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

SSB 3180: SSB 3180

Became SF 2356 · Its progress continues under the new number.

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

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 13, 2024

  • Sen. Mike Klimesh (R) · mike.klimesh@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Carrie Koelker (R) · carrie.koelker@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Zach Wahls (D) · zach.wahls@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 8 for, 8 against

For: Americans For Prosperity; Center for Rural Affairs; Coalition for Community Solar Access; Iowa Business for Clean Energy; 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; Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities; Iowa Utility Association; MidAmerican Energy Company; Missouri River Energy Services

In plain words

  1. February 13, 2024Filed in the Senate and sent to the Commerce committee
  2. February 13, 2024Senate subcommittee named: Klimesh, Koelker and Wahls
  3. February 14, 2024Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 2356

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/SSB3180