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Establishing a solar energy minimum purchase standard applicable to specified electric utilities
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 24, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 29, 2019
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- 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
Electric utilities are currently required to either own or purchase their proportionate share of 105 megawatts of power from alternate energy production facilities or small hydro facilities, as those terms are defined in Code section 476.42. That proportionate share is allocated by the Iowa utilities board. This bill replaces this requirement with a solar energy minimum purchase standard applicable to electric utilities required to be rate-regulated under Code chapter 476. The bill requires rate-regulated electric utilities to either produce or purchase the following amounts of solar energy as specified: 1,500 megawatts by July 1, 2020; 2,000 megawatts by July 1, 2022; and 3,000 megawatts by July 1, 2025, and each year thereafter.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 29, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part