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Charles Fishman
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Electric Vehicles Offer No Support for Slowing U.S. Electricity Demand Growth

We are reaffirming our fair value estimates, moat ratings, and moat trends for all utilities after developing a fundamental forecast for electric vehicle growth in the United States through 2025. We continue to believe battery electric vehicles will have an immaterial impact on our 1.25% annualized U.S. electricity demand growth forecast through 2030.
We assume U.S. EVs grow from an estimated 134,000 in 2016 to 1.6 million by 2025, representing about 10% of the U.S. automobile fleet. We assume ...
Underlying
Great Plains Energy Incorporated

Great Plains Energy is a public utility holding company. The company's wholly owned direct subsidiaries with operations are as follows: Kansas City Power & Light Co., a regulated electric utility that provides electricity to customers primarily in Missouri and Kansas; and KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Co., a regulated electric utility that provides electricity to customers in Missouri and regulated steam service to certain customers in St. Joseph, MO. The company also wholly owns GPE Transmission Holding Company, LLC (GPETHC), which owns 13.5% of Transource Energy, LLC, and focuses on developing electric transmission projects.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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