As Amended by House Committee
Session of 2000
HOUSE RESOLUTION No. 6018
By Committee on Utilities
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10 A RESOLUTION
requesting the State Corporation Commission assem-
11 ble the Kansas Energy
Task Force to conduct a study and evaluation
12 regarding energy and
energy policy and submit a report and recom-
13 mendations to the
Legislature and Governor.
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16 Be it resolved by
the House of Representatives of the State of Kan-
17 sas: That the State Corporation
Commission be requested to assemble
18 the Kansas Energy Task Force to conduct a
study regarding energy and
19 energy policy, which task force would be
staffed by the Commission staff
20 and would include the following members:
One member of the commis-
21 sion staff, who shall serve as chairperson
of the task force; one member
22 representing investor-owned electric
utilities; one member representing
23 distribution electric cooperatives; one
member representing gen-
24 eration and transmission electric
cooperatives; one member repre-
25 senting municipal electric utilities that
generate electricity; one member
26 representing oil producers; one member
representing gas producers; one
27 member representing oil refiners and
pipelines; one member represent-
28 ing gas pipelines and compressor operators;
one member representing
29 motor vehicle fuel dealers; one member
representing motor ve-
30 hicle fuel distributors; one member
representing generators of elec-
31 tricity from renewable energy; one member
representing the citizens'
32 utility ratepayer board (CURB); four
members representing the general
33 public; one member who is an economist from
an institution under the
34 State Board of Regents; one member
representing the Kansas Geological
35 Survey; and one member representing Kansas,
Inc.; and
36 Be it further
resolved: That the Kansas Energy Task Force be re-
37 quested to study, evaluate and make
recommendations regarding the
38 following:
39 (a) The price of
retail petroleum products as it relates to: Differences
40 across the state in supply and price; the
relationship of the retail price of
41 petroleum products to the wholesale crude
oil price; the impact of fluc-
42 tuations in crude oil prices on Kansas
production and on Kansas and
43 federal petroleum policies; the impact of
Kansas petroleum industry on
44 the Kansas economy; and the effect that a
rise in motor fuel prices has
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1 on overall prices of consumer goods;
and
2 (b) the
price of natural gas and natural gas products, including
federal
3 regulation of wellhead prices, as it
relates to: The Kansas economy; long-
4 term prospects for Kansas production;
the impact on Kansas of federal
5 natural gas policy encouraging
electric generation from natural gas; dif-
6 ferences in federal policies
regarding pass-through of state taxes on nat-
7 ural gas and coal; and means by which
Kansas consumers may secure
8 access to a greater percentage of
Kansas natural gas;
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(c) impediments to construction of electric generation and
transmis-
10 sion facilities; the impact of electricity
prices on consumption and con-
11 servation practices; and statewide
differences in electric prices;
12 (d) the role of
renewable energy sources and producers in meeting
13 Kansas' energy needs and helping meet the
objectives of the federal Clean
14 Air Act;
15 (e) forecasting
of state energy consumption needs and production
16 prospects for the years 2001 through
2010;
17 (f) the role of
energy conservation in relation to anticipated Kansas
18 production and prospective consumption;
19 (g) the need for
a state energy resource database tracking Kansas
20 energy production and consumption;
21 (h) the need for
and development of a coordinated energy policy for
22 the state; and
23 (i) such other
related issues as the task force identifies; and
24 Be it further
resolved: That the Kansas Energy Task Force be re-
25 quested to submit a report of its study,
evaluation and recommendations
26 to the Legislature and Governor on or
before January 8, 2001.
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