KANSAS STATUTES AND CODES

66-101e. Same; investigations initiated by complaint; powers; hearings.

66-101e

Chapter 66.--PUBLIC UTILITIES Article 1.--POWERS OF STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION

66-101e. Same; investigations initiated by complaint; powers; hearings.Upon a complaint in writing made against any electric publicutility governed by this act that any of the rates orrules and regulations of such electric publicutility are in any respect unreasonable, unfair, unjust, unjustlydiscriminatory or unduly preferential, or both, or that any regulation,practice or act whatsoever affecting or relating to any service performedor to be performed by such electric public utility for the public,is in any respect unreasonable, unfair, unjust, unreasonably inefficient orinsufficient, unjustly discriminatory or unduly preferential, or that anyservice performed or to be performed by such electric public utilityfor the public is unreasonably inadequate, inefficient, undulyinsufficient or cannot be obtained, the commission may proceed, withor without notice, to make such investigation as it deems necessary.

No orderchanging suchrates, rules and regulations, practices or acts complained of shall bemade or entered by thecommission without a formal public hearing, of which due notice shall begiven by the commission to such electric public utility or to suchcomplainant or complainants, if any, in accordance with the provisions ofthe Kansas administrativeprocedure act. Any public investigation or hearingwhich the commission shall have power to make or to hold may be made orheld before any one or more commissioners. All investigations,hearings, decisions and orders made by a commissioner shall be deemed theinvestigations, hearings, decisions and orders of the commission, when approvedby the commission.

The commission shall have power torequire electricpublic utilities to make such improvements and do suchacts as are or may be required by law to be done by any suchelectric public utility.

History: L. 1911, ch. 238, § 14;R.S. 1923, 66-111;L. 1985, ch. 225, § 31;L. 1988, ch. 356, § 221;L. 1994, ch. 59, § 1;L. 1995, ch. 10, § 4;L. 1997, ch. 132, § 6; July 1.