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Senate Committee on Utilities

  • Committee Assistant: Sheila Wodtke 785-296-7362
  • Sheila.Wodtke@senate.ks.gov

    • Meeting Day: Daily Time: 1:30 pm Location: 548-S

    Room 548-S Audio Stream

    Bills, Resolutions and Appointments

    Sponsored Bills
    SB24 - Prohibiting municipalities from imposing restrictions on customer's use of energy based upon source of energy.
    SB133 - Exempting the retail sale of electricity by public utilities for electric vehicle charging stations from the jurisdiction of the state corporation commission.
    SB172 - Creating the crimes of trespassing on a critical infrastructure facility and criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility and eliminating the crime of tampering with a pipeline.
    SB323 - Establishing requirements for instruments that convey a wind or solar lease or easement and requiring that certain disclosures be provided to landowners.
    SB324 - Establishing procedures that may be used to void or terminate leases or easements for electricity generation using wind or solar energy resources.
    SB325 - Establishing requirements relating to zoning and recordation of wind and solar energy resource easements and leases.
    SB349 - Limiting increases on electric retail rates and providing certain exceptions.
    SB350 - Allowing rate recovery by electric public utilities for certain electric generating facilities.
    SB353 - Establishing certain setback and construction requirements for wind energy facilities and certain operating conditions for existing wind energy facilities.
    SB383 - Establishing the Kansas property value protection act to provide for compensation to nonparticipating landowners near wind and solar farms for diminution of real property value under certain conditions.
    SB476 - Restricting the amount of fees on a utility bill for a board of public utilities.
    SB477 - Requiring the state corporation commission to provide certain information upon request to customers of a board of public utilities.
    SB478 - Establishing requirements for wind energy conversion system obstruction lighting to mitigate the visual impact of such lighting systems.
    SB480 - Prohibiting public utilities from recovering any dues, donations or contributions to any charitable or social organization or entity through customer rates.
    SB481 - Establishing construction, notification and health and safety requirements for commercial-scale and limited-scale solar energy conversion systems.
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