House Amendment 8349
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend Senate File 2386, as passed by the Senate, as
1 2 follows:
1 3 #1. Page 1, by striking lines 20 and 21 and
1 4 inserting the following:
1 5 <g. Three individuals representing gas and
1 6 electric public utilities within this state, comprised
1 7 of one individual representing rural electric
1 8 cooperatives, one individual representing municipal
1 9 utilities, and one individual representing
1 10 investor=owned utilities.>
1 11 #2. Page 3, by inserting after line 13 the
1 12 following:
1 13 <Sec. . Section 469.4, subsection 4, Code
1 14 Supplement 2007, is amended by adding the following
1 15 new paragraph:
1 16 NEW PARAGRAPH. m. Perform a technical review of
1 17 the maximum cost=effective potential for renewable
1 18 energy generation by 2025, and formulate
1 19 recommendations for developing that potential.>
1 20 #3. Page 4, by inserting after line 11 following:
1 21 <Sec. . Section 476.6, subsection 16, Code
1 22 Supplement 2007, is amended by adding the following
1 23 new paragraphs:
1 24 NEW PARAGRAPH. bb. (1) Gas and electric
1 25 utilities that are not required to be rate=regulated
1 26 under this chapter shall assess potential energy and
1 27 capacity savings available from actual and projected
1 28 customer usage through cost=effective energy
1 29 efficiency measures and programs, taking into
1 30 consideration the utility service area's historic
1 31 energy load, its projected demand, its customer base,
1 32 and other relevant factors. Each utility shall
1 33 establish an energy efficiency goal based upon this
1 34 assessment of potential and shall establish
1 35 cost=effective energy efficiency programs designed to
1 36 meet the energy efficiency goal. Separate goals may
1 37 be established for various customer groupings.
1 38 (2) Energy efficiency programs shall include
1 39 activities conducted by a utility intended to enable
1 40 or encourage customers to increase the amount of heat,
1 41 light, cooling, motive power, or other forms of work
1 42 performed per unit of energy used. Energy efficiency
1 43 programs include activities which lessen the amount of
1 44 heating, cooling, or other forms of work which must be
1 45 performed, including but not limited to energy studies
1 46 or audits, general information, financial assistance,
1 47 direct rebates to customers or vendors of
1 48 energy=efficient products, research projects, direct
1 49 installation by the utility of energy=efficient
1 50 equipment, direct and indirect load control,
2 1 time=of=use rates, tree planting programs, and hot
2 2 water insulation distribution programs.
2 3 (3) Each utility shall commence the process of
2 4 determining its cost=effective energy efficiency goal
2 5 on or before July 1, 2008, shall provide a progress
2 6 report to the board on or before January 1, 2009, and
2 7 complete the process and submit a final report to the
2 8 board on or before July 1, 2009. The report shall
2 9 include the utility's individualized cost=effective
2 10 energy efficiency goal, a detailed description of the
2 11 energy efficiency measures to be offered to meet the
2 12 projected goal, a list of measures considered, and an
2 13 estimate of projected costs. Each utility shall
2 14 include in its report the cost of achieving an energy
2 15 efficiency goal equal to one and one=half percent of
2 16 the utility's annual retail sales, calculated as an
2 17 average of sales for the three previous years.
2 18 Individual utilities or groups of utilities may
2 19 collaborate in conducting the studies required
2 20 hereunder and may file a joint report or reports with
2 21 the board. However, the board may require individual
2 22 information from any utility, even if it participates
2 23 in a joint report.
2 24 (4) On January 1 of each even=numbered year,
2 25 commencing January 1, 2012, gas and electric utilities
2 26 that are not required to be rate=regulated shall file
2 27 a report with the board identifying their progress in
2 28 meeting the energy efficiency goal and any updates or
2 29 amendments to their energy efficiency plans and goals.
2 30 Filings made pursuant to this paragraph "bb" shall be
2 31 deemed to meet the filing requirements of section
2 32 476.1A, subsection 7, and section 476.1B, subsection
2 33 1, paragraph "l".
2 34 NEW PARAGRAPH. bbb. (1) The board shall evaluate
2 35 the reports required to be filed pursuant to paragraph
2 36 "b" by gas and electric utilities required to be
2 37 rate=regulated, and shall submit a report summarizing
2 38 the evaluation to the general assembly on or before
2 39 January 1, 2009.
2 40 (2) The board shall evaluate the reports required
2 41 to be filed pursuant to paragraph "bb" by gas and
2 42 electric utilities that are not required to be
2 43 rate=regulated, and shall submit a report summarizing
2 44 the evaluation to the general assembly on or before
2 45 January 1, 2011.
2 46 (3) The reports submitted by the board to the
2 47 general assembly pursuant to this paragraph "bbb"
2 48 shall include the goals established by each of the
2 49 utilities. The reports shall also include the
2 50 projected costs of achieving the stated goals,
3 1 potential rate impacts, and a description of the
3 2 programs proposed by each utility. Comparison of
3 3 individual utilities or groups of utilities contained
3 4 in the report may take into account differences in
3 5 system characteristics, including but not limited to
3 6 sales to various customer classes, age of facilities
3 7 of new large customers, and heating fuel type. The
3 8 reports may contain recommendations concerning the
3 9 achievability of certain intermediate and long=term
3 10 energy efficiency goals based upon the results of the
3 11 assessments submitted by the utilities.
3 12 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 476.44A TRADING OF
3 13 CREDITS.
3 14 The board may establish or participate in a program
3 15 to track, record, and verify the trading of credits
3 16 for electricity generated from alternative energy
3 17 production facilities or renewable energy sources
3 18 among electric generators, utilities, and other
3 19 interested entities, within this state and with
3 20 similar entities in other states.
3 21 Sec. . ENERGY EFFICIENCY INTERIM STUDY
3 22 COMMITTEE == CONSUMER FOCUS == REQUEST TO ESTABLISH.
3 23 The legislative council is requested to establish an
3 24 interim study committee to examine the existence and
3 25 effectiveness of energy efficiency plans and programs
3 26 implemented by gas and electric public utilities, with
3 27 an emphasis on results achieved by current plans and
3 28 programs from the demand, or customer, perspective,
3 29 and to make recommendations for additional
3 30 requirements applicable to energy efficiency plans and
3 31 programs that would improve such results. In
3 32 conducting the study and developing recommendations,
3 33 the committee shall consider testimony from the Iowa
3 34 utilities board, rate and nonrate=regulated gas and
3 35 electric utilities, the consumer advocate, state
3 36 agencies involved with energy efficiency program
3 37 administration, environmental groups and associations,
3 38 and consumers. The committee shall be composed of ten
3 39 members, representing both political parties and both
3 40 houses of the general assembly. Five members shall be
3 41 members of the senate, three of whom shall be
3 42 appointed by the majority leader of the senate and two
3 43 of whom shall be appointed by the minority leader of
3 44 the senate. The other five members shall be members
3 45 of the house of representatives, three of whom shall
3 46 be appointed by the speaker of the house of
3 47 representatives, and two of whom shall be appointed by
3 48 the minority leader of the house of representatives.
3 49 The committee shall issue a report of its
3 50 recommendations to the general assembly by January 15,
4 1 2009.
4 2 Sec. . EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed
4 3 of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.>
4 4 #4. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 5 and
4 5 inserting the following: <An Act relating to energy
4 6 efficiency by establishing a commission on energy
4 7 efficiency standards and practices, providing for the
4 8 reporting of energy efficiency results and savings by
4 9 gas and electric public utilities, specifying
4 10 procedures for assessing potential energy and capacity
4 11 savings and developing energy efficiency goals by gas
4 12 and electric utilities not subject to rate regulation,
4 13 providing for the establishment or participation in a
4 14 program to track, record, or verify the trading of
4 15 credits for electricity generated from specified
4 16 sources, and providing for the establishment of an
4 17 interim study committee to conduct an examination of
4 18 energy efficiency plans and programs with an emphasis
4 19 on the demand or customer perspective, and providing
4 20 an effective date.>
4 21 #5. By renumbering as necessary.
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4 25 COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE
4 26 PETERSEN of Polk, Chairperson
4 27 SF 2386.202 82
4 28 rn/rj/10676
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