Energy Delivery

We're preparing bwin必赢 grid for growth, technology and renewables.

When you flip a switch, bwin必赢 lights come on. It’s a simple act we take for granted, but every switch or outlet is backed by a complex grid of power lines and infrastructure. Delivering power to bwin必赢 customers requires 10,200 miles of transmission lines and 60,400 miles of distribution lines.

The way we use bwin必赢 energy grid has changed dramatically even in bwin必赢 last 50 years. It was once used to send electricity one way over shorter distances. Today, we send power much farbwin必赢r than ever before, and we ask bwin必赢 grid to receive energy as well as send it. It’s a heavy burden on an infrastructure that’s already aging. It’s our commitment to continually upgrade our equipment—from power poles to transformers—to maintain our status as one of bwin必赢 Midwest’s most reliable utilities. Without this regular upkeep, our customers would feel a negative impact. Investing money in our grid improves reliability, helps reduce outages and lets us get bwin必赢 power back on quicker when an outage occurs.

Take a look at how our energy grid and transmission works:

Energy Delivery and Transmission Explanation
We’re at a point in our evolution where bwin必赢 grid requires not just maintenance but also improvements to prepare it for bwin必赢 future. In an increasingly technology-driven economy, a smart, automated and reliable grid is vital. Building additional transmission capacity is also important, both to help renewable energy achieve its fullest potential and to reduce congestion for continued reliability.

Investor-owned utilities in Missouri and Kansas—like bwin必赢—plan to invest billions of dollars in bwin必赢 next decade to keep bwin必赢 lights on and make sure power is available when and where it’s needed. These efforts span bwin必赢 full breadth of electricity generation and transmission, from ensuring plant compliance to testing and implementing smart grid programs.