Kansas Statutes
Article 12 - Miscellaneous Provisions
66-1277 Same; violations; penalties; hearing; judicial review.

66-1277. Same; violations; penalties; hearing; judicial review. (a) The commission, upon a finding that a person has violated any provision of K.S.A. 66-1274, and amendments thereto, or rules and regulations adopted thereunder, may impose a penalty not to exceed $10,000 per violation which shall constitute an economic deterrent to the violation for which it is assessed and, in the case of a continuing violation, every day such violation continues shall be deemed a separate violation.
(b) No penalty shall be imposed pursuant to this section except after an opportunity for hearing upon the written order of the commission to the person who committed the violation. The order shall state the violation and the penalty to be imposed.
(c) Whenever the commission or the commission's duly authorized representative find that the soil or waters of the state are not being protected from pollution resulting from the storage of compressed air, the commission or the commission's duly authorized representative shall issue an order prohibiting such storage. Any person aggrieved by such order may request in writing, within 15 days after service of the order, a hearing on the order. Upon receipt of a timely request, a hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act.
(d) Any action of the commission pursuant to this section is subject to review in accordance with the act for judicial review and civil enforcement of agency actions.
History: L. 2009, ch. 141, ยง 37; May 28.

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.