">KS</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">Shawnee</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center;">1957, 1962</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">232 MW</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">1,819,000 tons</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: right;">4,438 tons</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">In 2006, Westar's 3 coal-fired power plants emitted 22.9 million tons of CO<sub style="line-height: 1em;">2</sub> and 72,000 tons of SO<sub style="line-height: 1em;">2</sub>.</p><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19.200000762939453px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Articles_and_Resources">Articles and Resources</span></h2><h3 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; font-size: 16.799999237060547px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span></h3><div class="references-small" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11.199999809265137px;"><ol class="references" style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li id="cite_note-businessweek-0" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <sup style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_ref-businessweek_0-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">1.0</a></sup> <sup style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_ref-businessweek_0-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">1.1</a></sup> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/financials/financials.asp?symbol=WR" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Westar Energy Inc.</a>, BusinessWeek Company Insight Center, accessed Aug. 2008.</span></li><li id="cite_note-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_ref-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Westar Energy, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.westarenergy.com/corp_com/contentmgt.nsf/publishedpages/company%20profile" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Company Profile"</a>, Westar Energy website, accessed April 2010.</span></li><li id="cite_note-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_ref-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Westar Energy, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.westarenergy.com/corp_com/contentmgt.nsf/publishedpages/our%20energy%20home" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Our Energy"</a>, Westar Energy website, accessed April 2010.</span></li><li id="cite_note-EIA-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <sup style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_ref-EIA_3-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">4.0</a></sup> <sup style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_ref-EIA_3-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">4.1</a></sup> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epa/epat2p2.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2005</a>, Energy Information Administration, accessed April 2008.</span></li><li id="cite_note-reu-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <sup style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_ref-reu_4-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">5.0</a></sup> <sup style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_ref-reu_4-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">5.1</a></sup> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/marketsNewsUS/idUKN0431945320090205" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"U.S. files clean air lawsuit against Westar Energy,"</a> Reuters, February 5, 2009.</span></li><li id="cite_note-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_ref-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/westar-energy-responds-to-epaus-department-of-justice-lawsuit,705223.shtml" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Westar Energy Responds to EPA/U.S. Department of Justice Lawsuit,"</a> Earth Times, February 4, 2009.</span></li><li id="cite_note-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_ref-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Westar Energy, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9MzMwODgyfENoaWxkSUQ9MzEyODEwfFR5cGU9MQ&t=1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Westar Energy 2008 Annual Report"</a>, Westar Energy, page 14.</span></li><li id="cite_note-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_ref-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">John Hanna, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hRMAs9BrI8kMazLxSfPO6_sQ5v6wD9B17FJO0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Sierra Club wants to join lawsuit against Westar,"</a> Associated Press, September 29, 2009.</span></li><li id="cite_note-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_ref-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100125-708735.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Westar Settles Air Quality Suit For $3M, Plant Upgrade,"</a> <i>Wall Street Journal</i>, January 25, 2010.</span></li><li id="cite_note-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_ref-9" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.justicenewsflash.com/2010/01/27/epa-alert-westar-energy-settles-500-million-clean-air-act-violations_201001273150.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"EPA Alert: Westar Energy settles $500 million Clean Air Act violations"</a> JusticeNewsFlash.com, accessed January 27, 2010.</span></li><li id="cite_note-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_ref-10" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ljworld.com/section/politics/story/175489" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"E-mail shows DeLay sought Enron aid"</a> <i>Washington Post</i>, July 12, 2004.</span></li><li id="cite_note-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_ref-11" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.citizen.org/cmep/energy_enviro_nuclear/electricity/energybill/westar/articles.cfm?ID=12746" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Letter to Department of Justice re: Westar bribery scandal"</a>, Public Citizen, December 28, 2004.</span></li><li id="cite_note-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_ref-12" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tinyurl.com/37a5ue" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">“Tracking New Coal-Fired Power Plants,”</a> National Energy Technology Lab, May 1, 2007, page 13. (Pdf)</span></li><li id="cite_note-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_ref-13" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.westarenergy.com/corp_com/contentmgt.nsf/resources/2008-2-22/$File/2008-2-22.pdf?openelement" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAE5JREFUeF5lykEKgDAMBdF/+17Es/QkiosiCBURXIzJooZohmweX6gwmkCeI+Oqc2C1FnvnF2ejlQYU0tLK2NjY6f/l8V12Ti7uhFFgDj19b58EwXuqkAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Westar Energy publishes comprehensive energy plan,"</a> company press release, 2/22/08</span></li><li id="cite_note-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_ref-14" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Patrick Kelley <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.emporiagazette.com/news/2008/mar/24/veto/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"The Veto,"</a> emporiagazette.com, 3/24/08</span></li><li id="cite_note-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_ref-15" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Environmental Integrity Project, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dirtykilowatts.org/Dirty_Kilowatts2007.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAE5JREFUeF5lykEKgDAMBdF/+17Es/QkiosiCBURXIzJooZohmweX6gwmkCeI+Oqc2C1FnvnF2ejlQYU0tLK2NjY6f/l8V12Ti7uhFFgDj19b58EwXuqkAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Dirty Kilowatts: America’s Most Polluting Power Plants</a>, July 2007.</span></li><li id="cite_note-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westar#cite_ref-16" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://carma.org/dig" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Dig Deeper</a>, Carbon Monitoring for Action database, accessed Aug. 2008.</span></li></ol></div><h3 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; font-size: 16.799999237060547px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Related_SourceWatch_articles">Related SourceWatch articles</span></h3><ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Enron" title="Enron" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Enron</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_D.DeLay" title="Thomas D. 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