Annual Section 284.11 Construction Report filed on behalf of Energy Wets Development, Inc. under CP13-312.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION Reliability Technical Conference ) Docket No. AD12-1-000 RESPONSE OF WESTAR ENERGY, INC. AND KANSAS GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY TO REQUEST FOR EVIDENCE OF COMMISSIONER PHILIP D. MOELLER Westar Energy Inc. and its affiliate Kansas Gas and Electric Company (collectively, Westar) hereby provides their response to the request for evidence in the above captioned matter issued by Commissioner Philip D. Moeller on November 14, 2011.1 I. INTRODUCTION Westar is a vertically integrated electric utility, serving over 687,000 retail and over 75 wholesale customers in the State of Kansas. Westars energy centers generate more than 7,100 MW of electric power using uranium, coal, natural gas, landfill gas and wind as fuel sources. As a transmission-owning member of the Southwest Power Pool (SPP), Westar operates and coordinates approximately 35,000 miles of electric transmission and distribution lines. The names, titles, and mailing addresses of the persons who should be served with communications concerning these Comments and all future matters in this proceeding are: 1 This response is being filed in an attempt to assist Commissioner Moeller prepare for the November 29 and 30, 2011 as he requested in his November 17, 2011 statement. Westar intends to file more complete comments in the docket by the December 9, 2011 deadline established in the Commissions agenda issued on November 9, 2011. Martin J. Bregman Cathryn J. Dinges Executive Director, Law Corporate Counsel Westar Energy, Inc. Westar Energy, Inc. 818 S. Kansas Avenue 818 S. Kansas Avenue P.O. Box 889 P.O. Box 889 Topeka, KS 66601 Topeka, KS 66601 Phone: (785) 575-1986 Phone: (785) 575-8344 Facsimile: (785) 575-8136 Facsimile: (785) 575-8136 marty.bregman@westarenergy.com cathy.dinges@westarenergy.com Greg A. Greenwood Bill Eastman Senior Vice President, Strategy Director, Environmental Services Westar Energy, Inc. Westar Energy, Inc. 818 S. Kansas Avenue 818 S. Kansas Avenue P.O. Box 889 P.O. Box 889 Topeka, KS 66601 Topeka, KS 66601 Phone: (785) 575-1806 Phone: (785) 575-8142 Facsimile: (785) 575-8061 Facsimile: (785) 575-8039 greg.greenwood@westarenergy.com bill.eastman@westarenergy.com Westar respectfully requests that all of the above be placed on the service list. II. BACKGROUND As a regulated public utility and operator of coal and natural gas-fired generating facilities, Westar takes its responsibilities to meet its customers demands for power and to comply with environmental regulation seriously. In 1968, Westars Lawrence Energy Centers (LEC) unit 4 was the first coal plant in the United States to install wet limestone scrubbers on a retrofit basis. These scrubbers were installed to remove both particulate matter and sulfur dioxide. In 1971, LEC unit 5 was the first unit to ...