Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB167

Introduced
2/3/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Refer
2/20/25  

Caption

Prohibiting electric public utilities from recovering from ratepayers the costs associated with electric vehicle charging stations and requiring electric public utilities to establish electric vehicle charging service rate schedules.

Impact

With this legislation, electric public utilities will be required to maintain distinct financial records for their electric vehicle charging operations, ensuring that the costs incurred do not impact consumer pricing for general retail electric service. This separation expectedly fosters market fairness by mandating that electric vehicle charging services are offered equitably to all private providers. It sets a framework for utilities to implement charging station rate schedules by October 1, 2025, which aims to enhance service delivery consistency in the burgeoning electric vehicle sector.

Summary

Senate Bill 167 aims to modify the operations and pricing of electric vehicle charging services provided by retail electric suppliers in the state. The bill prohibits these suppliers from including expenses associated with the construction, installation, operation, or maintenance of electric vehicle charging stations in their rate base. This means that consumers, or ratepayers, will not subsidize such investments, as utilities must provide these services through separate nonregulated enterprises. The intent is to create a fair competitive market for electric vehicle charging operators.

Contention

The bill may elicit debate regarding the balance between utility regulations and promoting electric vehicle infrastructure. Advocates may argue that restricting utility financial contributions to charging stations encourages private investment and innovation, while critics might contend that this could slow the development of necessary charging infrastructure, potentially undermining the transition to electric vehicles. Moreover, complications may arise from the implementation of separate rate schedules and ensuring fair access to charging services across different providers.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS HB2004

Establishing the EV energy equity road repair tax act and providing for a road repair tax on electricity distributed from a public charging station for electric vehicles.

KS HB2227

Authorizing certain power purchase agreements with renewable energy suppliers, exempting the sales of electricity pursuant to power purchase agreements from public utility regulation and requiring electric public utilities to enter into parallel generation contracts with certain customers of the utility.

KS SB6

Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of electricity to residential premises by municipally owned or operated utilities.

KS HB2225

Limiting cost recovery for certain electric public utilities' transmission-related costs.

KS HB2527

Authorizing electric public utilities to recover certain depreciation and construction work in progress expenses and limiting the time that such recovery may be implemented, authorizing the provision of economic development electric rates for certain large electric customers and limiting the time that such rates may be implemented, extending the timeline for the state corporation commission to issue an order in ratemaking treatment proceedings, authorizing electric public utilities to retain certain generating facilities in the utilty's rate base, prohibiting the commission from authorizing the retirement of certain generating facilities unless certain requirements are met, increasing the capacity limitation for the total amount of net metering facilities that may operate in the service territory of an investor-owned electric public utility, requiring net metering facilities to be appropriately sized based on the customer's average load and establishing requirements for exporting power from a net metering system to a utility.

KS SB422

Increasing the capacity limitation for the total amount of facilities subject to net metering that may operate within the service territory of investor-owned electric utilities, requiring facilities to be appropriately sized based on the customer's average load and establishing requirements for exporting power to a utility from a facility subject to net metering.

KS SB262

Requiring voting and vote tabulation by hand and prohibiting electronic poll books or electronic or electromechanical voting or tabulation systems after January 1, 2024, mandating legislative approval of certain election matters and providing for the reporting of vote counts to the secretary of state and publication of the vote counts by the secretary.

KS SB457

Prohibiting public utilities from exercising eminent domain for the siting or placement of solar facilities.

KS HB2621

Prohibiting public utilities from exercising eminent domain for the siting or placement of solar facilities.

KS SB455

Prohibiting public utilities from exercising eminent domain for the siting or placement of solar generation facilities.

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