The Kansas Energy Council was dissolved by Governor Sebelius on December 31, 2008, in Executive Order 08-13.

Kansas Energy Report

The Kansas Energy Report, formerly called the Kansas Energy Plan, contains the energy policy recommendations developed annually by the Kansas Energy Council (KEC) as well as background information on related energy topics.

Because the KEC focused on just a few topics and issues each year (see planning schedule), the Kansas Energy Report can be viewed as a work in progress. The 2007, 2008, and 2009 versions contain the recommendations developed during the 2006, 2007, and 2008 planning cycles, respectively.

Kansas Energy Plan 2009

Kansas Energy Plan 2008

Kansas Energy Plan 2007

The outline below contains links to the recommendations and related background information developed from 2006 to 2008, as well as "placeholders" for future development. (The Council was dissolved on December 31, 2008, in Executive Order 08-13).

Sections indicated with boldface type were developed from 2006 to 2008 and were embodied, respectively, in the 2007, 2008, and 2009 versions of the Kansas Energy Report.

Kansas Energy Report

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: Water Quality and Supply

Section 2.3: Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Global Climate Change

Recommendations (2009)

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

Subsection 3.51: Coal Gasification—IGCC Coal Power Plants (2007)

Recommendations (2007)

Section 3.6: Fertilizer Production
Section 3.7: Pipelines

Chapter 4: Nuclear Energy
Chapter 5: Biomass and Biofuels (2008)

Section 5.1: Ethanol (2008)

Recommendations (2008)

Section 5.2: Biodiesel (2008)

Recommendations (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)

Recommendations (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: Electricity

Section 8.1: Electric Utilities in Kansas
Section 8.2: Electricity Generation: Demand, Capacity
Section 8.3: Electric Transmission
Section 8.4: Electricity Generation and Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Recommendations (2009)

Chapter 9: Energy Conservation and Efficiency (2009)

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 (2009)

Recommendations (2009)
Recommendations (2008)

Chapter 10: Energy Use in the Transportation Sector (2009)

Section 10.1: Cars, Light Trucks (2009)

Recommendations (2009)
Recommendations (2007)

Section 10.2: Trucking Industry

Recommendations (2007)

Section 10.3: Driver Behavior

Recommendations (2007)

Section 10.4: Rail
Section 10.5: Urban Planning, Public Transit

Recommendations (2007)

Chapter 11: Energy Use in the Agricultural Sector (2009)

Section 11.1: Crop Agriculture (2009)

Recommendations (2009)
Recommendations (2007)

Section 11.2: Livestock Agriculture

Chapter 12: Energy Education (2008)

Section 12.1: K-12 Education (2008)

Recommendations (2008)

Section 12.2: Public Education
Section 12.3: Utility Customers

Recommendations (2007)

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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