2009 Kansas Code
Chapter 66 PUBLIC UTILITIES
Article 12 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
66-1264. Same; definitions.

66-1264

Chapter 66.--PUBLIC UTILITIES Article 12.--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

      66-1264.   Same; definitions. As used in the net metering and easy connection act:

      (a)   "Commission" means the state corporation commission.

      (b)   "Customer-generator" means the owner or operator of a net metered facility which:

      (1)   Is powered by a renewable energy resource;

      (2)   is located on a premises owned, operated, leased or otherwise controlled by the customer-generator;

      (3)   is interconnected and operates in parallel phase and synchronization with an affected utility and is in compliance with the standards established by the affected utility;

      (4)   is intended primarily to offset part or all of the customer-generator's own electrical energy requirements;

      (5)   contains a mechanism, approved by the utility, that automatically disables the unit and interrupts the flow of electricity back onto the supplier's electricity lines in the event that service to the customer-generator is interrupted.

      (c)   "Peak demand" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 66-1257, and amendments thereto.

      (d)   "Renewable energy resources" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 66-1257, and amendments thereto.

      (e)   "Utility" means investor-owned electric utility.

      History:   L. 2009, ch. 141, § 9; May 28.