Commission recommends KMEA power purchase, developer fee changes and $15,000 rate study
The commission recommended City Council approve a 7 MW addition to the city’s KMEA/GRDA firm power contract, adopt text amendments moving single‑family developer fees to actual‑cost billing (80% upfront with true‑up), and authorized a $15,000 KMEA electric rate study of a three‑part rate structure.
The full story
The Gardner City Utility Advisory Commission on July 2 voted to recommend several utility actions to City Council: a power purchase modification to secure an additional 7 megawatts of firm capacity through the Kansas Municipal Energy Agency (KMEA), text amendments to move single‑family development fees from a fixed per‑lot rate to actual‑cost billing with an 80% upfront estimate and final true‑up, and authorization for the utility director to contract with KMEA for a $15,000 comprehensive electric rate study.
Sign up to keep reading.
Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.