For the security of bonds or notes issued or to be issued by a municipal energy agency, the municipal energy agency may mortgage or execute deeds of trust of the whole or any part of its property and franchises. Any mortgage or deed of trust covering the whole or any part of easements or other interests in real estate less than fee simple used in the generation or transmission of electric power, and covering fixtures annexed thereto, may be filed in the office of the secretary of state with or as a part of the financing statement covering the fixtures.
K.S.A. 12-8,104