Senate Resolution 7 - Introduced SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 7 BY BARTZ , JOHNSON , KETTERING , HAHN , SODDERS , BEHN , RAGAN , HAMERLINCK , BACON , KIBBIE , GRONSTAL , SCHOENJAHN , RIELLY , KAPUCIAN , BOETTGER , FEENSTRA , BEALL , CHELGREN , HANCOCK , WILHELM , SEYMOUR , DANDEKAR , McKINLEY , ERNST , FRAISE , and SORENSON A Resolution urging the nullification of rules adopted 1 by the United States Environmental Protection 2 Agency relating to national emissions standards for 3 hazardous air pollutants for reciprocating internal 4 combustion engines. 5 WHEREAS, the United States Environmental 6 Protection Agency in March 2000 finalized national 7 emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants for 8 reciprocating internal combustion engines which are to 9 take effect in May 2013; and 10 WHEREAS, the rules would have a devastating impact 11 on Iowa’s municipal utilities due to the fact that the 12 municipal utilities collectively operate 287 diesel 13 electric generators with a combined nameplate capacity 14 of 548 megawatts; and 15 WHEREAS, these rules impact 68 utilities that serve 16 a total of 106,000 customers with an average of 1,560 17 customer meters per utility; and 18 WHEREAS, Iowa’s municipal electric utilities 19 operate diesel generators both to be able to keep the 20 lights on when transmissions lines are downed by ice, 21 wind, floods, or other natural disasters or man-made 22 emergencies, and to meet the obligation to own or buy 23 reserve capacity; and 24 -1- LSB 2717SS (5) 84 tm/nh 1/ 3

S.R. 7 WHEREAS, the rules allow a municipal electric 1 utility to run diesel generators in an emergency, but 2 effectively take away the ability of a small community 3 to afford them by prohibiting the receipt of payment or 4 credit for reserve capacity; and 5 WHEREAS, the diesel generators run only a few hours 6 a year, with averages ranging from 14 to 46 hours 7 depending on power supply arrangements; and 8 WHEREAS, the application of the rules requires that 9 each of these engines either be retrofit, replaced, 10 or removed, resulting in huge cost increases to the 11 citizen owners of these utilities in the form of rate 12 increases and lost capacity; and 13 WHEREAS, the cost estimate if all 287 diesel 14 generators were to be retrofit for compliance over a 15 10-year period is $36 million, which is an average 16 cost of $29.24 per month per customer, and such cost 17 estimates would increase beyond this amount if diesel 18 generators are replaced or taken out of service; NOW 19 THEREFORE, 20 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the United States 21 Environmental Protection Agency is urged to rescind 22 the national emissions standards for hazardous air 23 pollutants for reciprocating internal combustion 24 engines; and 25 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That Iowa’s Congressional 26 delegation is urged to take action to nullify the 27 rules; and 28 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the 29 Senate shall forward a copy of this resolution to 30 -2- LSB 2717SS (5) 84 tm/nh 2/ 3

S.R. 7 the Administrator of the United States Environmental 1 Protection Agency and all members of Iowa’s 2 Congressional delegation. 3 -3- LSB 2717SS (5) 84 tm/nh 3/ 3