Senate Resolution 174

PAG LIN

  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                 BY  HOUSER and SCHUERER
  1  3 A Resolution requesting the establishment of a renewable
  1  4    energy interim committee.
  1  5    WHEREAS, Iowa has an abundant amount of corn, wind,
  1  6 and other renewable energy resources; and
  1  7    WHEREAS, the need to explore renewable energy
  1  8 options is of paramount importance particularly in
  1  9 light of current high fuel prices; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 10    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the legislative
  1 11 council is requested to establish a study committee to
  1 12 meet during the 2004 legislative interim to consider
  1 13 options for using renewable energy for economic
  1 14 development.
  1 15    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the interim study
  1 16 committee should divide into subcommittees to focus on
  1 17 electricity generation, co=generation, and use of
  1 18 ethanol and alternative fuels and should include the
  1 19 following members:
  1 20    1.  Ten members of the general assembly.
  1 21    2.  A representative of the Iowa energy center.
  1 22    3.  A representative of the Iowa utility board.
  1 23    4.  A representative of the department of natural
  1 24 resources.
  1 25    5.  Two representatives of investor=owned
  1 26 utilities.
  1 27    6.  A representative of a municipal utility.
  1 28    7.  A representative of the Iowa agribusiness
  1 29 association.
  1 30    8.  A representative of the Iowa farm bureau.
  2  1    9.  A representative of a joint advisory agency
  2  2 organized under Code chapter 28E representing
  2  3 communities in this state that receive
  2  4 hydroelectricity from the Missouri River or the
  2  5 Mississippi River and are involved in wholesale
  2  6 electric generation.
  2  7    10.  A representative of the alliance of automobile
  2  8 manufacturers.
  2  9    11.  A representative of an investor=owned ethanol
  2 10 fuel plant.
  2 11    12.  A representative of a farmer=owned cooperative
  2 12 ethanol fuel plant.
  2 13    13.  A representative of the petroleum marketers of
  2 14 Iowa.
  2 15    14.  A representative of the Iowa league of cities.
  2 16    15.  A representative of the Iowa state association
  2 17 of counties.
  2 18    16.  A private energy consultant.
  2 19    17.  A representative of the Iowa association of
  2 20 school boards.
  2 21    18.  A representative of the department of economic
  2 22 development.
  2 23    19.  A representative of the Iowa soybean
  2 24 association.
  2 25 LSB 7119SS 80
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