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TOPEKA, KS (MARKET WIRE) The Westar Energy, Inc. (NYSE: WR) Board of Directors today declared a quarterly dividend of 29 cents per share payable Oct. 1, 2008, on the company's common stock.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch has upgraded the long-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) of Westar Energy, Inc. (WR) and its wholly-owned electric utility subsidiary, Kansas Gas &
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
SUGAR LAND, TX (MARKET WIRE) Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Westar Energy Incorporated (NYSE: WR) (Topeka, Kansas) is investing over $300 million to modernize and restart three Alstom/Combustion Engineering wet flue gas desulfurization (FGD) scrubbers to reduce sulfur dioxide (SO2). The modifications include utilizing URS Corporation (NYSE: URS) (San Francisco,...
The Wichita Business Journal (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Westar Energy, Inc. reported Friday an 83 percent decline in second quarter earnings, due to planned and unplanned extended maintenance outages.
Market Wire - Energy and Utilities: Nuclear (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
TOPEKA, KS (MARKET WIRE) Westar Energy, Inc. (NYSE: WR) today announced earnings of $5.6 million, or $0.06 per share, for the second quarter 2008, compared with earnings of $32.5 million, or $0.36 per share, for the second quarter 2007. The 83 percent decline in earnings for the quarter was due primarily to additional planned and unplanned extended maintenance outages at the company's lower-cost...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Aug 8 (Reuters) - Utility operator Westar Energy Inc reported an 83 percent fall in second-quarter profit, missing Wall Street estimates, hurt by maintenance outages at its power plants.
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
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Market Wire - Energy and Utilities: Alternative Energy (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
TOPEKA, KS (MARKET WIRE) On Aug. 8, 2008, Westar Energy, Inc. (NYSE: WR) will release second-quarter 2008 earnings before market open. Bill Moore, Westar Energy president and chief executive officer, will host a conference call and audio Webcast at 10 a.m. Eastern Time (9 a.m. Central).
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
TOPEKA, KS (MARKET WIRE) Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OGE) announced today it is partnering with Electric Transmission America (ETA), a joint-venture of subsidiaries of American Electric Power Company, Inc. and MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., to form Horizon Transmission LLC, with plans to construct ultra-high capacity, 765 kilovolt transmission in western Oklahoma. The development follows ...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
The third federal criminal trial of two former Westar Energy Inc. executives, set to begin Sept. 9, will likely be postponed as court officials await the outcome of a pending appeal.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
By Steve Fry By Steve Fry THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL In trying to stop David Wittig and Douglas Lake from appealing a judge's ruling, federal prosecutors are attempting to deprive the former Westar Energy executives of their constitutional right under the double jeopardy clause, the defendants said in a motion filed earlier this week in U.S.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
By Steve Fry By Steve Fry THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL At best, it appears Wittig-Lake III -- the third trial of David Wittig and Douglas Lake, former top executives of Westar Energy -- will start in early October, prosecutors and defense attorneys were told Monday.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Calling an appeal filed by former Westar Energy executives David Wittig and Douglas Lake “frivolous,” the government on Friday urged a federal judge not to delay their criminal trial.
The Kansas City Business Journal (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Power plant failures short-circuited Westar Energy Inc.’s second-quarter earnings, which fell 82 percent from the same quarter last year. (WR)
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Westar Energy today said profit dropped 83 percent during the second quarter, a result of both planned and unplanned shutdowns.
