Kansas City Board of Public Utilities · Kansas
What your reps need to know about Kansas City Board of Public Utilities before the appointment: how exports are credited, the size limits, and the steps to connect, checked against its own tariffs and the state rules.
The rules
BPU says it is a not for profit, community owned public utility serving more than 67,000 electric customers and 53,000 water customers throughout Wyandotte County and parts of Johnson County, and it describes its electric service territory as 127.5 square miles within the Kansas City, Kansas, area.
Net Metering for Distributed Generation (DG) Facilities, KCBPU Policy PE-310-001, Section 15.00
Kansas amended its parallel generation law, K.S.A. 66-1,184, effective May 1, 2025, and the amended law, which defines a utility to include a municipally owned electric utility, requires parallel generation service on a first come, first served basis until a utility's export capacity from customer systems reaches 6% of historic peak demand from July 1, 2025, 7% from July 1, 2026 and 8% from July 1, 2027.
Before a home connects
The residential solar credit (section 25D) ended for systems completed after 2025. What that means in 2026.
Where we work
Availability depends on territory. Each market page adds who issues permits there, with links to the official sources.
Questions
BPU nets the energy it supplies against the energy your system exports over each billing period on a single two way meter. If your system exports more than BPU supplies in a billing period, the net kilowatt hours are credited at 100% of BPU's current Energy Rate Component, its cost of purchased and generated electricity, and you still pay charges such as the customer charge and facilities charge.
Not under BPU's net metering policy, which forbids lease or consignment arrangements in which a third party owns or operates the system. BPU's policies describe a distributed generation facility as customer owned, and its interconnection agreements cannot be assigned.
BPU's Interconnection Agreement ends automatically if the system changes ownership, is removed or disabled, or if the owner is no longer a BPU customer. A new owner who wants service under BPU's net metering policy must submit a new Application for Interconnection, get BPU's approval and sign a new written Interconnection Agreement before operating the system.
The federal residential clean energy credit, section 25D, ended for home solar expenditures made after December 31, 2025, under the law signed July 4, 2025. The IRS treats the expenditure as made when installation is completed, so a system completed in 2026 does not qualify even if it was paid for earlier.
Preset appointments with homeowners in your territory who agreed to a solar consultation. We confirm they own the home and that every decision maker on the title will be there, book a time that fits your calendar, and send you the details.
A sit means the owner of the home is there, every decision maker on the title is there, and the visit happens at the booked time or a new time the homeowner and your team agree on. If one does not sit, your team has 48 hours after the visit time to dispute it with a reason. An approved dispute earns a replacement appointment, never a cash refund.
Yes. Each appointment goes to one company only and is never sold twice.
Tariffs and programs change, so confirm current terms with Kansas City Board of Public Utilities.
Each appointment goes to one company, and only sits count.
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