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1 1 Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS FOR TEMPORARY UTILITY BOARD
1 2 STAFFING.
1 3 1. The utilities board may employ additional temporary
1 4 staff, or may contract for professional services with persons
1 5 who are not state employees, as the board deems necessary to
1 6 review power purchase contracts pursuant to 2001 Iowa Acts,
1 7 House File 577, if enacted. Beginning July 1, 2001, there is
1 8 appropriated out of any funds in the state treasury not
1 9 otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to
1 10 enable the board to hire additional staff and contract for
1 11 services under this subsection. The costs of the additional
1 12 staff and services shall be assessed to the utilities pursuant
1 13 to the procedure in section 476.10.
1 14 2. The utilities board may employ additional temporary
1 15 staff, or may contract for professional services with persons
1 16 who are not state employees, as the board deems necessary to
1 17 complete the report on electric energy policy issues required
1 18 by 2001 Iowa Acts, House File 577, if enacted. Beginning July
1 19 1, 2001, and ending January 31, 2002, there is appropriated
1 20 out of any funds in the state treasury not otherwise
1 21 appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to enable the
1 22 board to hire additional staff and contract for services under
1 23 this subsection. The costs of the additional staff and
1 24 service shall be assessed to the utilities pursuant to the
1 25 procedure in section 476.10.
1 26 EXPLANATION
1 27 This bill provides appropriations for additional temporary
1 28 staffing for the Iowa utilities board, prior to assessment of
1 29 those expenses to the utilities pursuant to the process in
1 30 Code section 476.10.
1 31 House File 577 provides for contested case proceedings
1 32 related to power purchase contracts filed by public utilities,
1 33 that, if approved by the board, would be included in the
1 34 public utility's regulated retail rates.
1 35 House File 577 also requires the Iowa utilities board to
2 1 prepare a report for the general assembly by January 21, 2002,
2 2 regarding the actions the board recommends be taken to
2 3 implement the intent of the general assembly as stated in
2 4 House File 577, to attract the development of electric power
2 5 generating and transmission facilities within the state in
2 6 sufficient quantity to ensure reliable electric service to
2 7 Iowa consumers and provide economic benefits to the state,
2 8 assessing at least the following topics: (1) the need for
2 9 incentives; (2) the need for assurances of cost recovery; (3)
2 10 the need for new generation and transmission facilities, and
2 11 for power purchase contracts; (4) the need for competitive
2 12 bidding for new generation and transmission facilities; (5)
2 13 power purchase contracts; (6) generation capacity in Iowa and
2 14 the possibility of exportation of energy, including the issue
2 15 of long-term and peak power purchases; (7) evaluation of
2 16 Iowa's transmission system and its connection to the regional
2 17 power grid; (8) municipal generation, transmission, financing,
2 18 and other related issues; (9) generation capacity and
2 19 transmission facilities of rural electric cooperatives; (10)
2 20 renewable energy sources, including but not limited to wind
2 21 and corn-related power sources; and (11) the appropriateness
2 22 and desirability of requiring the municipal utilities and the
2 23 rural electric cooperatives to file in the future multiyear
2 24 plans and budgets for managing regulated emissions from their
2 25 electric power generating facilities fueled by coal and
2 26 located in this state, similar to the process required for
2 27 rate-regulated public utilities under Code section 476.6,
2 28 subsection 16B, as contained in House File 577.
2 29 Code section 476.10, as amended by Senate File 279, 2001
2 30 Iowa Acts, which was signed by the governor and became
2 31 effective on March 14, 2001, provides for a process of direct
2 32 and remainder assessments to utilities of the costs incurred
2 33 by the Iowa utilities board.
2 34 LSB 3536YC 79
2 35 jj/gg/8
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