# Westar Energy

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/westar-energy/  
**Website:** https://www.evergy.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Westar Energy was the largest electric utility in Kansas, providing electric service to homes, businesses, and industries throughout Kansas before merging with Great Plains Energy in 2018 to form Evergy, Inc. As Evergy, the company continues to serve approximately 1.6 million customers in Kansas and Missouri with a focus on grid modernization, smart metering (AMI) through its Gridstream Connect IoT platform, and clean energy transformation including wind power and demand response programs.

## Kin Score — 7.1 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 7.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 19.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Energy & Utilities**: 8.1 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Westar Energy Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Use cases (4)

- **Energy Usage Monitoring** — Access granular electricity consumption data for homes and businesses to identify energy waste and optimize usage patterns.
- **Demand Response** — Participate in utility demand response programs through smart thermostat and device control integrations using time-of-use pricing.
- **Solar and DER Integration** — Connect distributed energy resources including rooftop solar and battery systems to the grid through standardized interconnection and net metering programs.
- **Business Energy Management** — Access interval meter data for commercial and industrial customers to support energy management systems, sustainability reporting, and operational efficiency programs.

## Tags

Electric Utility, Energy, Smart Grid, Kansas, AMI, Evergy, Utilities, Fortune 1000

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/westar-energy/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.