2006 Kansas Code - 66-1233

      66-1233.   Electric and natural gas public utility recovery of security expenditures; expiration date. (a) As used in this section:

      (1)   "Electric public utility" means any electric public utility, as defined in K.S.A. 66-101a, and amendments thereto.

      (2)   "Natural gas public utility" means any natural gas public utility, as defined in K.S.A. 66-1,200, and amendments thereto.

      (b)   On and after July 1, 2002, the state corporation commission, upon application and request, shall authorize electric public utilities and natural gas public utilities to recover the utility's prudent expenditures for security measures reasonably required to protect the utility's electric generation and transmission assets or natural gas production and transportation assets by an adjustment to the utility's customers' bills. The application and request shall be subject to such procedures and conditions, including review, in an expedited manner, of the prudence of the expenditures and the reasonableness of the measures, as the commission deems appropriate. Such application and request shall be confidential and subject to protective order of the commission.

      (c)   The provisions of this section shall expire on July 1, 2007.

      History:   L. 2002, ch. 148, § 4; L. 2004, ch. 81, § 1; July 1.