Utilities and Energy

Report of the Special Committee on Energy and Utilities to the 2024 Kansas Legislature

The Legislative Coordinating Council (LCC) appointed the Special Committee on Energy and Utilities, composed of 11 members: 6 members of the House Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications and 5 members of the Senate Committee on Utilities.

Report of the Joint Committee on Information Technology to the 2024 Kansas Legislature

The Joint Committee on Information Technology has statutory duties assigned by its authorizing legislation in KSA 46-2101 et seq. The Committee may set its own agenda, meet on call of its Chairperson at any time and any place within the state, and introduce legislation. The Committee consists of ten members: five senators and five representatives.

Utilities and Energy (Renewable Energy)

This memorandum discusses the renewable portfolio standard that previously existed in Kansas, wind energy generation, property tax exemptions, production tax credits, Inflation Adjustment Act, and community wind and solar projects.

Electric Transmission in Kansas

This memorandum discusses electric transmission in Kansas, existing transmission lines, funding for new transmission, and siting transmission lines in Kansas.

Electric Utility Rates

The Kansas Legislature has sought to address the issue of increasing electricity rates in recent legislative sessions. This memorandum provides an overview of measures undertaken by stakeholders and legislative leaders to study and make recommendations on rising electricity costs.

Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in Rural Kansas

Globally, the automotive industry plans to invest $330 billion in electrification by 2023 and offer up to 130 electrified vehicle models in the United States. Nationally, hybrid vehicle sales in 2021 comprised 5.4 percent of total sales, and Zero Emission Vehicles, such as plug-in hybrids, and fuel cells, represented 4.1 percent.

Tracking Broadband Availability in Kansas

Education, precision agriculture, and health care are just a few of the possibilities broadband internet enables, and a lack of connectivity can impact the economic well-being of individuals across the country.

Wind Turbine Light Mitigating Technology

In 2021, Kansas was ranked among the top five states in total wind energy generation, with the third-largest share of electricity generated from wind power, following closely behind Iowa and South Dakota. In early 2022, the state had nearly 8,250 megawatts of installed wind generating capacity.