Opportunity
Kansas City Public Utilities Demandstar #RFP 90085
BPU Electric and Water Utility Cost-of-Service and Rate-Design Studies
Posted
November 04, 2026
Respond By
December 12, 2026
Identifier
RFP 90085
NAICS
541690
The KC Board of Public Utilities is seeking consulting proposals for separate electric and water utility rate studies in Kansas City, Kansas. - Buyer: KC Board of Public Utilities (BPU), Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas. - Requested services: - Electric utility cost-of-service and rate-design study. - Water utility cost-of-service and rate-design study. - Each study should review existing rates, customer classes, and load data, then recommend equitable customer charges, usage rates, demand charges, and rate riders. - Recommendations should support reliable, affordable service, recover utility costs, and reduce cross-subsidization among customer classes. - No specific OEMs, vendors, products, part numbers, or quantities are identified.
Description
The BPU is soliciting proposals to develop Cost of Service and Rate Design Studies for its electric and water utilities, with separate contracts planned for each utility. The studies must provide justifiable and equitable methodologies for customer charges, usage rates, demand charges, and rate riders. The consultant will review current rates, rate classes, and load data and recommend changes. The objective is to recover the expenses needed to provide reliable and affordable services while preventing cross-subsidization between customer classes.