Hunton Andrews Kurth Advises on Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.’s Offering of $500 Million Mortgage Bonds

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP advised Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. (formerly known as Westar Energy, Inc.) (Evergy Kansas Central) in connection with the offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 3.45% Series due 2050.

Evergy Kansas Central, a Kansas corporation incorporated in 1924, is the largest electric utility in Kansas. Evergy Kansas Central provides electric generation, transmission and distribution services to over 700 thousand customers in central and northeastern Kansas, including the cities of Topeka, Lawrence, Manhattan, Salina and Hutchinson. Evergy Kansas South, Inc. (formerly known as Kansas Gas and Electric Company) (Evergy Kansas South), Evergy Kansas Central’s wholly-owned subsidiary, provides these services in south-central and southeastern Kansas, including the city of Wichita. Since the rebranding in September 2019, Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Kansas South, along with certain of their affiliates, conduct business using the name Evergy.

The Hunton Andrews Kurth team included Pete O’Brien, Christina Kwon, Brendan P. Harney and Shelby Stanton. Robert J. McNamara and Tim Strother provided tax advice.