House File 2510 H-8111 Amend the amendment, H-8088, to House File 2510 as follows: 1 1. Page 1, before line 2 by inserting: 2 < ___. Page 1, after line 20 by inserting: 3 < Sec. ___. Section 476.6, subsection 15, paragraph a, 4 subparagraph (2), Code 2020, is amended to read as follows: 5 (2) Gas and electric utilities required to be 6 rate-regulated under this chapter may request an energy 7 efficiency plan or demand response plan modification during the 8 course of a five-year plan. A modification may be requested 9 due to changes in funding as a result of public utility 10 customers requesting exemptions from the plan or for any other 11 reason identified by the gas or electric utility. The board 12 shall take action on a modification request made by a gas or 13 electric utility within ninety days after the modification 14 request is filed. If the board fails to take action within 15 ninety days after a modification request is filed, the 16 modification request shall be deemed approved. 17 Sec. ___. Section 476.6, subsection 15, paragraph c, 18 subparagraph (4), Code 2020, is amended to read as follows: 19 (4) The board shall approve, reject, or modify a plan filed 20 pursuant to this subsection no later than March 31, 2019. If 21 the board fails to approve, reject, or modify a plan filed by a 22 gas or electric utility on or before such date, any plan filed 23 by the gas or electric utility that was approved by the board 24 prior to May 4, 2018, shall be terminated. The board shall 25 not require or allow a gas or electric utility to implement an 26 energy efficiency plan or demand response plan that does not 27 meet the requirements of this subsection . 28 Sec. ___. Section 476.6, Code 2020, is amended by adding the 29 following new subsection: 30 NEW SUBSECTION . 22. Board action on filings —— cost of 31 living rate cap. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to 32 the contrary, the board shall not be required to take action on 33 any filing under this chapter within a specific time period and 34 shall be allotted any time period which the board determines 35 -1- H8088.3623 (2) 88 ja/rn 1/ 2 #1.
is reasonably necessary and appropriate to make a final 1 determination on such filing. Upon the review of any requested 2 change in rate for a rate-regulated public utility and prior 3 to the board’s final determination, the rate-regulated public 4 utility shall maintain a rate which does not exceed a current 5 cost of living rate as determined by the board. >> 6 2. Page 1, after line 20 by inserting: 7 < ___. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 3 and 8 inserting < An Act relating to matters under the purview of the 9 utilities division of the department of commerce. >> 10 3. By renumbering as necessary. 11 ______________________________ BRECKENRIDGE of Jasper -2- H8088.3623 (2) 88 ja/rn 2/ 2 #2. #3.