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Lawmakers review CURB budget, hear agency's rate-case workload and consumer role
Summary
The Kansas Legislature’s Utilities Committee reviewed the fee-funded Citizens Utility Ratepayer Board budget and heard testimony on CURB’s workload in major utility dockets, its role representing residential and small commercial ratepayers, and limits on its authority to pursue individual consumer litigation.
The Kansas Legislature’s Utilities Committee reviewed the Citizens Utility Ratepayer Board budget and received testimony on the board’s recent workload and performance measures.
Luke Drury, senior fiscal analyst with the Legislative Research Department, told the committee the CURB budget is fee-funded and that the numbers shown in the committee materials are the same as those contained in House Bill 2007 as it currently stands. He noted that CURB carried over $88,000 in unspent consultant funds from fiscal 2024 into the agency’s base for 2025 and that the FY2026 request reflects modest changes such as a $3,000 net increase in salaries and wages (about 0.4%), higher group health insurance and employer KPERS rates, OITS communication costs, and a small $76 net deletion mostly tied to fringe and commodity adjustments.
Joseph Astrab, consumer counsel for the Citizens Utility Ratepayer Board, summarized performance-based budgeting metrics…
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