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Westar Energy customers are likely to see a slight increase in their bills starting next summer.

Westar Energy Inc. has filed a request with the Kansas Corporation Commission to adjust its prices by 1 percent or $17.4 million, according to a news release Thursday from Westar.

The request was expected by regulators and allows the company to recover costs that weren’t final at the time of last year’s full price review. According to the news release, the request reflects the remaining costs of mandated environmental upgrades to comply with clean air regulations, life-extension improvements to Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Station and investments to protect the grid against power outages.

The KCC will review the request with a resulting price adjustment anticipated in June 2017. The price adjustment for residential customers will be on average about $1.54 per month.