Part of the assets of the business is their 29,100 miles of distribution lines, 6,300 miles of transmission lines and its 12 power plants that are capable of producing 27,000,000 megawatt-hours of electricity per year. By land area, the business services 10,130 square miles in east and east-central Kansas. It keeps its headquarter in Topeka, Kansas. The business also owns and generates their power supply from nuclear energy, natural gas, wind, coal and landfill gas generation.
The American Power & Light Company take credit for the foundation of the Kansas Gas and Electric Company in 1909. It organized the business to start its operation in the areas of Frontenac, Pittsburg and Wichita. In just one year, the business showed its rapid growth by serving three communities and over 5,500 customers. This company will soon merge with the Kansas Power and Light Company, which received its financial backing from Illinois Power and Light Corporation. When the two businesses merged in 1992, it created the Western Resources. By this time, the business was already servicing three states and has over 560,000 electric customers and more than 1.06 million of natural gas users. It was not until 2002 that the shareholders of the business agreed to the change of name from Western Resources to Westar Energy.
The generation portfolio of the company includes Murry Gill Energy Center, La Cygne Energy Center, Emporia Energy Center, Abilene Energy Center, Neosho Energy Center, Spring Creek Energy Center, Tecumseh Energy Center and Rolling Meadow Landfill Gas to Energy Plant among others. The company also showed its involvement with the community by volunteering with charitable and non-profitable organizations.
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