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KCC utilities director tells committee Evergy large-load tariff, rate settlement and generation approvals aim to protect captive customers
Summary
Justin Grady, director of the KCC Utilities Division, briefed the Committee about Kansas electric affordability, Evergy’s new large-load power service tariff (for customers >75 MW), the unanimous Evergy rate-case settlement of $128 million (~$8.47/month), and KCC approval of two combined-cycle plants and a 159 MW solar facility; he said protections (minimum contracts, heavy demand charges, collateral) are designed to protect existing captive customers.
Justin Grady, director of the utilities division at the Kansas Corporation Commission, told the Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications that Kansas has kept relatively stable all-in electric rates while stressing the need to focus on household monthly bills when addressing affordability.
Grady summarized a recently adopted large-load power service tariff for customers greater than 75 megawatts. He said the tariff resulted from extensive technical discussions and day-long settlement negotiations with utilities, environmental groups, industry stakeholders and data-center representatives and culminated in a unanimous settlement. Important customer-protection features in the tariff, Grady said, include minimum 12-year contracts (often extended with load-ramp periods to 16–17…
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