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Relating to solar energy by establishing a community solar facility program
Topics:Energy & utilitiesWind & solar
Same legislation: HF 404
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 23, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 23, 2025
- Done: House committeeFebruary 11, 2025
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 404 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 404 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
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 electricity generated in proportion to the size of the customer’s subscription. The bill defines “subscriber” to mean a customer of an electric utility who owns at least one share of a subscription to a community solar facility.
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A “subscriber organization” is a for-profit or nonprofit entity that owns or operates one or more community solar facilities. The bill defines “subscription” to mean a proportional contractual interest in a community solar facility. The bill establishes a community solar facility program to encourage and enhance solar energy generation and the ability of electric public utility customers to participate in and derive benefit from alternate solar energy projects.49. The bill requires an electric utility to review its interconnection processes with community solar facilities to ensure adequacy, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness and to allow an investor-owned electric utility to recover reasonable interconnection costs. The bill allows a subscriber to include all of the subscriber’s electricity meters in the community solar facility. The bill provides that a community solar facility may be owned by investors. The bill provides specific procedures and requirements for the administration of bill credits and subscriber information. The bill requires the Iowa utilities commission to adopt rules regarding implementation of the bill’s provisions. The bill requires an electric utility to file new or updated tariffs, if applicable, by January 1, 2026, to implement any necessary changes resulting from the bill.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
House subcommittee
Named January 23, 2025. On January 27, 2025 it recommended passage.
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Iowa Code it changes
Creates§476.50
Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works
Lobbying
14 for · 12 against · 11 undecided · Who →
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- SF 2356 Relating to solar energy by establishing a community solar facility program90th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same titleCleared committee
Similar bills this General Assembly
- HSB 629 Relating to solar energy by establishing a community solar facility program91st General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 2672Very similar
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