Company Timeline
- 1910 – KG&E authorized to begin operation
- 1922 – Kansas Electric Power Co. is incorporated
- 1924 – Kansas Power and Light Co. is incorporated. Neosho Plant is built
- 1935 – United Power and Light merges with KPL
- 1943 – KPL acquires Kansas Electric Power Company
- 1955 – KG&E common stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange
- 1967 – KG&E requests water rights at John Redmond Reservoir for a nuclear plant
- 1973 – LaCygne Energy Center goes on line
- 1978 – Jeffrey Energy Center begins commercial operation
- 1985 – Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Station begins commercial operation Sept. 3
- 1992 – KPL and KG&E merger completed. Western Resources introduced
- 1999 – Westar Wind becomes the first commercially operated wind turbine project in Kansas
- 2002 – Westar Energy is introduced. The KPL, KGE and Western Resources names are retired.
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