Sub HB2149
Substitute for HB 2149 by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications - Requiring distributed energy retailers to disclose certain information to residential customers who are offered or seeking to install a distributed energy system, requiring the attorney general to convene an advisory group to develop, approve and periodically revise a standard form for such disclosures and requiring publication thereof, establishing requirements for interconnection and operation of distributed energy systems, increasing the total capacity limitation for an electric public utility's provision of parallel generation service and a formula to determine appropriate system size.
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Substitute for HB 2149 by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications - Requiring distributed energy retailers to disclose certain information to residential customers who are offered or seeking to install a distributed energy system, requiring the attorney general to convene an advisory group to develop, approve and periodically revise a standard form for such disclosures and requiring publication thereof, establishing requirements for interconnection and operation of distributed energy systems, increasing the total capacity limitation for an electric public utility's provision of parallel generation service and a formula to determine appropriate system size.
As Amended by Senate Committee on Utilities
Substitute for HB 2149 by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications – Requiring distributed energy retailers to disclose certain information to residential customers who are offered or seeking to install a distributed energy system, requiring the attorney general to convene an advisory group to develop, approve and periodically revise a standard form for such disclosures and requiring publication thereof, establishing requirements for interconnection and operation of distributed energy systems, increasing the total capacity limitation for an electric public utility's provision of parallel generation service and a formula to determine appropriate system size.
{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}
Substitute for HB 2149 by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications – Requiring distributed energy retailers to disclose certain information to residential customers who are offered or seeking to install a distributed energy system, requiring the attorney general to convene an advisory group to develop, approve and periodically revise a standard form for such disclosures and requiring publication thereof, establishing requirements for interconnection and operation of distributed energy systems, increasing the total capacity limitation for an electric public utility's provision of parallel generation service and a formula to determine appropriate system size.
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Substitute for HB 2149 by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications – Requiring distributed energy retailers to disclose certain information to residential customers who are offered or seeking to install a distributed energy system, requiring the attorney general to convene an advisory group to develop, approve and periodically revise a standard form for such disclosures and requiring publication thereof, establishing requirements for interconnection and operation of distributed energy systems, increasing the total capacity limitation for an electric public utility's provision of parallel generation service and a formula to determine appropriate system size.
As Introduced
Requiring distributed energy retailers to disclose certain information to customers who are offered a contract to finance the construction, installation or operation of a distributed energy system and establishing requirements for a customer's construction, installation and operation of a renewable energy system subject to parallel generation services.
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House · Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications 16
| Hearing Date | Minutes | Presenter | Organization | Topic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2025 | View | Nick Myers | Revisor of Statutes | HB2149- Balloon Amendment | |
| Mar 6, 2025 | View | Jessica Lucas | on Behalf of Clean Energy Business Council | HB2149 - Proponent | |
| Mar 6, 2025 | View | Mark Horst | King Solar | HB2149 - Proponent | |
| Mar 6, 2025 | View | Kirk Kreisel | Artisun Solar | HB2149 - Proponent- Written Only | |
| Mar 6, 2025 | View | Jeff Hohnbaum | Hutton Energy Service | HB2149 - Proponent- Written Only | |
| Mar 6, 2025 | View | Paul Snider | on Behalf of Kansans for Lower Electric Rates and Kansas Industrial Consumers Group | HB2149 - Proponent- Written Only | |
| Mar 6, 2025 | View | Kimberly Gencur Svaty | on Behalf of Kansas Municipal Utilities | HB2149 - Opponent | |
| Mar 6, 2025 | View | Terri Pemberton | Kansas Municipal Energy Agency | HB2149 - Opponent | |
| Mar 6, 2025 | View | Mike Morley | Midwest Energy, Inc. | HB2149 - Opponent | |
| Mar 6, 2025 | View | Reagan McCloud | Kansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. | HB2149 - Opponent | |
| Mar 6, 2025 | View | Mark Scheibe | Heartland Rural Electric Cooperatives, Inc. | HB2149 - Opponent | |
| Mar 6, 2025 | View | Laura Lutz | Evergy | HB2149 - Opponent | |
| Mar 6, 2025 | View | Lindsay Campbell | Pioneer Electric Cooperatives, Inc., Southern Pioneer Electric Company on behalf of Prairieland Electric Cooperatives, Inc., Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc., Western Cooperative Electric Associat | HB2149 - Opponent- Written Only | |
| Mar 6, 2025 | View | Eric Stafford | Kansas Chamber | HB2149 - Neutral | |
| Mar 6, 2025 | View | Nick Myers | Revisor of Statutes | Net Metering vs Parallel Generation | |
| Mar 6, 2025 | View | Nick Myers | Revisor of Statutes | HB2149 - Bill Brief |
Senate · Committee on Utilities 8
| Hearing Date | Minutes | Presenter | Organization | Topic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2025 | View | Paul Snider | Kansas Industrial Consumers Group & Kansans for Lower Electric Rates | Proponent | |
| Mar 17, 2025 | View | Laura Lutz | Evergy | Proponent | |
| Mar 17, 2025 | View | Reagan McCloud | Kansas Electric Cooperatives | Proponent | |
| Mar 17, 2025 | View | Kimberly Gencur Svaty | Kansas Municipal Utilities | Proponent | |
| Mar 17, 2025 | View | Mike Morley | Midwest Energy | Proponent | |
| Mar 17, 2025 | View | Jessica Lucas | Clean Energy Business Council | Proponent | |
| Mar 17, 2025 | View | Jason Nisly | King Solar | Proponent | |
| Mar 17, 2025 | View | Nick Myers | Office of Revisor of Statutes | Overview |