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Renewable Mandate Status: Unknown (not implemented yet)
- 2009 Estimated Renewable Generation: 5.1%[i]
- 2011 Mandate: 10%
- 2020 Mandate: 20%
Eligible resources: wind, solar thermal, photovoltaics, dedicated crops grown for energy production, cellulosic agricultural residues, plant residues, methane from landfills or wastewater treatment, clean and untreated wood products, existing hydropower, new hydropower under 10 MW, hydrogen fuel cells[ii]
Compliance schedule[iii]:
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Renewable Portfolio History: House Bill 2369 established a RPS for Kansas in May 2009[iv].
Credit Trading: Yes
Noncompliance penalty: The Kansas Corporation Commission will establish rules for compliance, but is not required to establish compliance penalties for 2011 and 2012. [v]
Electricity Price Ranking: 19th Lowest[vi]
- 8.07 cents/KWh in Kansas
- 7.67 cents/KWh in non-mandated states
[i] Energy Information Administration, Electricity Generation 2009, http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epa/generation_state_mon.xls.
[ii] Kansas Stat. 66-1257 (May 22, 2009), http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-statutes/getStatute.do?number=28021.
[iii] Kansas Stat. 66-1258 (May 22, 2009), http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-statutes/getStatute.do?number=28022.
[iv] Database of state Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency, Kansas, http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=KS07R&re=1&ee=1.
[v] Kansas Statutes 66-1256, et seq. http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-statutes/getStatute.do?number=28025.
[vi] EIA, Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.B., Average Retail Price of Electricity, June 2010, Released Sept. 15, 2010, http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/table5_6_b.html.
