HB 2527
Authorizing electric public utilities to recover certain depreciation and construction work in progress expenses and limiting the time that such recovery may be implemented, authorizing the provision of economic development electric rates for certain large electric customers and limiting the time that such rates may be implemented, extending the timeline for the state corporation commission to issue an order in ratemaking treatment proceedings, authorizing electric public utilities to retain certain generating facilities in the utilty's rate base, prohibiting the commission from authorizing the retirement of certain generating facilities unless certain requirements are met, increasing the capacity limitation for the total amount of net metering facilities that may operate in the service territory of an investor-owned electric public utility, requiring net metering facilities to be appropriately sized based on the customer's average load and establishing requirements for exporting power from a net metering system to a utility.
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Authorizing electric public utilities to recover certain depreciation and construction work in progress expenses and limiting the time that such recovery may be implemented, authorizing the provision of economic development electric rates for certain large electric customers and limiting the time that such rates may be implemented, extending the timeline for the state corporation commission to issue an order in ratemaking treatment proceedings, authorizing electric public utilities to retain certain generating facilities in the utilty's rate base, prohibiting the commission from authorizing the retirement of certain generating facilities unless certain requirements are met, increasing the capacity limitation for the total amount of net metering facilities that may operate in the service territory of an investor-owned electric public utility, requiring net metering facilities to be appropriately sized based on the customer's average load and establishing requirements for exporting power from a net metering system to a utility.
As Amended by Senate Committee on Utilities
Authorizing electric public utilities to recover certain depreciation and construction work in progress expenses and limiting the time that such recovery may be implemented, authorizing the provision of economic development electric rates for certain large electric customers and limiting the time that such rates may be implemented, and extending the timeline for the state corporation commission to make a determination of ratemaking principles and treatment prior to a public utility constructing or acquiring a stake in a transmission or electric generation facility.
As Amended by House Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
Authorizing electric public utilities to recover certain depreciation and construction work in progress expenses and limiting the time that such recovery may be implemented, authorizing the provision of economic development electric rates for certain large electric customers and limiting the time that such rates may be implemented, and extending the timeline for the state corporation commission to make a determination of ratemaking principles and treatment prior to a public utility constructing or acquiring a stake in a transmission or electric generation facility.
As Introduced
Establishing cost recovery mechanisms for public utilities that construct certain electric generation facilities, revising the determination of rate base, capital structure and return on equity in utility rate proceedings and revising the provision of economic development electric rates.
Amendments, Committee Reports, & Conference Committee Reports
Committee Reports 2
Legislative History
Testimony & Minutes
House · Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications 30
| Hearing Date | Minutes | Presenter | Organization | Topic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2024 | View | Nick Myers | Revisor of Statutes | HB2527- Balloon Amendment | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | Nick Myers | Revisor of Statutes | 01-HB 2527 Bill Brief | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | Chuck Caisley | Evergy | 02-HB 2527-Proponent | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | D. Mitch Robinson | Salina Community Economic Development | 03-HB 2527-Proponent | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | Michael Gavoli | Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council | 04-HB 2527-Proponent-Written Only | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | Whitney Damron | Liberty Utilities | 05-HB 2527-Proponent-Written Only | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | Kevin Walker | Overland Park Chamber of Commerce | 06-HB 2527-Proponent-Written Only | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | Russell Kennedy & Bo Moreno | IBEW Local Union 124 & 271 | 07-HB 2527-Proponent-Written Only | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | Kenneth G Block | Block Real Estate Services, LLC | 08-HB 2527-Proponent-Written Only | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | Stephanie Meyer | Leawood Chamber | 09-HB 2527-Proponent-Written Only | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | John D Quackenbush | JQ Resources, LLC | 10-HB 2527-Proponent-Written Only | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | Katrina Abraham | KC Chamber of Commerce | 11-HB 2527-Proponent-Written Only | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | Jeffery Philgreen & Michael Kane | LiUNA-Local Union 1290 | 12-HB 2527-Proponent-Written Only | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | D. Mitch Robinson | Kansas Economic Development Alliance | 13-HB 2527-Proponent-Written Only | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | Ann Smith-Tate | Shawnee Chamber of Commerce | 14-HB 2527-Proponent-Written Only | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | Debra Teufel | Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce | 15-HB 2527-Proponent-Written Only | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | Nathaniel Hagedorn | North Point Development | 16-HB 2527-Proponent-Written Only | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | Juliet Abdel | Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce | 17-HB 2527-Proponent-Written Only | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | Paul Snider | Kansas Industrial Consumers & Kansans for Lower Electric Rates | 20-HB 2527-Opponent | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | David Nickel | Citizens Utility Ratepayer Board | 21-HB 2527-Opponent | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | Justin Grady | Kansas Corporation Commission | 22-HB 2527-Opponent | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | Elizabeth Patton | Americans for Prosperity | 23-HB 2527-Opponent | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | Glenda DuBoise | AARP Kansas | 24-HB 2527-Opponent | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | Randy Stookey | Kansas Grain & Feed Assoc., Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Assoc. & Renew Kansas Biofuels Assoc. | 25-HB 2527-Opponent-Written Only | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | Eric Stafford | Kansas Chamber | 26-HB 2527-Opponent-Written Only | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | Susan Willis | Wichita Public Schools | 27-HB 2527-Opponent-Written Only | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | Joe Spease | WindSoHy, LLC | 28-HB 2527-Neutral | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | Jason P Watkins | Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce | 29-HB 2527-Neutral-Written Only | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | Tim Cowden | KC Area Development Council | 18-HB 2527-Proponent-Written Only | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | View | Jeff Fluhr | Greater Wichita Partnership | 19-HB 2527-Proponent-Written Only |
Senate · Committee on Utilities 19
| Hearing Date | Minutes | Presenter | Organization | Topic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2024 | View | Marci Francisco | Kansas Senate, District 2 | Amendment | |
| Mar 20, 2024 | View | Senator Mike Petersen | Kansas Senate, District 28 | Amendment | |
| Mar 18, 2024 | View | Nick Myers | Office of Revisor of Statutes | Bill Overview | |
| Mar 18, 2024 | View | Darrin Ives | Evergy | Proponent | |
| Mar 18, 2024 | View | David Nickel | Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Board | Proponent | |
| Mar 18, 2024 | View | Michael Gavoli | Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council | Proponent | |
| Mar 18, 2024 | View | Whitney Damron | Empire District Electric Company | Proponent | |
| Mar 18, 2024 | View | Eric Stafford | Kansas Chamber of Commerce | Proponent | |
| Mar 18, 2024 | View | Kevin Walker | Overland Park Chamber of Commerce | Proponent | |
| Mar 18, 2024 | View | D. Mitch Robinson | Kansas Economic Development Alliance | Proponent | |
| Mar 18, 2024 | View | Ann Smith-Tate | Shawnee Chamber of Commerce | Proponent | |
| Mar 18, 2024 | View | Debra Teufel | Hutchinson Chamber of Commerce | Proponent | |
| Mar 18, 2024 | View | Juliet Abel | Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce | Proponent | |
| Mar 18, 2024 | View | Katrina Abraham | Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce | Proponent | |
| Mar 18, 2024 | View | Jason Watkins | Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce | Proponent | |
| Mar 18, 2024 | View | Justin Grady | Kansas Corporation Commission | Neutral | |
| Mar 18, 2024 | View | Paul Snider | Kansas Industrial Consumers Group & Kansans for Lower Electric Rates | Neutral | |
| Mar 18, 2024 | View | Zack Pistora | Kansas Sierra Club | Neutral | |
| Mar 18, 2024 | View | Russell Kennedy | IBEW 124 | Proponent |