Kansas Statutes
Article 12 - Miscellaneous Provisions
66-1223 Consumer counsel, powers.

66-1223. Consumer counsel, powers. The consumer counsel may do the following:
(a) Represent residential and small commercial ratepayers before the state corporation commission;
(b) function as an official intervenor in cases filed with the state corporation commission, including rate increase requests;
(c) initiate actions before the state corporation commission;
(d) represent residential and commercial ratepayers who file formal utility complaints with the state corporation commission;
(e) intervene in formal complaint cases which would affect ratepayers; and
(f) make application for a rehearing or seek judicial review of any order or decision of the state corporation commission.
History: L. 1989, ch. 162, ยง 4; July 1.

Structure Kansas Statutes

Kansas Statutes

Chapter 66 - Public Utilities

Article 12 - Miscellaneous Provisions

66-1201 Erection of overhead crossing or viaduct.

66-1202 Action to enjoin erection of unlawful structure.

66-1203 Demurrage rates.

66-1204 Same; penalty.

66-1205 Same; prosecution.

66-1209 Railroad taxes; cancellation upon certain conditions.

66-1213a Affiliated interests; loan or pledge of credit.

66-1214 Payment of dividends prohibited, when; hearing.

66-1215 Judicial review.

66-1216 "Affiliated interest" defined.

66-1217 Recordation of real and personal property mortgages or security interests in fixtures made by railroad and utility companies; filing with secretary of state, when; liens.

66-1218 Same; filing mortgages or security agreements heretofore filed with register of deeds; effect.

66-1219 Same; file maintained by secretary of state; fee.

66-1220a Disclosure of trade secrets and confidential information, when.

66-1222 Citizens' utility ratepayer board; establishment; composition; terms; organization; meetings; compensation and expenses; powers and duties.

66-1223 Consumer counsel, powers.

66-1224 Limit on jurisdiction of board and counsel.

66-1225 Budgeting, purchasing and management functions; expenditures; financing.

66-1225a Citizens' utility ratepayer board; negotiation for contracts for professional services; negotiating committee.

66-1227 Energy efficiency of buildings; standards.

66-1228 Same; disclosures required on sale of new residence.

66-1229 Utility bills, visually impaired or blind customers.

66-1234 Kansas energy security act.

66-1235 Same; findings.

66-1236 Same; proceedings for recovery of security expenditures, requirements; confidential documents, not subject to disclosure.

66-1237 Electric utility recovery of certain transmission costs.

66-1238 Electric utility interconnection agreements, standard provisions.

66-1239 Electric generating or transmission facility; determination of rate-making principles and treatment; procedure.

66-1240 Construction of transmission and generation facilities; definitions.

66-1241 Same; bonds to finance transmission facilities.

66-1242 Same; recovery of capital expenditures for transmission facilities.

66-1243 Same; interconnection facilities; grant or lease, when.

66-1244 Same; sale or contract for operation of transmission facilities; approval by KCC; rate-making treatment.

66-1245 Same; determination of utility's revenue requirements.

66-1246 Research and development expenditures, investments; inclusion in rates, when.

66-1247 Electric transmission lines, construction or upgrade; recovery of costs from all benefitting utilities, when.

66-1248 Agreements to finance and install energy conservation measures; cost recovery; liability and limitations thereof.

66-1254 Same; expiration of provisions.

66-1255 Requirements for notice to customers of water utilities under the jurisdiction of the state corporation commission proposing rate increases.

66-1256 Renewable energy standards act; renewable energy standard, goal.

66-1257 Same; definitions.

66-1259 Same; renewable energy resource requirements; recovery of costs by affected utilities; no impairment of existing contracts.

66-1259a Renewable energy standards act; severability.

66-1263 Net metering and easy connection act.

66-1264 Same; definitions.

66-1265 Same; utility requirements; tariff, contracts, meters, disclosure to customers.

66-1266 Same; excess energy generated by customer-generator; calculation; requirements; expiration of credit.

66-1267 Same; utility duty to customer-generators; customer-generator's load size.

66-1268 Same; net metered facilities; standards; limitation of liability for utility.

66-1269 Same; rules and regulations; application process.

66-1270 Same; recovery of reasonable costs by utility.

66-1271 Same; compliance with renewable energy standards act.

66-1272 Compressed air energy storage act.

66-1273 Same; definitions.

66-1274 Same; injection of compressed air into storage wells; permits; requirements; rules and regulations.

66-1275 Same; rules and regulations for monitoring air emissions from compressed air energy storage wells and facilities.

66-1276 Same; memorandum of understanding between state corporation commission and department of health and environment concerning administration of act.

66-1277 Same; violations; penalties; hearing; judicial review.

66-1278 Same; agents of commission; right of ingress and egress; restoration of premises.

66-1279 Same; compressed air energy storage fund.

66-1280 New coal-fired electricity generating facility; purchase of Kansas coal required; exceptions.

66-1281 Anemometer towers; definitions; requirements; penalties.

66-1282 Electric supply and demand reports.

66-1283 Utilities; demand-side program; energy efficiency.

66-1284 Kansas disaster utilities response act.

66-1286 Establishing the statewide broadband expansion planning task force; membership; duties; compensation; reports to the legislature.

66-1287 Study of retail rates of Kansas electric public utilities; legislative coordinating council; state corporation commission; issues of study; confidentiality; reports; costs.

66-1288 Kansas energy choice act; customer's use of utility service; limitations on municipalities related thereto.