Bill Text: IA SF2182 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act creating a nonprofit organization energy efficiency grant program and making an appropriation. (Formerly SF 2028.)
Sponsorship: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-23 - Subcommittee, Dvorsky, Bolkcom, and Rozenboom. S.J. 327. [SF2182 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SF2182-Introduced.html
Senate File 2182 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT (SUCCESSOR TO SF 2028) A BILL FOR 1 An Act creating a nonprofit organization energy efficiency 2 grant program and making an appropriation. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5379SV (1) 86 gh/sc PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 266.39D Nonprofit organization 1 2 energy efficiency grant program. 1 3 1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise 1 4 requires: 1 5 a. "Energy efficiency improvement" means an installed 1 6 measure, including a product, equipment, system, service, or 1 7 practice that is intended to reduce energy consumption or 1 8 energy costs, or both, or to allow the use of alternative and 1 9 renewable energy. The term "energy efficiency improvement" 1 10 shall include any of the following measures: 1 11 (1) Repairing, replacing, or installing a roof or lighting 1 12 system, window, door, or heating, ventilation, or air 1 13 conditioning system, including improvements needed to serve a 1 14 more efficient system. 1 15 (2) Installing a renewable energy generation or heating 1 16 system, including a solar, photovoltaic, wind, geothermal, or 1 17 biomass system. 1 18 (3) Modernizing, renovating, or repairing a building to 1 19 make the building more energy efficient. 1 20 b. "Nonprofit organization" means an organization exempt 1 21 from federal income taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the 1 22 Internal Revenue Code. 1 23 2. The Iowa energy center created under section 266.39C 1 24 shall use funds appropriated by the general assembly to 1 25 establish and administer a nonprofit organization energy 1 26 efficiency grant program to award grants for the purpose of 1 27 financing energy efficiency improvements to buildings owned and 1 28 operated by a nonprofit organization. 1 29 3. A nonprofit organization may apply to the Iowa energy 1 30 center for a grant under this section by filing a completed 1 31 application. The Iowa energy center shall develop a form 1 32 for application. The Iowa energy center shall establish 1 33 standards and criteria to award grants, which shall include the 1 34 following: 1 35 a. The estimated energy savings to be achieved. 2 1 b. The estimated cost effectiveness of the energy efficiency 2 2 improvement. 2 3 c. Other performance=based standards and criteria deemed 2 4 appropriate by the Iowa energy center. 2 5 d. An effective plan for evaluation, measurement, and 2 6 verification of energy savings. 2 7 e. The financial need of the nonprofit organization. 2 8 f. The availability of matching funds. 2 9 4. A grant awarded under this section shall not exceed the 2 10 lesser of one hundred thousand dollars or an amount equal to 2 11 fifty percent of the estimated cost of the proposed energy 2 12 efficiency improvement. 2 13 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from the 2 14 general fund of the state to the Iowa energy center for the 2 15 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017, 2 16 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be 2 17 used for the purposes designated: 2 18 For establishing and administering the nonprofit 2 19 organization energy efficiency grant program and for awarding 2 20 grants under the program: 2 21 .................................................. $ 1,000,000 2 22 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this 2 23 section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close 2 24 of the fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the 2 25 state but shall remain available to be used for the purposes 2 26 designated. 2 27 EXPLANATION 2 28 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 2 29 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 30 This bill requires the Iowa energy center to create a 2 31 nonprofit organization energy efficiency grant program to 2 32 award grants for the purpose of financing energy efficiency 2 33 improvements to buildings owned and operated by nonprofit 2 34 organizations. 2 35 The bill defines "energy efficiency improvement" to mean an 3 1 installed measure that is intended to reduce energy consumption 3 2 or costs, or both, or to allow the use of alternative 3 3 and renewable energy, including repairing, replacing, or 3 4 installing a roof or lighting system, window, door, or heating, 3 5 ventilation, or air conditioning system, a renewable energy 3 6 generation or heating system, or a measure taken to make the 3 7 building more energy efficient. The bill defines "nonprofit 3 8 organization" to mean an organization exempt from federal 3 9 income taxation. 3 10 The bill requires the Iowa energy center to establish 3 11 standards and criteria to approve grants, including the 3 12 estimated energy savings achieved, the estimated cost 3 13 effectiveness of the energy efficiency improvement, other 3 14 appropriate performance=based standards and criteria, an 3 15 effective plan for evaluating, measuring, and verifying energy 3 16 savings, the financial need of the nonprofit organization, 3 17 and the availability of matching funds. The bill restricts a 3 18 grant awarded under the program to the lesser of $100,000 or 50 3 19 percent of the proposed energy efficiency improvements. 3 20 The bill appropriates $1 million to the Iowa energy center 3 21 for FY 2016=2017 for the purpose of implementing the nonprofit 3 22 organization energy efficiency grant program. The moneys 3 23 appropriated in the bill are not subject to reversion to the 3 24 general fund of the state at the end of the fiscal year. LSB 5379SV (1) 86 gh/sc
