{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-66-1280","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 66-1280","heading":"New coal-fired electricity generating facility; purchase of Kansas coal required; exceptions.","body":"(a) Any new coal-fired electricity generating facility in Kansas, construction of which commences on or after the effective date of this act, shall purchase Kansas coal for at least 5% of its coal requirements. For the purposes of this section, \"Kansas coal\" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in K.S.A. 79-32,228, and amendments thereto.\n(b) The provisions of this section shall apply if the cost of the Kansas coal, including costs of transportation and handling at the new coal-fired electricity generating facility, is:\n(1) Competitive to the cost of the out-of-state coal supply the owner or operator of the new coal-fired electricity generating facility is using to meet its remaining coal supply requirements;\n(2) sold on comparable contractual terms and specification; and\n(3) of an acceptable quality for use in the new coal-fired electricity generating facility.\nThis section shall not apply if the use or purchase of Kansas coal will result in the owner or operator of the new coal-fired electricity generating facility violating its air permit or a contractual obligation to which the owner or operator is subject.","path":["Chapter 66.—PUBLIC UTILITIES","Article 12.—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch66/066_012_0080.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-15T06:25:36Z","sha256":"753a477b7f7539019fb94c717a9c99c63c0ae593f050b330e6cf889eeb0f43f8","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-66-1279","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-66-1281"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}