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Kansas Lottery News Releases, 2023
No full textThis internet resource is a compendium of news releases issued during 2023 and collected throughout the year. Some news releases issued by the agency may be absent from this collection.92 Million Powerball Ticket Has Been Claimed! -- 1 Million Winning Ticket Remains Unclaimed -- A New Year Brings Several Big Lottery Winners to Kansas! -- Multiple 2by2 Top Prizes Hit in Kansas Over the Weekend! -- 150,000 Winning Powerball Ticket Sold in Kansas! -- 1 Billion -- Countdown to 1 Million Powerball Ticket Sold in South Central Kansas! -- Powerball Jackpot Rises to 1.2 Billion for Wednesday Night Drawing! -- Powerball Jackpot Climbs to 1.55 Billion for Monday Night Drawing; Another 1.725 Billion for Wednesday Night Drawing -- 1 Million Winning Ticket Remains Unclaimed
Other title: Senate Bill 68
No full text"February 8, 2023."
Testimony before the Kansas Legislature, Senate Utilities Committee, by Dwight D. Keen, Commissioner, Kansas Corporation Commission.Neutral written testimony concerning SB 68. "SB 68 would establish a Right of First Refusal (ROFR) for incumbent electric utilities in Kansas to build transmission facilities that would otherwise be subjected to competitive bidding before the Southwest Power Pool (SPP). I concur with the neutral position on SB 68 taken by the KCC staff. However, I believe that further explanation of the factors and possible consequences of the Legislature's consideration of SB 68 should be noted. The competition contemplated by the existing competitive bidding process for electric utility transmission in non-ROFR states, including Kansas, is competition that includes state regulatory electric utility oversight. ... The absence of a competitive bidding process may generally risk institutionalizing and incentivizing less cost efficiency and accountability by incumbent utilities and may result in higher prices for consumers, diminished incentives for cost containment and innovation and less consumer value creation.
Other titles: Overview of Kansas Corporation Commission's Role in Transmission Planning, Oversight, Siting, Cost Allocations and Cost Recovery KCC's Role in Transmission Planning, Oversight, Siting, Cost Allocations and Cost Recovery Kansas Corporation Commission's Role in Transmission Planning, Oversight, Siting, Cost Allocations and Cost Recovery
No full text"January 31, 2023."
Presentation before the Kansas Legislature, Senate Utilities Committee, by Justin Grady, Chief of Revenue Requirements, Cost of Service and Finance and Leo Haynos, Chief Engineer, Utilities Division, Kansas Corporation Commission.Presentation concerning the planning and siting of electric transmission lines, the involvement of the Southwest Power Pool and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, a discussion of how the cost of electric power lines are included in utility rates and the public's involvement, how KCC responds to line failures, how KCC has resolved Kansans' concerns with the location and cost of power lines, how KCC's regulatory oversight compares to other states, and an updated plan of development for renewable energy projects and the upgrading of power lines to meet those needs
Other title: House Bill 2021
No full text"January 30, 2023."
Testimony before the Kansas Legislature, House Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee, by Randy Bowman, Executive Director of Public Affairs, Kansas Department of Corrections.
This same testimony, with minor changes, was presented before the Kansas Legislature, Senate Committee on Judiciary, by Randy Bowman, Executive Director of Public Affairs, Kansas Department of Corrections, on March 8, 2023.
Includes internet references.Neutral testimony concerning HB 2021. "We are concerned about those elements in the bill that would reimplement failed polices and practices from the past. Specifically: Section 4 proposes to double the total number of post adjudication days that a youth could be confined in juvenile detention as violation of a condition of sentence from 45 to 90 days. I am aware of no evidence that supports this approach as effective in reducing juvenile crime or changing behavior, rather the research is extensive as to the harm caused by confinement. Section 5 would allow extension of the overall case length limit when a delay in completing an evidence-based program is by the juvenile and then eliminate the overall case length limit. If a juvenile is not completing a program and our adult interpretation is that they are working the system to reach the end of their probation, we must ask our selves this question. Has the youth committed a new crime? If the answer to that is yes, then the prosecutor can file that new case and upon adjudication a new case length limit would begin. If the answer is no, then didn't we get the outcome we seek of reducing crime? Programs are very helpful and valuable, but if a youth is crime free with out "completing" a program it would be counter-productive to punish them with more time under supervision. Section 6 further expands the use of juvenile detention by adding new options on when a youth can be detained under orders of the court. Appearances are that this is a purely punishment-oriented proposal which is as, if not more, likely to reinforce negative behaviors than to change them.
Other title: House Bill 2228
No full text"February 7, 2023."
Testimony before the Kansas Legislature, House Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications Committee, by Patrick Orr, Regulatory Analyst, Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Board.Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Board legislative testimony ; 2023Neutral testimony concerning House Bill 2228. "HB 2228 amends several Kansas statutes as they pertain to net metering associated with customer-generators, as defined by the bill, to provide for more favorable terms for retail electric customers who choose to offset their electric utility bills with renewable energy. ... HB 2228 also amends K.S.A. 66-1265 to require the utility to offer all customer-generators a tariff or contract that is identical in electric rates, rate structure and monthly charges to the contract or tariff that the customer would be assigned if the customer were not an eligible customer-generator, regardless of whether the customer-generator began operating its renewable energy resource under an interconnect with the utility on or before July 1, 2014, or after that date
Other title: House Bill 2225
No full text"February 9, 2023."
Testimony before the Kansas Legislature, House Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications Committee, by David Nickel, Consumer Counsel, Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Board.Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Board legislative testimony ; 2023Neutral written testimony concerning House Bill 2225. "With respect to a for-profit, investor-owned electric utility serving more than 20,000 customers ("subject utility"), HB 2225 removes the recovery procedures specified in K.S.A. 66-1237 for transmission-related costs associated with transmission facilities constructed as a result of such utility's internal or local planning processes absent a notice to construct or similar directive from a regional transmission organization or independent system operator that is regulated by the FERC, or any successor agency ("subject transmission-related costs"). HB 2225 also provides a process by which subject transmission-related costs that are being recovered by a subject utility through a transmission delivery charge pursuant to K.S.A. 66-1237 shall be removed from such charge and placed into that utility's rate base, beginning July 1, 2023.
Consumer Alerts, 2023
No full textThis internet resource contains multiple issues throughout several yearsRecovery of Deferred Natural Gas Fuel Costs from February 2021 Winter Storm -- Natural Gas -- Kansas Gas Service -- Atmos Energy -- Electric -- KCC’s Pandemic Customer Protection Requirements Will End After March 2023
Growing Graduates: From Cradle to Career; What Families Need to Know / Kansas State Department of Education.
No full text"Updated on June 01, 2023. Date taken from Kansas Parent Information Resource Center website..""Family engagement is one of the most important contributors to school completion and success. ... When families are involved in their children's education, students are more likely to: earn high grade-point averages and scores on standardized tests or rating scales; enroll in more challenging academic programs; pass more classes and earn more credits; attend school regularly; display positive attitudes about school; graduate from high school and enroll in postsecondary programs; [and] refrain from destructive activities such as alcohol, drug use and violence. During each developmental stage of a child, families will engage in their education in a variety of ways. From being solely dependent upon their family (cradle) to becoming independent contributing members of society (career), children will always need positive role modeling and support from the most important adults in their lives. The following pages provide families tips to engage in their children's education beginning at birth and continuing through high school.