Kansas electric utilities have enough capacity to meet the goal of 20 percent renewables by 2020 under the state’s voluntary renewable energy program, according to a July 11 report from the Kansas Corporation Commission staff. The staff said that compliance filings show that reporting utilities have surplus renewable energy credits to meet the 2020 goal ahead of schedule but decided not to apply them to the goal last year. The Empire District Electric Company was the only utility to allocate the 20 percent capacity equivalent toward the 2017 goal. Other utilities that submitted compliance filings are Westar Energy Inc., Kansas Gas and Electric Company, Kansas City Power and Light Company, and Sunflower Electric Power Corporation. Legislation enacted in 2015 replaced the state’s mandatory renewable energy standards with a voluntary goal. Utilities are required to file annual reports if they seek to recover costs incurred for the previous mandatory obligation or as a result of attaining the voluntary goal.