Brightspeed Companies Of Kansas Adding $6.03 To Residential Customer Bills To Recover Costs Of Property Taxes And Use Of Rights-Of-Way
July 16, 2026 – The Brightspeed Companies of Kansas have filed revisions to their General Exchange Service Tariff with the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC).
Brightspeed’s filing revises the tariff to create a new page 54 that proposes “the introduction of a Tax Recovery Surcharge, which will apply to residential customers’ monthly bills.”
The new “Tax Recovery Surcharge” adds $6.03 to residential customer bills. As explained in the new tariff provision, “[the $6.03] surcharge partially recovers costs incurred by Brightspeed related to property taxes and the use of public and private rights-of-way.”
In its filing, Brightspeed explains that it “is a price-cap regulated carrier and makes this tariff filing in accordance with K.S.A. 2005(q)(1)(F) which declared the services contained herein as price deregulated.”
The KCC Docket Number for the proceeding is 27-UTDT-0089-TAR.
