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

SF 2356: Relating to solar energy by establishing a community solar facility program

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill establishes a community solar facility program. The bill specifies that an “electric utility” for purposes of the bill is a public utility that provides electricity to the public for compensation and is required to be rate-regulated under Code chapter 476. The bill defines “community solar facility” to mean a distributed generation facility that generates electricity through solar panels whereby subscribers may receive bill credits for the electricity generated in proportion to the size of the customer’s subscription.

Sponsors

Commerce committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 7 for, 6 against

For: Americans For Prosperity; Center for Rural Affairs; Coalition for Community Solar Access; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Environmental Council; Iowa Solar Energy Trade Association; The Nature Conservancy

Against: Alliant Energy Corporation; Central Iowa Power Cooperative (CIPCO); Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI); Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives; MidAmerican Energy Company; Missouri River Energy Services

In plain words

  1. February 15, 2024Filed in the Senate
  2. February 15, 2024Approved by the Senate committee

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/SF2356