Kansas Statutes 66-1,158. Nuclear generation facility siting; definitions
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 66-1,158
- Addition to an existing nuclear generation facility: means any addition of nuclear generation capacity to an existing nuclear generation facility. See Kansas Statutes 66-1,158
- Commission: means the state corporation commission. See Kansas Statutes 66-101a
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Electric utility: means every public utility, as defined by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 66-128l
- Existing nuclear generation facility: means a nuclear generation facility which is in existence on January 1, 2007. See Kansas Statutes 66-1,158
- Landowner: means any person having an estate or interest in any land, which land is proposed to be acquired by an electric utility in connection with the construction, operation and maintenance of a nuclear generation facility. See Kansas Statutes 66-1,158
- Nuclear generation facility: means any physical plant utilizing nuclear energy as the primary fuel for the production or generation of electricity or electric power. See Kansas Statutes 66-1,158
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation or other association of persons. See Kansas Statutes 66-1,158
- Public utility: means a public utility as defined by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 66-118a
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
As used in this act:
(a) “Addition to an existing nuclear generation facility” means any addition of nuclear generation capacity to an existing nuclear generation facility.
(b) “Commission” means the state corporation commission.
(c) “Electric utility” means every public utility, as defined by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 66-104, and amendments thereto, which owns, controls, operates or manages any equipment, plant or generating machinery for the production, transmission, delivery or furnishing, of electricity or electric power.
(d) “Existing nuclear generation facility” means a nuclear generation facility which is in existence on January 1, 2007.
(e) “Landowner” means any person having an estate or interest in any land, which land is proposed to be acquired by an electric utility in connection with the construction, operation and maintenance of a nuclear generation facility.
(f) (1) “Nuclear generation facility” means any physical plant utilizing nuclear energy as the primary fuel for the production or generation of electricity or electric power.
(2) “Nuclear generation facility” does not include: (A) Remodeling, reconditioning or retrofitting of a nuclear generation facility; (B) construction of nonnuclear generation capacity at the site of a nuclear generation facility; (C) an addition to an existing nuclear generation facility which is within three miles of the reactor of an existing nuclear generation facility; (D) construction of a nuclear generation facility which is within three miles of the reactor of an existing nuclear generation facility; or (E) any facility proposed to be located outside this state if: (i) The need for the facility and the reasonableness of its proposed siting is subject to review by the utility regulatory authority of that state; (ii) less than 10% of the retail customers on the electric system intended to be served by such facility are located in this state; and (iii) such retail customers located in this state number no more than 15,000.
(g) “Party” means any landowner, electric utility, governmental board or agency, or any other person allowed to intervene in any proceeding under this act.
(h) “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation or other association of persons.