Senate File 2311 H-8268 Amend Senate File 2311, as amended, passed, and reprinted by 1 the Senate, as follows: 2 1. Page 6, line 7, by striking < (1) (a) > 3 2. By striking page 6, line 24, through page 9, line 5. 4 3. Page 10, by striking lines 9 through 16 and inserting 5 < groupings. > 6 4. By striking page 11, line 2, through page 13, line 15, 7 and inserting: 8 < e. The board shall conduct contested case proceedings 9 for review of energy efficiency plans , demand response plans, 10 and budgets filed by gas and electric utilities required to 11 be rate-regulated under this chapter. The board may approve, 12 reject, or modify the plans and budgets. Notwithstanding the 13 provisions of section 17A.19, subsection 5, in an application 14 for judicial review of the board’s decision concerning a 15 utility’s energy efficiency plan or budget, the reviewing 16 court shall not order a stay. Whenever a request to modify an 17 approved plan or budget is filed subsequently by the office of 18 consumer advocate or a gas or electric utility required to be 19 rate-regulated under this chapter, the board shall promptly 20 initiate a formal proceeding if the board determines that any 21 reasonable ground exists for investigating the request. The 22 formal proceeding may be initiated at any time by the board 23 on its own motion. Implementation of board-approved plans or 24 budgets shall be considered continuous in nature and shall be 25 subject to investigation at any time by the board or the office 26 of the consumer advocate. 27 f. Notice to customers of a contested case proceeding for 28 review of energy efficiency plans , demand response plans, and 29 budgets shall be in a manner prescribed by the board. 30 g. (1) A gas or electric utility required to be 31 rate-regulated under this chapter may recover, through an 32 automatic adjustment mechanism filed pursuant to subsection 8, 33 over a period not to exceed the term of the plan, the costs 34 of an energy efficiency plan or demand response plan approved 35 -1- SF2311.4616 (3) 87 gh/rn 1/ 2 #1. #2. #3. #4.
by the board , including amounts for a plan approved prior 1 to July 1, 1996, in a contested case proceeding conducted 2 pursuant to paragraph “e” . The board shall not allow a gas or 3 electric utility to recover costs in excess of two percent of 4 a customer’s total billing statement in recovering the costs 5 of energy efficiency plans or demand response plans pursuant 6 to this paragraph. The board shall also ensure that costs are 7 recovered from all customers on a reasonably comparable basis, 8 including customers who utilize alternate energy production 9 facilities as defined in section 476.42. > 10 ______________________________ COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE COWNIE of Polk, Chairperson -2- SF2311.4616 (3) 87 gh/rn 2/ 2