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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2279: Relating to public utilities, including energy production, public utility affiliates, and cable and video service

Signed into law

What it does

This bill relates to public utilities, including energy production, public utility affiliates, and cable and video service. DIVISION I. Division I of the bill relates to energy production. Current law defines an “alternate energy production facility” as a solar, wind turbine, waste management, resource recovery, refuse-derived fuel, agricultural crops or residues, or woodburning facility. The bill adds an electric storage unit facility and a nuclear facility to the definition. Under current law, the Iowa utilities board (IUB) administers a small wind innovation zone program to optimize local, regional, and state benefits from wind energy and to facilitate and expedite interconnection of small wind energy systems with electric utilities throughout Iowa.

Sponsors

Commerce committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 3 for, 2 against

For: Greater Des Moines Heating & Cooling Association; Iowa Alliance for Fair Competition; Iowa Communications Alliance

Against: Greater Des Moines Heating & Cooling Association; Iowa Business for Clean Energy

In plain words

  1. February 1, 2024Filed in the House
  2. April 19, 2024Passed the House, 86–5
  3. April 19, 2024Arrived in the Senate
  4. April 19, 2024Took the place of SF 2300 on the Senate floor (the same legislation)
  5. April 19, 2024Passed the Senate, 45–1
  6. April 29, 2024Sent to the Governor
  7. May 1, 2024Signed into law

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/90/HF2279