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1 1 Amend the amendment, H-8523, to House File 2530, as
1 2 follows:
1 3 #1. Page 4, by inserting after line 22 the
1 4 following:
1 5 "# . By striking page 92, line 8, through page
1 6 94, line 30.
1 7 # . By striking page 97, line 9 through page
1 8 100, line 9, and inserting the following:
1 9 "The Iowa energy center and center for global and
1 10 regional environmental research shall conduct
1 11 environmental assessments. The Iowa energy center and
1 12 center for global and regional environmental research
1 13 shall each provide a written annual report to the
1 14 board which describes each center's activities and the
1 15 results that each center has accomplished. Each
1 16 report shall include an explanation of initiatives and
1 17 projects of importance to the state.""
1 18 #2. Page 8, line 2, by striking the word and
1 19 figures "103, line 34" and inserting the following:
1 20 "106, line 12".
1 21 #3. By striking page 10, line 25, through page 11,
1 22 line 46.
1 23 #4. Page 14, by striking line 12 and inserting the
1 24 following: "surcharge.
1 25 5A. FUNDING – NONBYPASSABLE SURCHARGE.
1 26 a. The programs established in this section shall
1 27 be funded by all end-use consumers through a
1 28 nonbypassable monthly surcharge on all distribution
1 29 services within a delivery service provider's assigned
1 30 service area, including service provided under rates
1 31 or charges pursuant to section 476B.8. The monthly
1 32 surcharge shall be collected by the person billing the
1 33 end-use consumer for the service. The monthly
1 34 surcharge shall commence with bills issued on October
1 35 1, 2002. The monthly surcharge for each customer
1 36 class shall be as follows:
1 37 (1) One dollar and fifty cents for a residential
1 38 electric account.
1 39 (2) One dollar and fifty cents for a
1 40 nonresidential electric account with an annual usage
1 41 of less than twenty-five thousand kilowatt-hours in
1 42 the prior calendar year.
1 43 (3) Ten dollars for a nonresidential electric
1 44 account with an annual usage of twenty-five thousand
1 45 kilowatt-hours to one hundred thousand kilowatt-hours
1 46 in the prior calendar year.
1 47 (4) Thirty-six dollars for a nonresidential
1 48 electric account with an annual usage of more than one
1 49 hundred thousand kilowatt-hours to four hundred
1 50 thousand kilowatt-hours in the prior calendar year.
2 1 (5) One hundred fifty dollars for a nonresidential
2 2 electric account with an annual usage of more than
2 3 four hundred thousand kilowatt-hours to one million
2 4 five hundred thousand kilowatt-hours in the prior
2 5 calendar year.
2 6 (6) Seven hundred fifty dollars for a
2 7 nonresidential electric account with an annual usage
2 8 of more than one million five hundred thousand
2 9 kilowatt-hours to six million kilowatt-hours in the
2 10 prior calendar year.
2 11 (7) Six thousand dollars for a nonresidential
2 12 electric account with an annual usage of more than six
2 13 million kilowatt-hours in the prior calendar year.
2 14 b. All moneys collected pursuant to this
2 15 subsection shall be remitted to the treasurer of the
2 16 state and deposited as follows:
2 17 (1) Twenty-three million five hundred thousand
2 18 dollars in a separate account to be used for the low-
2 19 income affordability program and a low-income energy
2 20 efficiency program as provided under subsection 1.
2 21 The treasurer shall make disbursements from this
2 22 account as appropriate. Notwithstanding section 8.33,
2 23 the unencumbered or unobligated moneys remaining at
2 24 the end of any fiscal year from the allocation made in
2 25 this subparagraph shall not revert but shall be
2 26 available for expenditure during subsequent fiscal
2 27 years until expended for the purposes for which
2 28 originally appropriated. Interest or earnings on
2 29 investments or time deposits of the moneys in the
2 30 account shall be retained for the purposes designated
2 31 under subsection 1.
2 32 After the third year of the program, the board
2 33 shall annually adjust the levels of surcharges on
2 34 electric accounts under paragraph "a" based on the
2 35 total program budget developed by the division. When
2 36 determining the per account charge, the board shall
2 37 not substantially deviate from the cost allocation
2 38 among consumer groups reflected in the initial funding
2 39 charges. Any increase in monthly surcharges as
2 40 provided in this subparagraph shall not go into effect
2 41 without prior approval by joint resolution as adopted
2 42 by the general assembly.
2 43 (2) Two million dollars in a separate account to
2 44 be used for environmental assessment as provided under
2 45 subsection 3. Eighty-five percent of the amounts
2 46 allocated to this account are appropriated to the Iowa
2 47 energy center created in section 266.39C. Fifteen
2 48 percent of the amounts allocated to this account are
2 49 appropriated to the center for global and regional
2 50 environmental research established by the state board
3 1 of regents. Notwithstanding section 8.33, the
3 2 unencumbered or unobligated moneys remaining in the
3 3 account at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert
3 4 and shall be retained by the centers for the purposes
3 5 designated. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection
3 6 2, interest or earnings on investments or time
3 7 deposits of the moneys in the account shall be
3 8 retained and used for the purposes designated under
3 9 subsection 3.
3 10 The Iowa energy center and the center for global
3 11 and regional environmental research shall each provide
3 12 a report to the legislative fiscal committee on a
3 13 monthly basis regarding any expenditures of funds
3 14 associated with each center's activities under this
3 15 subparagraph. A monthly report shall cover a calendar
3 16 month and is due the tenth day of the following month.
3 17 (3) Fifty-three million five hundred thousand
3 18 dollars in the environmental fund created in
3 19 subsection 4. The treasurer of state shall make
3 20 disbursements from this fund as requested by the
3 21 department of natural resources. The unencumbered or
3 22 unobligated moneys remaining in the fund at the end of
3 23 any fiscal year shall not revert but shall be
3 24 available for expenditure during subsequent fiscal
3 25 years. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2,
3 26 interest or earnings on investments or time deposits
3 27 of the moneys deposited in the environmental fund
3 28 shall be credited to the fund.
3 29 c. Amounts collected pursuant to this subsection
3 30 and remitted to the treasurer of state are
3 31 appropriated for the purposes provided in this
3 32 subsection and shall not be subject to appropriation
3 33 for any other purpose by the general assembly, but
3 34 shall be used only for the purposes set forth in this
3 35 section.""
3 36 #5. By renumbering as necessary.
3 37
3 38
3 39
3 40 HOLMES of Scott
3 41 HF 2530.211 78
3 42 mj/gg
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