Neighbors and KCP&L square off over new substations

                                  KCP&L substation at 19th Street and Cherry 

Lynda Callon was so fed up that she walked out of a Monday-night meeting between Westside residents and Kansas City Power & Light. The outspoken neighborhood activist, who oversees the Westside CAN Center, had heard the company’s pitch and didn’t like its dictatorial tone.

Earlier this year, KCP&L approached Westside residents and businesses about locating a new power substation in their neighborhood. But while community meetings have created plenty of buzz, Callon says KCP&L has disconnected them from the decision-making process and put in jeopardy their neighborhood’s hard-fought revival.