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County staff asks KCC to coordinate $4 million plan to connect three towns to natural gas
Summary
County staff told commissioners they asked the Kansas Corporation Commission to run a single RFP and cover billing so Hartner, Sharon and Sawyer can use $4 million in ARPA-related funds to secure long-term natural gas service; staff also highlighted state childcare fee waivers and $451 million in BEAD broadband funding.
Heather, a county staff member, told the Pratt County commissioners that she and the Municipal Utilities Association met with the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) to clarify how a $4,000,000 appropriation could be used to connect Hartner, Sharon and Sawyer to a long-term natural gas supply. She said the KCC had originally structured the grant process as separate competitive applications but staff proposed a single request for proposals (RFP) with three parts so utilities could bid to serve all three communities.
Heather said the county asked the KCC to play a more active role than usual: select a consultant to perform a required rate study for all three cities, act as the payer of invoices so small towns would not have to handle large federal-ARPA disbursements, and then oversee a single RFP that each community could separately…
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