Bill Text: IA HF601 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to rate increase notice requirements for public utilities. (Formerly HSB 189.) Effective date: 07/01/2023.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-28 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 953. [HF601 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF601-Enrolled.html
House
File
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Enrolled
House
File
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
RATE
INCREASE
NOTICE
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
PUBLIC
UTILITIES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
476.6,
subsection
2,
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2.
Written
notice
of
increase.
All
public
utilities,
except
those
exempted
from
rate
regulation
by
section
476.1
and
telecommunications
service
providers
registered
pursuant
to
section
476.95A
,
shall
give
written
notice
of
a
proposed
increase
of
any
rate
or
charge
to
all
affected
customers
served
by
the
public
utility
no
more
than
sixty-two
thirty
days
prior
to
the
time
the
application
for
the
increase
is
filed
with
the
board.
Public
utilities
exempted
from
rate
regulation
by
section
476.1
,
except
telecommunications
service
providers
registered
pursuant
to
section
476.95A
,
shall
give
written
notice
of
a
proposed
increase
of
any
rate
or
charge
to
all
affected
customers
served
by
the
public
utility
at
least
thirty
days
prior
to
the
effective
date
of
the
increase.
If
the
public
utility
is
subject
to
rate
regulation,
the
written
notice
to
affected
customers
shall
also
include
an
estimate
of
the
total
bill
impact
on
a
typical
customer
in
each
affected
customer
class,
provide
a
general
explanation
of
the
board’s
rate
increase
review
process,
and
state
that
the
customer
has
a
right
to
file
a
written
objection
to
the
rate
increase
and
that
the
affected
customers
may
request
the
board
to
hold
a
public
House
File
601,
p.
2
hearing
to
determine
if
the
rate
increase
should
be
allowed.
The
board
shall
prescribe
the
manner
and
method
that
the
written
notice
to
each
affected
customer
of
the
public
utility
shall
be
served
in
the
manner
in
which
the
customer
elects
to
receive
bills
and
other
communications
from
the
public
utility
.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
601,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2023
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
