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K.S.A. § 66-101 (2026)

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

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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 Serv. Gas Co. v. State Corp. Comm'n, 440 P.2d 660 (Kan. 1968).
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Cities Serv. Gas Co. v. State Corp. Comm'n, 440 P.2d 660 (Kan. 1968). · 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 & Elec. Co. v. Kansas Corp. Comm'n, 720 P.2d 1063 (Kan. 1986). · 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. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 218 P.3d 400 (Kan. 2009). · 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 Serv. Gas Co. v. State Corp. Comm'n, 567 P.2d 1343 (Kan. 1977). · 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., 986 P.2d 377 (Kan. 1999). · 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 & Elec. Co., 565 P.2d 597 (Kan. 1977). · 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 Prods., Inc. v. Kansas City Power & Light Co., 901 P.2d 20 (Kan. Ct. App. 1995). · 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 Indus. Consumers Grp., Inc. v. State Corp. Comm'n, 138 P.3d 338 (Kan. Ct. App. 2006). · 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 Serv. Co., 346 F. Supp. 717 (D. Kan. 1972). · cites it 2× “K.S.A. § 66-101 provides as follows: “Power, authority and jurisdiction.”
Kansas Gas & Elec. Co. v. State Corp. Comm'n, 794 P.2d 1165 (Kan. Ct. App. 1990). · 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. Comm'n, 600 P.2d 794 (Kan. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 2× “Further, controlled utilities must publish and file with the KCC copies of all their schedules of rates, charges and classifications.”
Sw. Bell Tel. Co. v. State Corp. Comm'n, 629 P.2d 1174 (Kan. Ct. App. 1981). “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 Elec. Power Coop., Inc. v. State Corp. Comm'n, 683 P.2d 1235 (1984).
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