The Kansas Corporation Commission approved a unanimous settlement creating a Large Load Power Service or L-L-P-S rate plan for electric customers using more than 75 MW of peak power.

 

The agreement was developed in collboration with several groups, including consumer advocates, large companies such as like Google, conservation groups, Evergy, and school districts The purpose of the agreement is to support growing industrial and data center demand while ensuring other ratepayers aren’t subsidizing these large users.

 

High-usage customers will pay at least 80% of their contracted demand monthly and must post collateral equal to two years of minimum bills. Early termination of the agreement will trigger payment of all remaining minimum bills. Rates will cover Evergy’s incremental service costs; system and transmission upgrades will be directly tied to new loads are paid by those customers.

 

The goal of the agreement is to keep Kansas competitive with other states in attracting large-scale economic development projects.