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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas Legislature Establishes Private Energy Campus Act to Exempt On-Site Industrial Generation from Public Utility Regulation
Last action · April 10, 2026: Died in CommitteeSponsors: Lance Neelly and 3 others
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What This Bill Proposed
The Kansas Legislature introduced a bill to enact the and industrial host-site generation act, allowing private industrial and data center enterprises on a single private energy campus to sell electricity and provide exclusively among themselves without public utility regulation.
Industrial and data center enterprises located on a designated would be permitted to generate and trade electricity internally without falling under traditional public utility rules or net metering limitations, while electric utilities could voluntarily negotiate interconnection agreements for backup power and energy exports.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Electric Public Utilities
Electric public utilities are authorized to negotiate voluntary interconnection, standby service, and energy export agreements with private energy campuses.
Private Industrial and Data Center Enterprises
Private enterprises located on a private energy campus are authorized to buy and sell electricity through private power purchase agreements without public utility regulation.
Residential and Small Commercial Ratepayers
Exclusive service territories and grid reliability provisions are intended to maintain reliable and affordable electric service for residential and small commercial ratepayers.
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This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Apr 10, 2026HouseDied in Committee
- Feb 3, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced
- Feb 3, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred to House Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
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Exemption from Public Utility Regulation for On-Site Industrial Microgrids
The bill carves out a new regulatory status for private energy campuses, separating internal industrial power transactions from traditional public utility and net metering oversight.
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Sources
www.kslegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy65Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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