Senate File 169 - Introduced





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  BOLKCOM


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring electric public utilities to offer an alternate
  2    power purchase program.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2288SS 83
  5 rn/nh/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 476.6, Code 2009, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  23.  ALTERNATE POWER PURCHASE PROGRAM.
  1  4 Electric public utilities shall develop and offer to customers
  1  5 an alternate power purchase program whereby the customer has
  1  6 the option of designating that a specified percentage of their
  1  7 energy usage be derived from alternate and renewable energy
  1  8 sources.  The program shall be offered on a voluntary basis,
  1  9 and may involve the imposition of a monthly contribution or
  1 10 charge by the utility upon the customer to partially or fully
  1 11 offset the added expense of obtaining energy from an alternate
  1 12 or renewable source.  The specified percentages shall include,
  1 13 at a minimum, twenty=five percent, fifty percent, and one
  1 14 hundred percent usage from alternate and renewable sources.
  1 15 Program parameters and requirements shall be established by
  1 16 the board by rule.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill requires electric public utilities to offer to
  1 19 customers an alternate power purchase program.  The program
  1 20 would offer customers the option of designating that a
  1 21 specified percentage of their energy usage be derived from
  1 22 alternate and renewable energy sources.  The bill states that
  1 23 the program would be voluntary and that a monthly contribution
  1 24 or charge could be imposed upon the customer by the utility to
  1 25 partially or fully offset the added expense of obtaining
  1 26 energy from an alternate or renewable source.  The bill
  1 27 specifies various required percentages, and directs the
  1 28 utilities board of the utilities division of the department of
  1 29 commerce to establish program parameters and requirements by
  1 30 rule.
  1 31 LSB 2288SS 83
  1 32 rn/nh/5