Senate Resolution 175

PAG LIN

  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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