Full Definition of PROCEDURE. 1. a: a particular way of accomplishing something or of acting b: a step in a procedure. 2. b: a set of instructions for a computer that has a name by which it can be called into action. 3. a: a traditional or established way of doing things b: protocol 3a.
The Industry. In America's Heartland, A Power Company Leads Charge For Electric Cars. In America's Heartland, A Power Company Leads Charge For Electric Cars. Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) is building 1,000 charging stations and helping to turn a Midwestern metropolitan area into one of the fastest-growing electric vehicle markets in the country.
T. BOONE PICKENS KNOWS SOMETHING ABOUT THE ENERGY business, and right now he's really, really into wind. His private firm, Mesa Power, is buying leases in the American heartland for a massive wind-power project whose first phase includes about 700 windmills on 400,000 acres near Pampa, Tex. By its completion in 2014, Pampa should be the world's largest wind farm, generating enough electricity to light 1.3 million homes.