Kansas. State Corporation Commission

The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC), was established by the Legislature in 1933. Its jurisdiction was extended to include the regulation of motor carriers, gas conservation, and supervision of plugging abandoned wells to protect fresh and usable water from pollution. The Kansas Corporation Commission regulates five cornerstone industries in the Kansas economy. The Commission has the responsibility of ensuring that natural gas, electricity, telephone and transportation vendors provide safe, adequate and reliable services at reasonable rates. The Commission also has the mandate of assuring that oil and gas producers protect correlative rights and environmental resources. In the absence of competition, the KCC regulates public utilities, common carriers, motor carriers, and oil and gas producers. It does not regulate most electric cooperatives, water cooperatives, municipalities, wireless telephones, long distance phone services, cable companies or the Internet. [State Corporation Commission, "About the KCC," http://www.kcc.state.ks.us/about/more_about.htm (Accessed September 23, 2008)] [Wilder, Bessie. Governmental Agencies of the State of Kansas, 1861-1946. Lawrence, Ks: Bureau of Government Research, University of Kansas, 1946.]