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K.S.A. § 66-101 (2026)

Electric public utilities; power, authority and jurisdiction of state corporation commission

✓ current as of May 2026 Cite as: K.S.A. § 66-101 (2026)
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66-101. Electric public utilities; power, authority and jurisdiction of state corporation commission. The commission is given full power, authority and jurisdiction to supervise and control the electric public utilities, as defined in K.S.A. 66-101a, doing business in Kansas, and is empowered to do all things necessary and convenient for the exercise of such power, authority and jurisdiction.

History: R.S. 1923, 66-101; L. 1969, ch. 302, § 2; L. 1981, ch. 255, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 224, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 225, § 7; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 34 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1956–2026 · leading case: Cities Service Gas Co. v. State Corporation Commission
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Cities Service Gas Co. v. State Corporation Commission (1968) kan · cites it 10× “"FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW," the section does not contain basic findings of fact with respect to the facilities or operations of each company in the state, but instead refers only to "certain interstate pipeline companies" which make "direct line sales" from their…”
Kansas Gas & Electric Co. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n (1986) kan · cites it 6× “S.A. 66-141 (Weeks), now K.S.A. 66-101g, provided that the statutory provisions granting authority, power, and jurisdiction to the Commission shall be liberally construed.”
Zimmerman v. Board of County Commissioners (2009) kan · cites it 2× “Intervenors argue that Judge Khnginsmith erred in dismissing their claim and holding as a matter of law that the county zoning regulation was not preempted by the Kansas Electric Public Utilities Act (KEPUA), K.S.A. 66-101 et seq. He held that KEPUA was only meant to preempt…”
Cities Service Gas Co. v. State Corporation Commission (1977) kan · cites it 7× “That the state corporation commission of the state of Kansas, pursuant to K.S.A. 66-101, has the power, authority, and jurisdiction to supervise and regulate public utilities and common carriers doing business in Kansas.”
Danisco Ingredients USA, Inc. v. Kansas City Power & Light Co. (1999) kan · cites it 3× “gives the KCC “full power, authority and jurisdiction to supervise and control the electric public utilities, as defined in K.S.A. 66-101a, doing business in Kansas,” and empowers the KCC to “do all things necessary and convenient for the exercise of such power, authority and…”
Jones v. Kansas Gas and Electric Co. (1977) kan · cites it 2× “(K.S.A. 66-101, et seq.) Public utilities have also been freed from application of the Kansas Truth In Lending Act (K.”
Grindsted Products, Inc. v. Kansas City Power & Light Co. (1995) kanctapp · cites it 3× “K.S.A. 66-101 states that “[t]he commission is given full power, authority and jurisdiction to supervise and control the electric public utilities .”
Kansas Industrial Consumers Group, Inc. v. State Corp. Commission (2006) kanctapp · cites it 4× “66-101, tire Commission is “given full power, authority and jurisdiction to supervise *92 and control the electric public utilities . . . and is empowered to do all things necessary and convenient for the exercise of such power, authority and jurisdiction.”
Stanford v. Gas Service Company (1972) ksd · cites it 2× “K.S.A. § 66-101 provides as follows: “Power, authority and jurisdiction.”
Kansas Gas and Electric Co. v. State Corporation Commission (1990) kanctapp · cites it 2× “We conclude the KCC has the inherent power under K.S.A. 66-101 to impose interest on refunds when, as here, the refund is ordered for imprudent or unreasonable actions.”
Sunflower Pipeline Co. v. Kansas Corp. Commission (1979) kanctapp · cites it 2× “Further, controlled utilities must publish and file with the KCC copies of all their schedules of rates, charges and classifications.”
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. State Corp. Commission (1981) kanctapp “Our Public Utility Act, K.S.A. 66-101 et seq., is comprehensive in scope and makes full provision for procedure before the Commission.”
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— K.S.A. § 66-101(a) — 1 case
Kansas Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. v. State Corp. Commission (1984)
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