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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY HOUSER, SCHUERER, and BEALL
1 3 A Resolution requesting the establishment of an interim
1 4 study committee to examine issues relating to
1 5 renewable energy.
1 6 WHEREAS, Iowa has an abundant amount of corn, wind,
1 7 and other renewable energy resources; and
1 8 WHEREAS, the need to explore renewable energy
1 9 options is of paramount importance particularly in
1 10 light of current high fuel prices; NOW THEREFORE,
1 11 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the legislative
1 12 council is requested to establish a study committee to
1 13 meet during the 2004 legislative interim to consider
1 14 options for using renewable energy for economic
1 15 development.
1 16 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the interim study
1 17 committee should divide into subcommittees to focus on
1 18 electricity generation, co-generation, and use of
1 19 ethanol and alternative fuels and should include the
1 20 following members:
1 21 1. Ten members of the general assembly.
1 22 2. A representative of the Iowa energy center.
1 23 3. A representative of the Iowa utility board.
1 24 4. A representative of the department of natural
1 25 resources.
1 26 5. Two representatives of investor-owned
1 27 utilities.
1 28 6. A representative of a municipal utility.
1 29 7. A representative of the Iowa agribusiness
1 30 association.
2 1 8. A representative of the Iowa farm bureau.
2 2 9. A representative of a joint action agency
2 3 organized under Code chapter 28E representing
2 4 communities in this state that receive
2 5 hydroelectricity from the Missouri River or the
2 6 Mississippi River and is involved in wholesale
2 7 electric generation.
2 8 10. A representative of the alliance of automobile
2 9 manufacturers.
2 10 11. A representative of an investor-owned ethanol
2 11 fuel plant.
2 12 12. A representative of a farmer-owned cooperative
2 13 ethanol fuel plant.
2 14 13. A representative of the petroleum marketers of
2 15 Iowa.
2 16 14. A representative of the Iowa league of cities.
2 17 15. A representative of the Iowa state association
2 18 of counties.
2 19 16. A private energy consultant.
2 20 17. A representative of the Iowa association of
2 21 school boards.
2 22 18. A representative of the department of economic
2 23 development.
2 24 19. A representative of the Iowa soybean
2 25 association.
2 26 20. A representative of a rural electric
2 27 cooperative.
2 28 LSB 7126SS 80
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