Bill Text: IA HF626 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to certain plans filed by gas and electric utilities, and including retroactive applicability provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-06 - Introduced, referred to Commerce. H.J. 407. [HF626 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF626-Introduced.html
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
NIELSEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
certain
plans
filed
by
gas
and
electric
1
utilities,
and
including
retroactive
applicability
2
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
476.6,
subsection
15,
paragraph
a,
1
subparagraph
(1),
subparagraph
division
(a),
Code
2019,
is
2
amended
to
read
as
follows:
3
(a)
Electric
utilities
required
to
be
rate-regulated
under
4
this
chapter
shall
file
five-year
energy
efficiency
plans
5
and
demand
response
plans
with
the
board.
Gas
utilities
6
required
to
be
rate-regulated
under
this
chapter
shall
file
7
five-year
energy
efficiency
plans
with
the
board.
An
energy
8
efficiency
plan
and
budget
or
a
demand
response
plan
and
budget
9
shall
include
a
range
of
energy
efficiency
or
demand
response
10
programs,
tailored
to
the
needs
of
all
customer
classes,
11
including
residential,
commercial,
and
industrial
customers,
12
for
energy
efficiency
opportunities.
The
plans
shall
13
include
programs
for
qualified
low-income
persons
including
a
14
cooperative
program
with
any
community
action
agency
within
the
15
utility’s
service
area
to
implement
countywide
or
communitywide
16
energy
efficiency
programs
for
qualified
low-income
persons.
17
Energy
efficiency
plans
filed
by
rate-regulated
gas
and
18
electric
utilities
shall
include
weatherization
assistance
19
programs
for
qualified
low-income
persons,
which
programs
shall
20
be
funded
by
the
gas
or
electric
utility
in
an
amount
no
less
21
than
the
amount
used
to
fund
such
programs
pursuant
to
the
22
gas
or
electric
utility’s
five-year
energy
efficiency
plan
in
23
effect
as
of
July
1,
2018.
Rate-regulated
gas
and
electric
24
utilities
shall
utilize
Iowa
agencies
and
Iowa
contractors
to
25
the
maximum
extent
cost-effective
in
their
energy
efficiency
26
plans
or
demand
response
plans
filed
with
the
board.
27
Sec.
2.
Section
476.6,
subsection
15,
paragraph
c,
28
subparagraph
(2),
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
29
(2)
(a)
Notwithstanding
the
goals
developed
pursuant
30
to
paragraph
“b”
,
the
board
shall
not
require
a
gas
utility
31
to
adopt
an
energy
efficiency
plan
that
results
in
projected
32
cumulative
average
annual
costs
that
exceed
one
and
one-half
33
percent
of
the
gas
utility’s
expected
annual
Iowa
retail
rate
34
revenue
from
retail
customers
in
the
state,
shall
not
require
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an
electric
utility
to
adopt
an
energy
efficiency
plan
that
1
results
in
projected
cumulative
average
annual
costs
that
2
exceed
two
percent
of
the
electric
utility’s
expected
annual
3
Iowa
retail
rate
revenue
from
retail
customers
in
the
state,
4
and
shall
not
require
an
electric
utility
to
adopt
a
demand
5
response
plan
that
results
in
projected
cumulative
average
6
annual
costs
that
exceed
two
percent
of
the
electric
utility’s
7
expected
annual
Iowa
retail
rate
revenue
from
retail
customers
8
in
the
state.
9
(b)
For
purposes
of
determining
the
one
and
one-half
or
two
10
percent
threshold
amount,
the
board
shall
exclude
all
of
the
11
following
from
an
a
gas
or
electric
utility’s
expected
annual
12
Iowa
retail
rate
revenue
the
:
13
(i)
The
revenues
expected
from
customers
that
have
received
14
exemptions
from
energy
efficiency
plans
pursuant
to
paragraph
15
“a”
.
16
(ii)
The
costs
of
providing
weatherization
assistance
17
programs
for
qualified
low-income
persons,
as
required
in
18
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(1),
subparagraph
division
(a).
19
(c)
This
subparagraph
shall
apply
to
energy
efficiency
20
plans
and
demand
response
plans
that
are
effective
on
or
after
21
January
1,
2019.
22
Sec.
3.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
23
retroactively
to
January
1,
2019,
for
energy
efficiency
plans
24
that
are
effective
on
or
after
January
1,
2019.
25
EXPLANATION
26
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
27
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
28
Current
law
requires
rate-regulated
gas
and
electric
29
utilities
to
file
five-year
energy
efficiency
plans
with
the
30
Iowa
utilities
board.
Current
law
prohibits
the
board
from
31
requiring
a
gas
utility
to
adopt
an
energy
efficiency
plan
32
that
results
in
projected
cumulative
average
annual
costs
that
33
exceed
1.5
percent
of
the
gas
utility’s
expected
annual
Iowa
34
retail
rate
revenue
from
Iowa
retail
customers,
and
an
electric
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utility
to
adopt
an
energy
efficiency
plan
that
results
in
1
projected
cumulative
average
annual
costs
that
exceed
2
percent
2
of
the
electric
utility’s
expected
annual
Iowa
retail
rate
3
revenue
from
Iowa
retail
customers.
4
This
bill
requires
five-year
energy
efficiency
plans
5
filed
by
gas
and
electric
utilities
to
include
weatherization
6
assistance
programs
for
qualified
low-income
persons,
which
7
shall
be
funded
in
an
amount
no
less
than
the
amount
used
to
8
fund
such
programs
in
the
utility’s
five-year
energy
efficiency
9
plan
in
effect
as
of
July
1,
2018.
10
The
bill
provides
that
for
purposes
of
determining
the
1.5
or
11
2
percent
threshold
cap
regarding
gas
or
electric
utility
plan
12
costs,
the
board
shall
exclude
the
utility’s
costs
of
providing
13
low-income
weatherization
assistance
programs.
14
The
bill
applies
retroactively
to
January
1,
2019,
for
15
energy
efficiency
plans
that
are
effective
on
or
after
that
16
date.
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