2009 Kansas Code
Chapter 66 PUBLIC UTILITIES
Article 1 POWERS OF STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION

• 66-101. Electric public utilities; power, authority and jurisdiction of state corporation commission.
• 66-101a. Same; definitions.
• 66-101b. Electric public utilities; efficient and sufficient service; just and reasonable rates.
• 66-101c. Same; publication and filing of rates, rules and regulations and contracts.
• 66-101d. Same; investigations initiated by commission; powers; hearings.
• 66-101e. Same; investigations initiated by complaint; powers; hearings.
• 66-101f. Same; commission orders and decisions.
• 66-101g. Same; liberal construction; incidental powers granted.
• 66-101h. Same; general supervision and inspection of utilities; damage liability.
• 66-102
• 66-103
• 66-104. Utilities subject to supervision; exceptions.
• 66-104a. Certain telephone utilities not subject to commission jurisdiction; conditions.
• 66-104b. Electric cooperative public utilities not subject to commission jurisdiction; conditions; exceptions.
• 66-104c. Certain nonprofit public utilities not subject to commission jurisdiction.
• 66-104d. Certain electric cooperative public utilities not subject to commission jurisdiction; conditions; exceptions.
• 66-104e. Jurisdiction over certain water or natural gas public utilities otherwise subject to city regulation.
• 66-104f. Jurisdiction over municipal electric or natural gas public utilities; limitations.
• 66-105. Common carriers defined.
• 66-105a. Gas gathering systems excluded from "public utility" and "common carrier"; commission authority, curtailment of service to end users on gathering system.
• 66-106. Rules and regulations; assessment of costs; conferral with other authorities; agreements; contributions and grants; joint investigations, hearings, orders; duties of attorney general.
• 66-109. Variations from schedule of rates.
• 66-112
• 66-114. Giving testimony or evidence in proceedings involving alleged violation of act.
• 66-115. Effective date of orders; prima facie reasonable.
• 66-116
• 66-117. Change of rates or schedules; procedure; effective date; higher rates of return in certain cases; hearing; property tax surcharge authorized.
• 66-117a. State intervention as party to certain rate hearings.
• 66-117b. Report to legislature of change of rates or schedules approved by state corporation commission; contents; exclusions.
• 66-117c. Application of act.
• 66-117d. Discrimination in rates to customers utilizing renewable energy sources prohibited.
• 66-117e. Exemption from filing rates and schedules, when.
• 66-117f. Intervention by municipalities in rate proceedings.
• 66-118
• 66-118a. Review proceedings; court of jurisdiction; parties; transfer to proper court.
• 66-118b. Same; petition for reconsideration; order; time for filing appeal.
• 66-118c. Same; judicial review.
• 66-118d. Same; precedence of action for review.
• 66-118e. Same; change of venue in certain cases.
• 66-118f
• 66-118g. Same; stay or suspension of order or decision pending review.
• 66-118h. Same; bond, guarantee or surety, on stay or suspension pending review; collection and distribution of funds in excess of final order.
• 66-118i. Same; distribution of unclaimed funds.
• 66-118j. Same; duty of court if order sustained.
• 66-118k. Same; duty of court if order not sustained.
• 66-118l. Same; time orders to become effective.
• 66-118m, 66-118n
• 66-118o. Same; invalidity of part.
• 66-119. Standard commercial units of products; regulations for testing products.
• 66-120. Gas rates and service in cities of 500 or over.
• 66-121. Same; regulators, pressure gauges and other devices; standard pressure; rates.
• 66-122. Accounts, reports and information by utilities.
• 66-123. Public utilities and common carriers, reports; penalty for failure to file.
• 66-124
• 66-125. Issuance of securities; certificate of commission required, when; proceedings; motor carriers exempted.
• 66-126. Unlawful securities; penalty.
• 66-127. Dealing in securities of competing utility; prohibited transportation; exemption for certain utilities.
• 66-128. Valuation of property for rate-making purposes by commission; construction work in progress.
• 66-128a. Fixing rates, joint rates, tolls and averages; authority of commission not limited by 66-128b through 66-128i.
• 66-128b. Deferral and phase-in of value of certain utility property; exclusion of finance costs, when.
• 66-128c. Valuation of property for rate making; evaluation of efficiency or prudence of utility; exclusion of all or a portion of costs of excess capacity, when; "excess capacity" defined; exclusion or reduction of return on costs from excess capacity.
• 66-128d. Proceeding to determine reasonableness of costs of facility; commencement; procedure.
• 66-128e. Adjustment of revenue requirements of utilities by commission; exclusion of finance charges attributable to inefficiency or lack of prudence; electric utility borrowing for payment of dividends; exception for certain utility facilities.
• 66-128f. Monthly financial reports by certain utilities constructing electric generating facilities.
• 66-128g. Determination of "prudence" in determining reasonable value of electric generating property; factors to be considered; presumption of lack of prudence of costs in excess of 200% of "original cost estimate"; definition of "original cost estimate"; when costs exceeding 200% may be included.
• 66-128h. Nuclear fission electric generating facilities with excess capacity; presumption certain costs excluded when finding of no "technology or means for disposal of high-level nuclear waste" as defined in section.
• 66-128i. Presumption of lack of prudence if fine for safety or quality violation assessed; reduction of revenue requirements.
• 66-128j. Electric utilities; certain power sales; sale or retirement of facilities; reduction in revenue requirement, when.
• 66-128k. Severability.
• 66-128l. Nuclear power generating facilities; decommissioning; definitions.
• 66-128m. Same; decommissioning financing plan.
• 66-128n. Nuclear power generating facilities; decommissioning financing plan; hearings; approval or rejection of plan.
• 66-128o. Same; review of plan, when; changes.
• 66-128p. Same; funding of decommissioning; state has no financial responsibility.
• 66-128q. Proceeding to review application for recovery of prudent expenditures for certain costs of new nuclear generation facility; application for predetermination of rate-making principles authorized.
• 66-128r. Depreciation fixed for electric utilities possessing a federal license to operate a nuclear generation facility.
• 66-129. Examination of accounts and records.
• 66-129a. Gas or electric public utilities; nonregulated private enterprises, separate accounting, audit.
• 66-130
• 66-131. Permit to transact business required; exceptions; limitations on commission's authority and jurisdiction.
• 66-131a
• 66-132. Accidents; notice to commission; investigations.
• 66-133. Municipal franchises and ordinances; taxpayer's complaint to commission; bond for costs of hearing complaint.
• 66-134. Permit to transact business to be recorded on books of corporation.
• 66-135
• 66-136. Transfer of franchise or certificate of convenience.
• 66-137. Penalty for falsifying or destroying accounts and records; commission may order destruction.
• 66-138. Common carriers, public utilities; penalties for violation of law; disposition; enforcement.
• 66-139. Enforcement of act or order.
• 66-140. Rights and remedies cumulative.
• 66-142
• 66-143. Interstate rates; corporation commission intervention in proceedings before federal agencies.
• 66-144. Same; application for relief from interstate rates or regulations.
• 66-145
• 66-146
• 66-147
• 66-148
• 66-149
• 66-150. Witnesses, process and depositions; penalties for obstruction or refusal to give information; immunity of witnesses; taxation of costs.
• 66-151. Certified copies of documents; admissibility.
• 66-152. Free transportation and reduced rates in certain cases.
• 66-153
• 66-154. Rebates, drawbacks and special privileges or discriminations unlawful.
• 66-154a. Unreasonable or discriminatory rates or charges; complaint; investigation by commission.
• 66-154b. Same; refund.
• 66-154c. Same; time of filing complaints.
• 66-154d
• 66-154e. Same; time limitation.
• 66-154f. Same; invalidity of part.
• 66-155. Duties of attorney of commission.
• 66-157
• 66-158, 66-159
• 66-160
• 66-161
• 66-162
• 66-163
• 66-164
• 66-165
• 66-166
• 66-167
• 66-168
• 66-169
• 66-170
• 66-171
• 66-172
• 66-173
• 66-174
• 66-175. False swearing in proceedings; penalty.
• 66-176. Damages for violations; attorney fees.
• 66-177. Public utilities, common carriers; penalties for violation of law.
• 66-178. Same; suits by individuals or corporations permitted.
• 66-179. Joinder of causes of action.
• 66-180
• 66-181
• 66-182
• 66-183. Stringing wires along or across streets, highways or public places; regulations.
• 66-184. Same; complaint; investigations and orders.
• 66-185. Same; penalty for noncompliance with order.
• 66-186 to 66-189
• 66-190
• 66-191, 66-192
• 66-193
• 66-194. Same; complaint; investigations and orders.
• 66-195. Same; penalty for failure to comply with order.
• 66-196
• 66-197
• 66-198
• 66-199
• 66-1,100, 66-1,101
• 66-1,102
• 66-1,103
• 66-1,104
• 66-1,105. Service of orders and decisions; effective dates.
• 66-1,106
• 66-1,107. Validity of 1925 act.
• 66-1,108. Transportation by motor carriers; definitions.
• 66-1,108a. Regulation of motor carriers; powers granted to state corporation commission.
• 66-1,108b. Same; powers of state corporation commission.
• 66-1,108c. Same; examination of accounts and records.
• 66-1,109. Regulation of motor carriers; exemptions of certain carriers, certain transporters and certain uses from act.
• 66-1,110. Public motor carriers of property, of household goods or passengers declared common carriers.
• 66-1,111. Types of carriers which must comply with act and other applicable laws.
• 66-1,112. Authority of commission to regulate public motor carriers; rate-making procedures; exemption from state antitrust laws, when.
• 66-1,112a
• 66-1,112b
• 66-1,112c
• 66-1,112d
• 66-1,112e
• 66-1,112f
• 66-1,112g. Private motor carrier permits; reports; rules and regulations.
• 66-1,112h. Voluntary suspensions of permits or licenses; period; effect.
• 66-1,112i
• 66-1,112j. Suspension or revocation of permit, certificate or interstate license; notice and hearing.
• 66-1,113. Unreasonable charges prohibited.
• 66-1,114. Public motor carriers certificates of convenience and necessity; to transport household goods or passengers; procedure to obtain; basis for issuance.
• 66-1,114a
• 66-1,114b. Public motor carrier of property other than household goods or passengers; certificate of public service; procedure to obtain; basis for issuance.
• 66-1,115. Private motor carriers of property must secure licenses or permits.
• 66-1,115a. Granting of certain permits and certificates without formal hearing, when; notice.
• 66-1,116. Public motor carriers operating as common carriers in interstate commerce register in base state; exempt carriers shall provide certain information.
• 66-1,117. Forms of application; hearings concerning applications; written findings and recommendations to commission.
• 66-1,118. Assignment or transfer of certificate of convenience and necessity or certificate of public service; approval of commission; application; notice and hearing; findings.
• 66-1,119. Change; abandonment or discontinuance of service; consent of commission; failure to annually renew.
• 66-1,119a. Lease or assignment of territory, operating rights and authority prohibited; pooling agreement; action by commission; procedure.
• 66-1,120
• 66-1,120a
• 66-1,120b
• 66-1,120c
• 66-1,120d, 66-1,120e
• 66-1,120f to 66-1,120i
• 66-1,121
• 66-1,122
• 66-1,123
• 66-1,124
• 66-1,125
• 66-1,126. Violation of act relating to certificate, license, permit or report; failure to comply with certain commission orders; penalty.
• 66-1,127
• 66-1,128. Motor carrier liability insurance requirements; self-insurance, when.
• 66-1,129. Motor carriers; safety rules and regulations adopted by commission; exceptions.
• 66-1,129a. Motor carriers, suspension, revocation or amendment of certificate; notice; hearing; impoundment of motor carrier's vehicles; sale of such vehicles; proceeds; requirements.
• 66-1,129b. Intrastate transportation of certain hazardous materials; authorizing federal exemption.
• 66-1,130. Violation of act; penalty.
• 66-1,131. Duty of sheriffs, peace officers and county attorneys.
• 66-1,132. Former certificates remain in force.
• 66-1,133. Sections 66-196 to 66-1,107 repealed in part.
• 66-1,134. Sections 66-196 to 66-1,133 repealed in part.
• 66-1,135. Invalidity of part.
• 66-1,136
• 66-1,137
• 66-1,138. Certain vehicles exempt from 66-1,139 and 66-1,140.
• 66-1,139. Registration of interstate carriers in base state; registration of intrastate carriers with corporation commission; regulatory fees; disposition; exemptions; application requirements; certain interstate carriers may display identification on side.
• 66-1,139a. Unified carrier registration clearing fund.
• 66-1,140. Rules and regulations governing registration and fees for certain vehicles used temporarily; vehicles entering state on occasional trips; designation of superintendent of the highway patrol as issuing agent; acknowledgments.
• 66-1,141. Provisions of 66-1,138 to 66-1,140 supplemental to ch. 66, art. 1.
• 66-1,142. Biannual transfer of certain balances in motor carrier license fees fund to state highway fund; notice thereof, entry upon records.
• 66-1,142a. Investigations conducted by highway patrol and commission for federal agency.
• 66-1,142b. Civil penalties; motor carriers.
• 66-1,142c. Commission authorized to compromise civil penalty.
• 66-1,142d. Contract motor carriers; continuation of authority and rates and tariffs.
• 66-1,143. Radio common carriers; defined; limitation of KCC jurisdiction.
• 66-1,144
• 66-1,145. Same; interconnection of system with telephone facilities; interconnection by agreement or by order of commission.
• 66-1,145a. Same; definitions.
• 66-1,145b
• 66-1,146 to 66-1,149
• 66-1,150. Rules and regulations in conformance with federal pipeline safety act; application.
• 66-1,151. Violation of standards; penalty.
• 66-1,152. Same; compromise of penalty; alternative to civil penalty.
• 66-1,153. Fees for inspection and supervision authorized; gas pipeline safety standards.
• 66-1,154. Fees for inspection and supervision of gas pipeline safety standards.
• 66-1,155. Same; disposition of fees; gas pipeline inspection fee fund.
• 66-1,156. Same; frequency of remittances.
• 66-1,157. Same; default in certain payments; applicable provisions.
• 66-1,157a. Gas pipelines, responsibility for maintenance.
• 66-1,157b. Accidents or fires; investigation; possession of evidence.
• 66-1,157c. Residential pipeline, inspection by city or county.
• 66-1,157d. Destruction of pipeline signs or markers a crime.
• 66-1,158. Nuclear generation facility siting; definitions.
• 66-1,159. Same; permit required prior to site preparation or construction; application; hearing.
• 66-1,159a. Same; applications, pending prior to amendment of act.
• 66-1,160. Same; notice of hearing.
• 66-1,161. Same; appointment of counsel to represent landowners' interests; counsel for individual landowners; intervening parties.
• 66-1,162. Same; hearing proceedings; transcript; costs; findings and decision; issuance of permit; construction authorized upon issuance of permit notwithstanding local zoning ordinances, resolutions or regulations.
• 66-1,163. Same; petition for reconsideration.
• 66-1,164. Judicial review of commission's actions.
• 66-1,165. Precedence of action for review.
• 66-1,166, 66-1,167
• 66-1,168. Effective date of certain commission decisions.
• 66-1,169
• 66-1,169a. Same; compilation by commission of statewide electric generation capacity forecast; hearings; information furnished by municipal utilities.
• 66-1,169b. Same; proposed facilities outside of state; application of act.
• 66-1,169c. Citation of act.
• 66-1,170. Definitions.
• 66-1,171. Declaration of public policy.
• 66-1,172. Division of state into exclusive electric service territories; certification of territories by commission; right to serve existing customers.
• 66-1,173. Rights and responsibilities of suppliers; exceptions.
• 66-1,174. Municipally owned or operated retail electric suppliers subject to commission jurisdiction; when.
• 66-1,175. Agreements between retail electric suppliers authorized; commission approval required.
• 66-1,176. Termination of service rights in annexed areas; right to serve existing customers, when; compensation for termination of service rights.
• 66-1,176a. Severability.
• 66-1,176b. Termination of service rights during period when a valid franchise is in effect; facilities to be acquired; compensation; formula.
• 66-1,176c. Compensation of private retail electric supplier for certain electric system facilities acquired by city.
• 66-1,177. Electric transmission lines; definitions.
• 66-1,178. Same; siting of electric transmission lines; permit required; application, contents; hearings.
• 66-1,179. Same; notice of hearing.
• 66-1,180. Same; siting; proceedings; permit.
• 66-1,181. Judicial review of commission's actions.
• 66-1,182. Same; exemption of certain lines from act, local jurisdiction and environmental study requirements, when.
• 66-1,183. Same; duty of utility to restore land.
• 66-1,184. Contracts for parallel generation services between electric utilities and their customers; terms and conditions; duties of customer; renewable generation by certain community colleges, requirements, financing; generation included in state's energy generation by wind power.
• 66-1,184a. Disposition of revenues from certain sales.
• 66-1,185. Jurisdiction of commission to comply with certain federal legislation.
• 66-1,186. Designation of commission to submit conservation plan to federal government.
• 66-1,187. Telecommunications public utility; definitions.
• 66-1,188. Same; power, authority and jurisdiction of state corporation commission.
• 66-1,189. Service and facilities required; reasonable rules, classifications, regulations, rates, tolls and charges; hearing.
• 66-1,190. Telecommunications public utilities; publication and filing of rates, rules, regulations and contracts.
• 66-1,191. Same; investigations initiated by commission; powers; hearings.
• 66-1,192. Same; investigations initiated by complaint; powers; hearings.
• 66-1,193. Orders and decisions of commission; service of copy upon utility; effective date.
• 66-1,194. Same; liberal construction; incidental powers granted.
• 66-1,195. Same; general supervision and inspection of utilities; liability for damages.
• 66-1,196. Access to live operator required for certain calls.
• 66-1,197. TeleKansas I regulation extended.
• 66-1,198, 66-1,199. Reserved.
• 66-1,200. Natural gas public utilities; definitions.
• 66-1,201. Same; power, authority and jurisdiction of state corporation commission.
• 66-1,202. Natural gas public utilities; efficient and sufficient service; just and reasonable rates.
• 66-1,203. Same; publication and filing of rates, rules and regulations and contracts.
• 66-1,204. Same; investigations initiated by commission; powers; hearings.
• 66-1,205. Same; investigations initiated by complaint; powers; hearings.
• 66-1,206. Same; commission orders and decisions.
• 66-1,207. Same; liberal construction; incidental powers granted.
• 66-1,208. Same; general supervision and inspection of utilities; liability for damages.
• 66-1,209. Retail natural gas supplier; termination of service rights; compensation for termination of service rights.
• 66-1,210. Retail natural gas supplier; failure to renew franchise; compensation.
• 66-1,211 to 66-1,214. Reserved.
• 66-1,215. Common carriers; definitions.
• 66-1,216. Same; power, authority and jurisdiction of state corporation commission.
• 66-1,217. Service and facilities required; reasonable rules, classifications, regulations, rates, tolls and charges; hearing; exception.
• 66-1,218. Same; publication and filing of rates, tolls and charges; copies of regulations and contracts; rules and regulations governing printing and filing of schedules of rates, tolls, charges and regulations; exception.
• 66-1,219. Same; investigations initiated by commission; powers.
• 66-1,220. Same; investigations initiated by complaint; powers; hearings.
• 66-1,221. Orders and decisions of commission; service of copy upon carrier; effective date.
• 66-1,222. Same; liberal construction; incidental powers granted.
• 66-1,223. Same; general supervision and inspection of carriers; exception; liability for damages.
• 66-1,224 to 66-1,229. Reserved.
• 66-1,230. Miscellaneous public utilities; definitions.
• 66-1,231. Same; power, authority and jurisdiction of state corporation commission.
• 66-1,232. Services and facilities required; reasonable rules, classifications, regulations, rates, fares, tolls and charges; hearing.
• 66-1,233. Same; publication and filing of rates, tolls, fares and charges; copies of regulations and contracts; rules and regulations governing printing and filing of schedules of rates, tolls, fares, charges and regulations.
• 66-1,234. Investigations initiated by commission; powers; hearings.
• 66-1,235. Investigations initiated by commission; powers; hearings.
• 66-1,236. Orders and decisions of commission; service of copy upon utility; effective date.
• 66-1,237. Same; liberal construction; incidental powers granted.
• 66-1,238. Same; general supervision and inspection of utilities; damage liability.