66-1248. Agreements to finance and install energy conservation measures; cost recovery; liability and limitations thereof. (a) Electric and natural gas public utilities, as defined in K.S.A. 66-101a and 66-1,200, and amendments thereto, may enter into agreements with customers and landlords of customers for the financing of the purchase price and installation cost of energy conservation measures by such utilities.
(b) Such utilities may recover the cost of such financing and related program costs through tariffs approved by the state corporation commission pursuant to K.S.A. 66-117, and amendments thereto, and paid for by the customers benefitting from the installation of the energy conservation measures.
(c) Except as otherwise required by the state corporation commission, through the approved tariff or otherwise, such utilities shall assume no liability for the installation, operation or maintenance of such measures, and shall not provide any warranty as to the merchantability of the measures, or its fitness for a particular purpose, and no action shall be maintained against any such utility the basis of which is such liability or warranty.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit any rights or remedies of utility customers and landlords of utility customers against other parties to a transaction involving the purchase and installation of energy conservation measures.
History: L. 2007, ch. 58, ยง 1; July 1.
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.