Proposed Kansas utility plan seeks to fairly allocate costs from big users

Proposed Kansas utility plan seeks to fairly allocate costs from big users

The Kansas Corporation Commission, from left, Dwight Keen, Andrew French and Annie Kuether, will make a decision this year on a proposed new utility rate plan and tariff affecting large users such as data centers. (Morgan Chilson/Kansas Reflector)TOPEKA —  Data centers and large manufacturing facilities can pull hundreds of megawatts of electricity from the utility grid. A case in front of Kansas utility regulators has created a new way to ensur…