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Directing the Iowa utilities board to require that energy efficiency plans and programs be developed and provided by an entity appointed by the board
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 27, 2020
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Instead of gas and electric companies running their own energy-saving programs, the Iowa utilities board will pick outside groups to manage them. Customers will see a specific energy efficiency charge on their bills to pay for these programs. The board must also report to the state every year about how much money was collected and spent.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to energy efficiency plans and programs required to be developed and implemented by gas and electric public utilities.6(15), by gas and electric public utilities required to be rate-regulated, by the utility directly or a third-party utility which the utility has contracted, the Iowa utilities board shall, after conducting a contested case proceeding, provide for the development, implementation, and monitoring of energy efficiency plans and programs by one or more entities appointed by the board for such purposes on and after January 1, 2022. The bill states that the development and implementation of these plans and programs satisfies a rate-regulated utility’s obligations with regard to otherwise applicable energy efficiency plan and program requirements. The bill additionally provides that the board shall establish, after a contested case proceeding, an automatic adjustment of rates and charges for the support of energy efficiency programs developed and implemented by the appointed entity or entities. The bill specifies that the charge shall be known as the energy efficiency charge, shall be shown separately on each customer’s bill, and shall be remitted by a utility to the board. When such a charge is imposed and shown on the bill, the bill requires that notice of an internet site containing information about energy efficiency programs developed and implemented by the entity or entities shall also be provided on a customer’s bill near notation of the energy efficiency charge.2 and used by the board in compensating the appointed entity or entities. The bill directs the board to submit a report to the general assembly by January 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, detailing the energy efficiency plans and programs developed and implemented by an appointed entity or entities and the corresponding revenues collected and expenditures made.