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Great Plains Energy Inc. has signed two power purchase agreements with Kansas wind farms scheduled to come online this year and next.
The deals to buy 444 megawatts of power will boost wind capacity to about 25 percent of the company's generating portfolio, Kansas City-based Great Plains (NYSE: GXP) announced in a Tuesday release.
In one deal, Great Plains will buy power from the 244-megawatt Pratt Wind Energy Center in Pratt County, Kan., which is scheduled to wrap up construction by Dec. 31.…