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KS HB2148
Bill
Status
1/29/2025
Primary Sponsor
Troy Waymaster
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AI Summary
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Prohibits the Kansas State Corporation Commission from authorizing electric utilities to obtain transmission line siting permits for lines located within federally designated national interest electric transmission corridors
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Bars electric utilities from exercising eminent domain under state law (K.S.A. 17-618) or federal power act section 216(e) to construct transmission lines in these corridors
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Creates an exception allowing eminent domain for transmission lines that received state approval before the U.S. Department of Energy designated the area as a national interest corridor
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Amends K.S.A. 66-1,178 to incorporate these new restrictions into existing transmission line permitting procedures
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Takes effect upon publication in the statute book
Legislative Description
Prohibiting the permitting and siting of electric transmission lines within any area designated by the United States department of energy as a national interest electric transmission corridor.
Last Action
House Referred to Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
1/29/2025