88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026
SF 136: Providing for fossil fuel cost disclosure in public utility customer billings
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 it does
This bill requires rate-regulated public utilities to disclose the portion in each customer billing statement used for the recovery of costs for purchasing fossil fuels to produce energy. The amount shall be based on the projected costs of purchasing fossil fuels as a share of the public utility’s expected annual Iowa retail rate revenue, not including revenues from retail customers that have opted to receive energy generated by renewable energy sources, as defined in the bill.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named February 5, 2019
- Sen. Waylon Brown (R)
- Sen. Joe Bolkcom (D)
- Sen. Zach Nunn (R)
Lobbying · 3 for, 0 against
For: Environmental Law and Policy Center; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Environmental Council
In plain words
- January 29, 2019Filed in the Senate and sent to the Commerce committee
- February 5, 2019Senate subcommittee named: Brown, Bolkcom and Nunn
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Wednesday, November 11, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/SF136