Emporia, Kansas 3-27-2014 Crew members from "Westar Energy" company work to replace a wooden power pole that was damaged last week by an oversized truck and today's high winds cracked the pole. Causing a brief period of power outage in the area of 12th and Commercial streets. Westar Energy is an investor owned electric utility headquartered in Topeka, Kansas. Westar is the largest electric company in Kansas, serving 690,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in the eastern third of the state. Westar Energy generates more than 27,000,000 megawatt-hours of electricity per year at i
Emporia, Kansas 3-27-2014 Crew members from "Westar Energy" company work to replace a wooden power pole that was damaged last week by an oversized truck and today's high winds cracked the pole. Causing a brief period of power outage in the area of 12th and Commercial streets. Westar Energy is an investor owned electric utility headquartered in Topeka, Kansas. Westar is the largest electric company in Kansas, serving 690,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in the eastern third of the state. Westar Energy generates more than 27,000,000 megawatt-hours of electricity per year at its 12 power plants. Westar Energy service territory covers 10,130 square miles (26,200 km2) in east and east-central Kansas. Westar Energy owns more than 6,300 miles (10,100 km) of transmission lines and about 28,100 miles of distribution lines. Credit: Mark Reinstein
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