Westar Energy: Turn out the lights on a 100-year-old KC brand

Electric utility Evergy Inc. flipped the switch on the names of its operating brands on Monday. The Kansas City Power & Light and Westar brands officially gave way to the Evergy brand. The switch began with the $14 billion combination of Topeka-based Westar Energy and Kansas City-based Great Plains Energy Inc. last year. The new parent company took the Evergy name, but the operating units that customers know remained the same. The KCP&L name dates back to 1916, when Kansas City Electric Light Co....