Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 66-101d (2026)

Same; investigations initiated by commission; powers; hearings

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66-101d. Same; investigations initiated by commission; powers; hearings. The commission, upon its own initiative, may investigate all schedules of rates and rules and regulations of electric public utilities. If after investigation and hearing the commission finds that such rates or rules and regulations are unjust, unreasonable, unjustly discriminatory or unduly preferential, the commission shall have the power to establish and order substituted therefor such rates and such rules and regulations as are just and reasonable.

If after investigation and hearing it is found that any regulation, measurement, practice, act or service complained of is unjust, unreasonable, unreasonably inefficient or insufficient, unduly preferential, unjustly discriminatory, or otherwise in violation of this act or of the orders of the commission, or if it is found that any service is inadequate or that any reasonable service cannot be obtained, the commission shall have the power to substitute therefor such other regulations, measurements, practices, service or acts, and to make such order respecting any such changes in such regulations, measurements, practices, service or acts as are just and reasonable. When, in the judgment of the commission, public necessity and convenience require, the commission shall have the power to establish just and reasonable concentration or other special rates, charges or privileges, but all such rates, charges and privileges shall be open to all users of a like kind of service under similar circumstances and conditions.

Hearings shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act, unless, in the case of a general investigation, for good cause, the commission orders otherwise.

History: L. 1911, ch. 238, § 13; R.S. 1923, 66-110; L. 1985, ch. 225, § 25; L. 1988, ch. 356, § 220; L. 1995, ch. 10, § 3; L. 1997, ch. 132, § 5; July 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1990–2026 · leading case: Danisco Ingredients USA, Inc. v. Kansas City Power & Light Co., 986 P.2d 377 (Kan. 1999).

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Danisco Ingredients USA, Inc. v. Kansas City Power & Light Co., 986 P.2d 377 (Kan. 1999). “K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 66-101d. If the KCC determines that such rates, rules, or regulations are unjust, unreasonable, unfair, unjustly discriminatory, or unduly preferential or in any way in violation of the provisions of the Electric Public Utilities Act, the KCC has the power to…”

Farmland Indus., Inc. v. Kansas Corp. Comm'n, 943 P.2d 470 (Kan. Ct. App. 1997). “K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 66-101d. Under K.S.A. 77-518(a), if a formal hearing is to be conducted, KCC is required to give “reasonable written notice at least 10 days prior to the hearing to all parties and to all persons who have filed written petitions to intervene in the matter.”

Grindsted Prods., Inc. v. Kansas City Power & Light Co., 901 P.2d 20 (Kan. Ct. App. 1995). “66-101b. The commission has the duty to investigate all rates, tolls, schedules, classifications, rules, and regulations of the utility to ensure that they are reasonable and nondiscriminatory.”

Kansas Gas & Elec. Co. v. State Corp. Comm'n, 794 P.2d 1165 (Kan. Ct. App. 1990). “K.S.A. 1989 Supp. 66-101d gives the KCC authority to investigate rates either on complaint or on its own initiative.”

Danisco Ingredients USA, Inc. v. Kansas City Power & Light Co., 999 S.W.2d 326 (Mo. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “K.S.A. 66-101d. In other words, KCP & L argued that, once the KCC has determined that a limitation of liability is reasonable, our only authority is to consider whether the KCC acted lawfully in so determining; we cannot ourselves consider the reasonableness of the tariff…”

Heritage Tractor, Inc. v. Evergy Kansas Cent., Inc. (Kan. Ct. App. 2024). “The KCC enjoys investigatory powers through the operation of K.S.A. 66-101d, K.S.A. 66-101e, and K.S.A.”

Sierra Club v. Kansas Corp. Comm'n (Kan. Ct. App. 2026). “K.S.A. 66-101d. Tariffs filed with regulatory agencies must comport with any conditions, schedules, and provisions authorized by the agency, and amended tariffs and schedules of rates are not effective unless approved by the KCC.”

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