Kansas SB380 Mandates Nondiscriminatory EV Charging Rates
Summary
Kansas Governor signed SB380 into law on April 9, 2026. The bill requires retail electric suppliers to offer nondiscriminatory rates and services to entities providing electric vehicle charging services. Additionally, the law prohibits retail electric suppliers from recovering any costs or expenses associated with their own electric vehicle charging stations through electric rates.
What changed
Kansas SB380 establishes new requirements for retail electric suppliers regarding electric vehicle charging services. The law mandates that utilities provide nondiscriminatory rates and services to third-party EV charging providers, ensuring fair market access. Simultaneously, the legislation prohibits utilities from recovering costs associated with their own EV charging stations through electric rate structures, preventing cross-subsidization.
Electric utilities operating in Kansas must restructure their rate offerings to EV charging operators and remove any EV charging station costs from rate bases. EV charging service providers gain clearer access rights to utility services at non-discriminatory rates, which may lower barriers to entry and expand charging infrastructure deployment across the state.
What to do next
- Review current rate structures to ensure nondiscriminatory pricing for EV charging service providers
- Assess EV charging station cost recovery practices and remove such costs from electric rates
- Update service agreements to comply with nondiscriminatory access requirements
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ChangeBridge / Kansas / SB380 Signed by Governor SB380 Senate Bill Signed by Governor 2026-04-09
Requiring retail electric suppliers to provide nondiscriminatory rates and services to entities that provide electric vehicle charging services and prohibiting any costs and expenses associated with a retail electric supplier's electric vehicle charging stations from being recovered in electric rates.
Bill Details
State Kansas
Session 2025-2026 Regular Session
Chamber Senate
Official Source kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/sb380/
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Utilities
Action History
2026-04-09 S Senate Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026 2026-04-09 S Senate Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 2026-03-27 S Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 2026-03-26 H House Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 125 Nay: 0 2026-03-26 H House Conference committee report now available 2026-03-23 H House Motion to accede adopted; Representative Delperdang, Representative Wilborn and Representative Ohaebosim appointed as conferees 2026-03-23 S Senate Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Senator Fagg , Senator Petersen and Senator Francisco as conferees 2026-03-18 H House Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 122 Nay: 2 2026-03-18 H House Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended 2026-03-18 H House Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted 2026-03-12 H House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications 2026-02-26 H House Hearing: Thursday, February 26, 2026, 9:00 AM Room 582-N 2026-02-24 H House Referred to Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications 2026-02-24 H House Received and Introduced 2026-02-18 S Senate Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 2026-02-17 S Senate Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended 2026-02-17 S Senate Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted 2026-02-12 S Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Utilities 2026-02-05 S Senate Hearing: Thursday, February 5, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 548-S 2026-01-27 S Senate Referred to Committee on Utilities 2026-01-26 S Senate Introduced
Votes
2026-02-18 Senate Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 40 Nay: 0 Yea: 40 Nay: 0 2026-03-18 House Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 122 Nay: 2 Yea: 122 Nay: 2 2026-03-26 House Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 125 Nay: 0 Yea: 125 Nay: 0 2026-03-27 Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 39 Nay: 0 Yea: 39 Nay: 0
Committee Referrals
2026-01-27 S Utilities 2026-02-24 H Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
Amendments
2026-02-12 Senate Committee on Utilities Report 2026-03-12 House Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications Report 2026-03-26 Conference Committee Report
Bill Text Versions
2026-01-26 Introduced 0000-00-00 Amended 0000-00-00 Amended 2026-04-09 Enrolled Legislative data powered by LegiScan (CC BY 4.0)
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