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11/07/2017at 11:34

Major US utilities reapply to merge

After receiving a flat-out "no" on an acquisition attempt, two major energy companies in the US are attempting to create a "merger of equals" in one of the country's largest wind states.
Westar Energy has previously used Siemens, GE, and Vestas as suppliers. In the Flat Ridge farm from 2008, now-defunct Clipper installed the turbines. | Photo: Westar Energy
by MAZ PLECHINGER

Management in Westar Energy and Great Plains Energy have reached agreement regarding a merger, they announce in a press release.

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