89th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
HF 2381: Relating to the regulation of specified gas and electric utilities
Died when the session ended · The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
This bill relates to the regulatory authority of the Iowa utilities board regarding specified gas and electric utilities. The bill provides that municipally owned gas or utility companies, electric public utilities having less than 10,000 customers, and electric cooperative corporations and associations shall not be subject to the regulation authority of the board except for the assessment of fees for the support of the office of consumer advocate, safety standards, assigned areas of service, public utility railroad crossings, procedures for the disconnection of service, alternative energy program plans filed with the board, specified civil penalties, energy cost information, distributed generation interconnection safety, utility-owned exterior flood lighting, customer contribution funds, and electric power generation and transmission under Code chapter 476A and electric transmission lines under Code chapter 478.
Sponsors
Commerce committee
Cost
No fiscal note
Lobbying · 4 for, 4 against
For: Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives; Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities; Missouri River Energy Services; Nebraska Municipal Power Pool - NMPP Energy
Against: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Environmental Council; Iowa Interfaith Power & Light; Office of Consumer Advocate
In plain words
- February 10, 2022Filed in the House
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF2381