As Amended by House Commettee
         

          Session of 1998
                   
HOUSE BILL No. 2679
         
By Committee on Utilities
         
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          10             AN ACT concerning retail electric bills to consumers; providing for dis-
11             closure of certain components.
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13       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
14           Section 1. (a) As used in this section:
15           (1) ``Commission'' means the state corporation commission.
16           (2) ``Distribution services'' means services provided from the point
17       where electricity enters the distribution system to the point at which the
18       electricity is delivered to consumers.
19           (3) ``Generation services'' means provision of electricity and capacity
20       to generate electricity but does not include transmission or distribution
21       services.
22           (4) ``Electric cooperative'' means an electric cooperative public utility
23       that is not subject to the jurisdiction of the commission.
24           (5) ``Electric public utility'' means an electric public utility, as defined
25       by K.S.A. 66-101a and amendments thereto, that is subject to the juris-
26       diction of the commission but does not include any municipal electric
27       utility or portion thereof.
28           (6) ``Transmission services'' means services provided from the point
29       where electricity is generated to the point at which the electricity enters
30       the distribution system.
31           (b) Before January 1, 1999, the commission shall adopt rules and
32       regulations requiring that, on and after   January July 1, 2000, an electric
33       public utility's retail electric bills to consumers shall disclose the com-
34       ponents specified by subsection (d) and such other components as the
35       commission determines will adequately inform consumers.
36           (c) On and after   January July 1, 2000:
37           (1) An electric cooperative public utility's retail electric bills to con-
38       sumers shall disclose the components specified by subsection (d) and such
39       additional components as the cooperative determines will adequately in-
40       form consumers; and
41           (2)   a municipal electric if a municipal electric utility's annual
42       gross revenues are $500,000 or more, such utility's retail electric bills
43       to consumers shall disclose the components specified by subsection (d),

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  1       the component attributable to budgeted transfers to the city general fund
  2       and such additional components as the governing body of the municipality
  3       determines will adequately inform consumers.
  4           (d) The following components are required to be disclosed pursuant
  5       to subsections (b) and (c):
  6           (1) Generation service charges;
  7           (2) distribution service charges;
  8           (3) transmission service charges; and
  9           (4)   ·ansactional taxes sales, use and franchise taxes, and any fees,
10       relating to the sale or furnishing of electricity at retail  ; and
11           (5) the portion of the bill attributable to other taxes included in rates.
12        (e) All reasonable costs of complying with this section shall be
13       recoverable through a competitive transaction charge to be deter-
14       mined by the commission, except to the extent that the commission
15       determines recovery will be completed through regulated rates.
16           Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
17       publication in the   §atute book Kansas register.
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