SF 2056 (LSB 5989XS (2) 91)

SENATE FILE 2056

BY  DONAHUE

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to billing methods for distributed generation customers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 476.49, subsection 3, paragraph a, subparagraph (2), Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  Any excess kilowatt-hours remaining at the end of a twelve-month period shall be cashed out at the request of a customer or when a customer discontinues service with an electric utility at the electric utility’s avoided cost rate with the funds from the cash out divided evenly between the customer and the electric utility’s low-income home energy assistance program. The distributed generation customer shall choose either a January or April cash out date at the time of interconnection being sent directly to the customer.  Kilowatt-hour credits shall remain in a customer’s account to offset kilowatt-hours in future billing until a cash out is requested by the customer or the customer discontinues service with the electric utility.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the cash out of excess kilowatt-hours to distributed generation customers.
   Under current law, any excess kilowatt-hours remaining at the end of a 12-month period are cashed out by the electric utility at the electric utility’s avoided cost rate and distributed evenly between the customer and the electric utility’s low-income home energy assistance program. The customer chooses whether the cash out occurs in January or April.
   The bill changes the cash out process of excess kilowatt-hours for distributed generation customers. The bill provides that excess kilowatt-hours must be cashed out directly to the customer at the customer’s request or when the customer discontinues service. The bill requires any kilowatt-hour credits to remain in a customer’s account to offset future bills until a cash out is requested or the customer discontinues service.