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KCC urges 60‑day extension for transmission‑line siting deadlines; utilities urge caution on delay
Summary
Kansas Corporation Commission Deputy Director Justin Grady asked the Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications to approve House Bill 2040, which would extend the statutory deadline for final orders on high‑voltage transmission‑line siting cases from 120 days to 180 days.
Kansas Corporation Commission Deputy Director of the Utilities Division Justin Grady asked the Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications to approve House Bill 2040, which would extend the statutory deadline for final orders on high‑voltage transmission‑line siting cases from 120 days to 180 days.
Grady told the committee the commission proposed the change because “120 days ... is just an inadequate period of time” to evaluate projects that can affect landowners for decades and to allow meaningful intervenor participation. He cited a recent siting docket in which notice to affected landowners arrived weeks after the application and a hearing schedule compressed opportunities to file direct testimony and alternative routing proposals.
Why this matters: high‑voltage transmission projects can cross many private properties and are…
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