Kansas Statutes 12-8,109. Contracts by member cities with agency for purchase of energy, planning and other services
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 12-8,109
- City: means any city in this state. See Kansas Statutes 12-870
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Municipal energy agency: means a quasi-municipal corporation created by agreement between or among two or more cities pursuant to this act to exercise any of the powers granted by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 12-886
- Project: means any plant, works, system, facilities and real and personal property of any nature whatsoever, together with all parts thereof and appurtenances thereto, used or useful in the generation, production, transmission, purchase, sale, exchange or interchange of electric energy or any interest therein or capacity thereof and including all studies and planning with respect thereto. See Kansas Statutes 12-886
- system: means all contracts for the purchase of natural gas at the wellhead, contracts for the transmission and processing of natural gas, contracts for the sale and delivery of natural gas to consumers, contracts for the sale for resale and delivery of natural gas to distributors, and all other contracts made under authority of this act by the city or the authority, together with all expenditures for obligations under such contracts and all receipts from the sale or other disposition of natural gas and other products pursuant to such contracts. See Kansas Statutes 12-870
Any member city of a municipal energy agency may enter into a contract with such agency for a period not exceeding 40 years providing for:
(a) The planning or study of any project;
(b) the provision of services relating to the energy system of the city; or
(c) the purchase of electricity or other energy from such agency on either a firm or standby basis, or both, upon such terms and conditions as the parties shall deem reasonable including provisions requiring payment whether actually received or not and provisions requiring the contracting city to pay a proportionate amount of deficits with respect to a particular project.