66-1237. Electric utility recovery of certain transmission costs. (a) Any electric utility subject to the regulation of the state corporation commission pursuant to K.S.A. 66-101, and amendments thereto, may seek to recover costs associated with transmission of electric power, in a manner consistent with the determination of transmission-related costs from an order of a regulatory authority having legal jurisdiction, through a separate transmission delivery charge included in customers' bills. The electric utility's initial transmission delivery charge resulting from this section may be determined by the commission either from transmission-related costs approved in the electric utility's most recent retail rate filing or in an order establishing rates in response to a general retail rate application by an electric utility.
(b) If an electric utility elects to recover its transmission-related costs through a transmission delivery charge, such electric utility shall have the right to implement a transmission delivery charge through an application to the commission.
(1) If an electric utility proposes to establish its initial transmission delivery charge other than in connection with an application to the commission that proposes a general retail rate change the commission shall, effective the same date as the effective date of the initial transmission delivery charge, unbundle the electric utility's retail rates in such a manner that the sum of the revenue to be recovered from the initial transmission delivery charge and the non-transmission-related retail rates will be consistent with the revenue that would be recovered from the retail rates in effect immediately prior to the effective date of the initial transmission delivery charge.
(2) If an electric utility proposes to establish its initial transmission delivery charge in connection with an application to the commission for a general retail rate change, the commission shall, in its order in such rate proceeding, determine the electric utility's transmission-related costs related to its service to Kansas retail customers and determine an initial transmission delivery charge sufficient to permit the electric utility to recover from its Kansas retail customers such utility's transmission-related costs incurred to provide service to such customers.
(c) All transmission-related costs incurred by an electric utility and resulting from any order of a regulatory authority having legal jurisdiction over transmission matters, including orders setting rates on a subject-to-refund basis, shall be conclusively presumed prudent for purposes of the transmission delivery charge and an electric utility may change its transmission delivery charge whenever there is a change in transmission-related costs resulting from such an order. The commission may also order such a change if the utility fails to do so. An electric utility shall submit a report to the commission at least 30 business days before changing the utility's transmission delivery charge. If the commission subsequently determines that all or part of such charge did not result from an order described by this subsection, the commission may require changes in the transmission delivery charge and impose appropriate remedies, including refunds.
History: L. 2003, ch. 80, § 2; L. 2007, ch. 44, § 1; Apr. 5.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 12 - Miscellaneous Provisions
66-1201 Erection of overhead crossing or viaduct.
66-1202 Action to enjoin erection of unlawful structure.
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.
66-1216 "Affiliated interest" defined.
66-1219 Same; file maintained by secretary of state; fee.
66-1220a Disclosure of trade secrets and confidential information, when.
66-1223 Consumer counsel, powers.
66-1224 Limit on jurisdiction of board and counsel.
66-1225 Budgeting, purchasing and management functions; expenditures; financing.
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.
66-1237 Electric utility recovery of certain transmission costs.
66-1238 Electric utility interconnection agreements, standard provisions.
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.
66-1245 Same; determination of utility's revenue requirements.
66-1246 Research and development expenditures, investments; inclusion in rates, when.
66-1254 Same; expiration of provisions.
66-1256 Renewable energy standards act; renewable energy standard, goal.
66-1259a Renewable energy standards act; severability.
66-1263 Net metering and easy connection act.
66-1265 Same; utility requirements; tariff, contracts, meters, disclosure to customers.
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.
66-1277 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.
66-1281 Anemometer towers; definitions; requirements; penalties.
66-1282 Electric supply and demand reports.
66-1283 Utilities; demand-side program; energy efficiency.