Kansas Energy Plan
The Kansas Energy Plan contains the energy policy recommendations developed annually by the Kansas Energy Council (KEC) and delivered to the Governor, Legislature, and Kansas Corporation Commission each January, prior to the opening session of the Kansas Legislature. Along with the recommendations, the Kansas Energy Plan includes background information on related energy topics, which may be updated periodically. The Kansas Energy Chart Book contains charts, graphs, and tables related to the topics and issues in the Kansas Energy Plan.
Kansas Energy Plan 2008
Kansas Energy Plan 2007
Because the KEC focuses on just a few topics and issues each year (see planning schedule), the Kansas Energy Plan can be viewed as a work in progress. The outline below contains chapters and sections dealing with topics and issues that the Council has addressed in previous planning cycles as well as topics and issues that will be developed in the future.
Sections developed during the 2006 and 2007 planning cycles—and embodied, respectively, in the 2007 and 2008 versions of the Kansas Energy Plan--are indicated with boldface type. Those under development during the current 2008 planning cycle are indicated with red italics.
Kansas Energy Plan
- Chapter 1: KEC Goals and Vision
- Section 1.1: Mission and Vision
- Section 1.2: Planning Process
- Chapter 2: Energy, Economics, and the Environment
- Section 2.1: Energy and the State’s Economy
- Section 2.2: Energy and the State’s Environment
- Subsection 2.21: Air Quality
- Subsection 2.22: Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Global Climate Change
- Subsection 2.23: Water Quality and Supply
- Chapter 3: Fossil Fuels
- Section 3.1: Refining
- Section 3.2: Natural Gas
- Section 3.3: Petroleum
- Section 3.4: Propane
- Section 3.5: Coal
- Section 3.6: Fertilizer Production
- Section 3.7: Pipelines
- Chapter 4: Nuclear Energy
- Chapter 5: Biomass and Biofuels (2008)
- Section 5.1: Ethanol (2008)
- Section 5.2: Biodiesel (2008)
- Section 5.3: Co-firing
- Section 5.4: Solid Waste and Landfill Gas Reclamation
- Chapter 6: Wind Energy
- Section 6.1: Commercial-scale Wind Generation (2007)
- Section 6.2: Small-scale Wind Generation
- Section 6.3: Incentives and Subsidies
- Chapter 7: Other Renewable Energy Sources
- Section 7.1: Solar Energy
- Section 7.2: Hydroelectric Energy
- Section 7.3: Fuel Cells
- Chapter 8: Electrical Utilities and Energy Use
- Section 8.1: Reserve Capacity
- Section 8.2: Transmission System
- Section 8.3: Rate Design
- Section 8.4: Demand Side Management
- Section 8.5:Renewable Energy Credits
- Chapter 9: Energy Conservation and Efficiency (2008)
- Section 9.1: Utility-sponsored Programs (2008)
- Section 9.2: Residential Structures (2008)
- Section 9.3: Commercial and Industrial Structures (2008)
- Section 9.4: Public Structures (2008)
- Chapter 10: Energy Use in the Transportation Sector (2007)
- Section 10.1: Cars, Light Trucks
- Section 10.2: Trucking Industry
- Section 10.3: Driver Behavior
- Section 10.4: Rail
- Section 10.5: Urban Planning, Public Transit
- Chapter 11: Energy Use in the Agricultural Sector (2007)
- Section 11.1: Crop Agriculture
- Subsection 11.1: No-till Cultivation
- Section 11.2: Livestock Agriculture
- Chapter 12: Energy Education (2008)
- Section 12.1: K-12 Education (2008)
- Section 12.2: Public Education
- Section 12.3: Utility Customers
- Chapter 13: Integrated Energy Systems
- Chapter 14: Research and Development
- Section 14.1: Research at Kansas Regent’s Universities
- Section 14.2: Federal and State Funding
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