KANSAS STATUTES AND CODES

66-1258. Same; renewable energy portfolio standards; rules and regulations.

66-1258

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

66-1258. Same; renewable energy portfolio standards;rules and regulations.(a) Thecommission shall establish by rules andregulations a portfolio requirementfor all affected utilities to generate or purchase electricitygenerated from renewable energyresources or purchase renewable energy credits. For the purposes ofcalculating the capacity fromrenewable energy credit purchases, the affected utility shall use itsactual capacity factor from itsowned renewable generation from the immediately previous calendar year.Renewable energycredits may only be used to meet a portion of portfolio requirements for theyears 2011, 2016 and2020, unless otherwise allowed by the commission. Such portfolio requirementshall provide netrenewable generation capacity that shall constitutethe following portion of each affected utility'speak demand:

(1) Not less than 10% of the affected utility's peak demand for calendaryears 2011 through2015, based on the average demand of the prior three years of each year'srequirement;

(2) not less than 15% of the affected utility's peak demand for calendaryears 2016 through2019, based on the average demand of the prior three years of each year'srequirements; and

(3) not less than 20% of the affected utility's peak demand for eachcalendar year beginningin 2020, based on the average demand of the prior three years of each year'srequirement.

(b) The portfolio requirements described insubsection (a) shall apply to all powersold to Kansas retail consumers whether such power is self-generated orpurchasedfrom another source in or outside of the state. The capacity of all netmeteringsystems interconnected with the affected utilities under the net metering andeasyconnection act in K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 66-1263 et seq., and amendments thereto,shall count towardcompliance.

(c) Each megawatt of eligible capacity in Kansasinstalled after January 1, 2000,shall count as 1.10 megawatts for purposes of compliance.

(d) The commission shallestablish rules and regulations required in thissectionwithin 12 months of the effective date of this act.

History: L. 2009, ch. 141, § 3; May 28.