Dive Brief:

• Conservative Kansas lawmakers plan to try again to repeal the state's renewable portfolio standard, which climbs to 15% in 2015 and 20% in 2020.
• The lawmakers contend that wind generation is more expensive than fossil-fueled power plants. “There has been an abundance of domestic natural gas which is unbelievably cheap, far less than renewable energy,” Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle said.
• Wind generation in Kansas has soared from 1,000 MW in 2009 when the RPS law was passed to 2,700 MW this year.

Dive Insight:

Conservative lawmakers around the U.S. have tried to roll back RPS standards in the last two years, but to little effect so far.

On the cost issue, the Kansas Corporation Commission found that renewable generation makes up about 1.7% of retail rates, according to a March report to the Legislature.