Defendant
2 cases as defendant.
Evergy Metro Inc. is a regulated electric utility headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. Incorporated in 1922, it was formerly known as Kansas City Power & Light Company. Evergy Metro Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Evergy, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVRG), a public utility holding company formed in 2018 from the merger of Westar Energy and Great Plains Energy. As of December 31, 2025, Evergy, Inc. reported a trailing 12-month revenue of approximately $5.96 billion and a market capitalization of around $19 billion as of May 1, 2026.
Evergy Metro Inc. operates as an integrated electric utility, providing generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity to approximately 586,500 residential, commercial, and industrial customers across western Missouri and eastern Kansas. Its parent company, Evergy, Inc., serves 1.7 million customers in Kansas and Missouri and is recognized as a significant wind energy supplier in the U.S., with about half of its power sourced from clean energy.
In terms of patent litigation, Evergy Metro Inc. appears to operate as a defendant operating company. The company has been involved in one tracked case as a defendant and zero as a plaintiff. This posture indicates that it defends against intellectual property assertions rather than actively asserting patents.
The sole tracked case involving Evergy Metro Inc. is Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. et al. v. Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company et al., where Evergy Metro Inc. is listed as a defendant in the Southern District of Iowa, dating from July 2024. This litigation also names Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company, suggesting a broader dispute involving multiple energy sector entities or their joint operations. Evergy Metro Inc. frequently participates in rate cases, reflecting its status as a regulated utility.
An infringement suit filed by Birchtech Corp. against Evergy, Inc. et al. concerning US patent 10933370, which was transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, likely as part of the ongoing MDL.
This multidistrict litigation consolidates several patent infringement lawsuits initially filed in Arizona, Missouri, and Iowa. Some defendants have reached license agreements with Birchtech, and claims against other defendants have been resolved.