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Evergy expects its retail sales will grow 7% to 8% a year through 2030, driven by data center additions, up from its previous 6% growth forecast, company officials said Thursday during a quarterly earnings conference call.
Evergy recently signed a new electric service agreement with an unnamed customer, which brings its total demand from large load ESAs to 2.5 GW, up from the 1.9 GW it disclosed three months ago, said David Campbell, Evergy chairman, president and CEO. The Kansas City, Missouri-based utility company expects to sign at least one more ESA with a large load customer this year, he said.
Evergy has an additional 450 MW under contract with large customers such as Panasonic’s electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant, Campbell noted.
Evergy is in talks to expand its existing ESAs by a total of up to 1.5 GW, Campbell said. It is also in “advanced discussions” to add 1.5 GW to 3 GW of large-load customers after 2030, he said.
