House
File
149
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
149
BY
MASCHER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
specified
utilities
to
establish
a
solar
1
energy
bank
program
for
the
benefit
of
qualifying
low-income
2
customers.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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Section
1.
Section
476.6,
subsection
15,
Code
2015,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
i.
(1)
A
rate-regulated
utility
required
to
3
submit
an
energy
efficiency
plan
under
this
subsection
shall
4
include
within
that
plan
a
solar
energy
bank
program
for
the
5
benefit
of
customers
who
are
eligible
to
participate
in
the
6
low
income
home
energy
assistance
program
or
weatherization
7
assistance
program
administered
by
the
division
of
community
8
action
agencies
of
the
department
of
human
rights
and
who
are
9
behind
in
their
energy
bill
payments
by
an
amount
or
duration
10
to
be
determined
by
the
board
by
rule.
11
(2)
The
solar
energy
bank
program
shall
consist
of
12
allocations
of
excess
energy
generated
by
solar
energy
13
production
facilities
beyond
amounts
necessary
for
the
14
facility’s
own
use,
which
have
been
purchased
by
the
utility.
15
For
the
purposes
of
this
paragraph
“i”
,
a
“solar
energy
16
production
facility”
means
a
facility
eligible
for
the
renewable
17
energy
tax
credit
pursuant
to
chapter
476C
or
the
solar
energy
18
system
tax
credit
pursuant
to
section
422.11L.
19
(3)
A
utility
shall
utilize
standard
interconnection
20
agreements
or
a
model
interconnection
agreement
developed
21
by
the
board
for
utilization
by
the
owner
of
a
solar
energy
22
production
facility
seeking
to
interconnect
with
an
electric
23
utility
at
rates
established
pursuant
to
section
476.43.
24
Electricity
purchased
pursuant
to
the
solar
energy
bank
program
25
shall
be
allocated
to
the
solar
energy
bank
to
be
credited
26
on
a
pro
rata
or
other
basis
as
determined
by
the
board
by
27
rule
against
energy
bills
for
customers
qualifying
pursuant
to
28
subparagraph
(1).
29
EXPLANATION
30
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
31
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
32
This
bill
requires
a
rate-regulated
utility
that
is
required
33
to
submit
an
energy
efficiency
plan
pursuant
to
Code
section
34
476.6
to
include
within
that
plan
a
solar
energy
bank
program
35
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for
the
benefit
of
customers
who
are
eligible
to
participate
in
1
the
low
income
home
energy
assistance
program
or
weatherization
2
assistance
program
administered
by
the
division
of
community
3
action
agencies
of
the
department
of
human
rights
and
who
are
4
behind
in
their
energy
bill
payments
by
an
amount
or
duration
5
to
be
determined
by
the
board
by
rule.
The
bill
provides
that
6
the
solar
energy
bank
program
shall
consist
of
allocations
of
7
excess
energy
generated
by
solar
energy
production
facilities
8
beyond
amounts
necessary
for
the
facility’s
own
use,
which
have
9
been
purchased
by
the
utility.
The
bill
provides
that
a
“solar
10
energy
production
facility”
means
a
facility
eligible
for
the
11
renewable
energy
tax
credit
pursuant
to
Code
chapter
476C
or
12
the
solar
energy
system
tax
credit
pursuant
to
Code
section
13
422.11L.
14
The
bill
directs
the
utility
to
utilize
standard
15
interconnection
agreements
or
a
model
interconnection
agreement
16
developed
by
the
utilities
board
for
utilization
by
the
owner
17
of
a
solar
energy
production
facility
seeking
to
interconnect
18
with
an
electric
utility
at
rates
established
pursuant
to
Code
19
section
476.43.
Electricity
purchased
pursuant
to
the
program
20
shall
be
allocated
to
the
solar
energy
bank
to
be
credited
on
21
a
pro
rata
or
other
basis
as
determined
by
the
board
by
rule
22
against
energy
bills
for
qualifying
low-income
customers.
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