The Chair opened the hearing on SB 380.
Nick Myers, Assistant Revisor, Office of Revisor of Statutes, provided a brief overview of the bill and stood for questions (Attachment 1).
Ted Augustine, President, Triplett, Inc., testified in favor of the bill and stood for questions (Attachment 2). He explained how this bill was different than the one they proposed last session including the compromises that were made to appease previous opponents to the bill.
Brian Posler, Executive Director, Fuel True: Independent Energy and Convenience, testified in favor of the bill and discussed the need to protect the market place. He stood for questions (Attachment 3).
Reagan McCloud, Director of Government Relations, Kansas Electric Cooperatives, provided neutral testimony on the bill and shared that the organization's concerns from the previous bill were addressed in this bill. He stood for questions.(Attachment 4).
Nick Voris, Director, Energy Solutions, Evergy, provided neutral testimony on the bill and explained that Evergy only has ten of the 200 similar charging stations in that area that are like the ones proposed. Evergy is the provider of last resort with respect to EV charging stations in underserved areas. He stood for questions. (Attachment 5).
Kimberly Gencur Svaty, Kansas Municipal Utilities, provided neutral testimony on the bill and explained why her organization supports the five-year sunset clause in the bill because of concerns that a possible mandate would require municipal utilities to deploy services without a way to recover these costs. She stood for questions. (Attachment 6).
Joseph Astrab, Consumer Counsel, Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Board, provided neutral testimony on the bill and stated that it was a policy call for the legislature to decided how to foster this growing market. He stood for questions (Attachment 7).
WRITTEN ONLY TESTIMONY:
Robert Baratta (Attachment 8)
Larrie Ann Brown (Attachment 9)
Justin Grady (Attachment 10).
The Chair closed the hearing on SB 380.
Meeting adjourned at 2:27p.m.