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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2668: Relating to the regulation of public utilities, including virtual power plants and integrated resource planning

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill relates to the regulation of public utilities, including customer-owned resources, virtual power plants, and integrated resource planning. The bill recognizes that customer-owned generation and storage is vital to cost-effectively meeting rising demand for electricity. The bill describes virtual power plants as collections of customer-owned distributed generation and energy storage resources managed by a common control mechanism within a utility’s service territory.

Sponsors

Rep. Judd Lawler (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 10 for, 5 against

For: AARP Iowa; Environmental Law and Policy Center; Iowa Business Energy Coalition (IBEC); Iowa Business for Clean Energy; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Economic Alliance; Iowa Environmental Council; Iowa Faith & Climate Network; Iowa Retail Federation; National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB /IA)

Against: Alliant Energy Corporation; Black Hills Energy; Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities; Iowa Utility Association; MidAmerican Energy Company

In plain words

  1. February 23, 2026Filed 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/91/HF2668