Senate File 286 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  HOGG and BOLKCOM


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act establishing energy efficiency performance standards
  2    applicable to specified public utilities.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2481XS 82
  5 rn/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 476.6, subsection 16, paragraph b, Code
  1  2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    b.  A gas and electric utility required to be
  1  4 rate=regulated under this chapter shall assess potential
  1  5 energy and capacity savings available from actual and
  1  6 projected customer usage by applying commercially available
  1  7 technology and improved operating practices to energy=using
  1  8 equipment and buildings.  The utility shall submit the
  1  9 assessment to the board.  Upon receipt of the assessment, the
  1 10 board shall consult with the department of natural resources
  1 11 to develop specific capacity and energy savings performance
  1 12 standards for each utility.  The standards shall provide for a
  1 13 minimum of a twelve percent reduction in the consumption of
  1 14 electricity and natural gas attributable to utilization of
  1 15 energy savings technology and improved operating practices by
  1 16 2012 when compared to consumption levels on July 1, 2007, and
  1 17 a twenty percent reduction in consumption attributable to
  1 18 utilization of energy savings technology and improved
  1 19 operating practices by 2020 when compared to consumption
  1 20 levels on July 1, 2007.  A utility may include energy savings
  1 21 achieved through implementation of energy efficiency measures
  1 22 and programs prior to the effective date of this Act in
  1 23 achieving the percentage reduction in consumption standards
  1 24 pursuant to this paragraph.  The utility shall submit an
  1 25 energy efficiency plan which shall include economically
  1 26 achievable programs designed to attain these energy and
  1 27 capacity performance standards.
  1 28                           EXPLANATION
  1 29    This bill relates to the development of energy savings
  1 30 performance standards applicable to an electric and natural
  1 31 gas utility required to be rate=regulated pursuant to Code
  1 32 chapter 476.  Code section 476.6, subsection 16, currently
  1 33 requires utilities to develop specific capacity and energy
  1 34 savings performance standards.  The bill quantifies this
  1 35 requirement, providing for a minimum of a 12 percent reduction
  2  1 in the consumption of electricity and natural gas attributable
  2  2 to utilization of energy savings technology and improved
  2  3 operating practices by 2012, and a 20 percent reduction by
  2  4 2020 when compared to energy consumption levels in existence
  2  5 on July 1, 2007.  The bill provides that to achieve these
  2  6 percentages a utility may include energy savings achieved
  2  7 through implementation of energy efficiency measures and
  2  8 programs prior to the effective date of the Act.
  2  9 LSB 2481XS 82
  2 10 rn:nh/es/88