House Journal: Page 37: Tuesday, June 19, 2001
32 budget shall be included in its regulated retail
33 rates.
34 f. It is the intent of the general assembly that
35 the board, in an environmental plan, update, or
36 associated budget filed under this section by a rate-
37 regulated public utility, may limit investments or
38 expenditures that are proposed to be undertaken prior
39 to the time that the environmental benefit to be
40 produced by the investment or expenditure would be
41 required by state or federal law.
42 g. The board shall report to the general assembly
43 by January 21, 2003, on the appropriateness and
44 desirability of requiring the municipal utilities and
45 the rural electric cooperatives to file multiyear
46 plans and budgets for managing regulated emissions
47 from their electric power generating facilities fueled
48 by coal and located in this state, similar to the
49 process required for rate-regulated public utilities
50 under this subsection.
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1 Sec. 11. NEW SECTION. 476.47 ALTERNATE ENERGY
2 PURCHASE PROGRAMS.
3 1. Beginning January 1, 2004, an electric utility,
4 whether or not rate-regulated under this chapter,
5 shall offer an alternate energy purchase program to
6 customers, based on energy produced by alternate
7 energy production facilities in Iowa.
8 2. The board shall require electric utilities to
9 file plans for alternate energy purchase programs
10 offered pursuant to this section.
11 a. Rate-regulated electric utilities shall file
12 plans for alternate energy purchase programs that
13 allow customers to contribute voluntarily to the
14 development of alternate energy in Iowa, and shall
15 file tariffs as required by the board by rule.
16 b. Electric utilities that are not rate-regulated
17 shall offer alternate energy purchase programs at
18 rates determined by their governing authority, and
19 shall file tariffs with the board for informational
20 purposes only.
21 3. The electric utility shall notify consumers of
22 its alternate energy purchase program and any proposed
23 modifications to such program at least sixty days
24 prior to implementation of the program or any
25 modification.
26 4. For purposes of this section, an electric
27 utility may base its program on energy produced by
28 alternate energy production facilities located outside
29 of Iowa under any of the following circumstances:
30 a. The energy is purchased by the electric utility
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