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Division of the Budget
Landon State Office Building                                                                          Phone: (785) 296-2436
900 SW Jackson Street, Room 504                                                                      adam.c.proffitt@ks.gov
Topeka, KS 66612                                 Division of the Budget                             http://budget.kansas.gov
Adam C. Proffitt, Director                                                                         Laura Kelly, Governor

                                                    February 7, 2024


        The Honorable Michael Fagg, Chairperson
        Senate Committee on Utilities
        300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 548-S
        Topeka, Kansas 66612
        Dear Senator Fagg:
                  SUBJECT:        Fiscal Note for SB 422 by Senate Committee on Utilities
               In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning SB 422 is respectfully
        submitted to your committee.
                 SB 422 would change current law regarding electric public utilities. The bill would increase
        the capacity limitation for the total amount of generation facilitates subject to net metering, require
        generation facilities to be appropriately sized, and establish requirements for exporting power to a
        utility. The bill would generally apply to interconnection agreements between Kansas customer
        generators and utilities. The bill would establish certain parameters on the availability of these
        agreements relative to total utility rate generation, capacity size of qualifying customer generation
        facilities, and the availability of time-varying rates for customer generators.
                 The Kansas Corporation Commission indicates that the enactment of the bill would not have
        a fiscal effect. The Citizens’ Utility Ratepayer Board (CURB) indicates that the enactment of the bill,
        with respect to utility rates in general, could open a general docket with the Kansas Corporation
        Commission, but the proceedings are not likely to have a fiscal effect on the agency’s revenues or
        expenditures.
               The Kansas Association of Counties indicates that the fiscal effect for counties associated with
        the enactment of the bill cannot be estimated. The League of Kansas Municipalities indicates that the
        enactment of the bill would not have a fiscal effect on cities.

                                                              Sincerely,

                                                              Adam C. Proffitt
                                                              Director of the Budget
        cc: Jay Hall, Kansas Association of Counties
            Wendi Stark, League of Kansas Municipalities
            Peter Barstad, Kansas Corporation Commission
            Shonda Rabb, Citizens Utility Ratepayer Board
Statutes affected: 
As introduced: 66-1264, 66-1265, 66-1266, 66-1267