CHAPTER 163 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 5007 A Concurrent Resolution urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to work
to develop sufficient electric transmission facility infrastructure and design and imple-
ment regional transmission organizations and cost recovery mechanisms.
      WHEREAS,  The electric transmission system in the United States is
an extensive network of high-voltage power lines which transport elec-
tricity from generators to consumers and which must accommodate the
nation's growing demand for reliable and affordable power; and

      WHEREAS,  The system is rapidly becoming congested due to growth
in demand, investment in new generation facilities and lack of investment
in expansion and improvement of transmission facilities; and

      WHEREAS,  Expansion and improvement of the transmission system
is vital to the national interest because congestion creates bottlenecks
which result in decreased reliability, less competition, higher prices to
consumers and increased infrastructure vulnerability; and

      WHEREAS,  The United States Department of Energy recognizes
that Kansas is first in the nation in wind energy production potential and
has adopted incentives for investment in wind generation and generation
from other resources, but expansion of generation is dependent on a
transmission system that will efficiently and reliably deliver power to mar-
kets; and

      WHEREAS,  The existing transmission system is increasingly incapa-
ble of providing reliable service to the native load in Kansas and does not
have the capacity to support economic development of renewable and
fossil-fuel resources or to economically dispatch power within the state;
and

      WHEREAS,  The existing transmission system experiences significant
constraints to the importation of additional power from outside the state
and export of additional power to markets beyond the state's boundaries
in support of national energy reliability and clean air standards; and

      WHEREAS,  The leadership of the Federal Energy Regulatory Com-
mission is crucial to resolving issues related to cost recovery of transmis-
sion facility upgrades and regional transmission system reliability issues:
Now, therefore,

      Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas,
the Senate concurring therein: That the Legislature urges the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission to work with the State of Kansas in de-
velopment of sufficient transmission facility infrastructure to support the
state's economic development efforts and the nation's growing energy,
security and reliability needs, along with the design and implementation
of regional transmission organizations and cost recovery mechanisms; and

      Be it further resolved: That the Secretary of State is directed to pro-
vide a copy of this enrolled resolution to each member of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, the President of the United States, the
Vice-President of the United States, the United States Secretary of En-
ergy, the President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate, the Mi-
nority Leader of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United
States House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the United
States House of Representatives, each member of the Kansas Congres-
sional delegation, the State Corporation Commission, the Nebraska
Power Review Board, the Missouri Public Service Commission, the
Oklahoma Corporation Commission and the Public Utility Commission
of Texas.

 Adopted by the House February 12, 2002.
Adopted by the Senate
March 13, 2002.
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